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NAPC launches anti-poverty book; calls for policy reforms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuHfsoujiXc QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) on Thursday called for reforms in the government’s anti-poverty policies, noting that the creation of decent and sufficient jobs and incomes should be the main strategy in poverty eradication. The NAPC made the call as it launched its book, “Reforming Philippine Anti-Poverty Policy,” in a forum held in Quezon City. “Many Filipinos are still trapped in poverty and inequality…we have subscribed to the same neoliberal framework that has been proven as a development […]

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Buwanang kontribusyon ng SSS, ‘di pa itataas

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nilinaw ng Social Security System (SSS) na hindi pa nila tinataasan ang rate ng buwanang kontribusyon ng mga miyembro nito. Ayon kay SSS chairman Amado Valdez, nananatili sa 11 percent ang contribution rate at wala pang pagbabagong ginagawa. Matapos aprubahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Php 2,000 sa monthly pension ng mga retiradong SSS members, kung saan natanggap na nila noong Marso 2017 ang unang tranche nito na Php 1000, […]

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President Duterte to sack another chairman, set of policemen including three generals

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to fire yet another head of office and several policemen. Duterte himself made the announcement during a Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation event at the Manila Hotel on Thursday. The media were not invited to the event but a transcript was made available on Friday. “I am in the thick of firing people. I intend to fire another maybe 70 or 49 policemen and three generals for corruption,” […]

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Roque: “Comfort woman” statue in Manila won’t be diplomatic issue for PHL, Japan

Our ties with Japan “remain very strong,” assures Roque (Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday expressed confidence the installation of a Filipino “comfort woman” statue in Manila would not become a diplomatic issue for the country and Japan. In a press conference on Thursday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the country’s ties with Japan “remain very strong” even after  Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda supposedly expressed regret over the statue during a […]

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President Duterte’s net trust rating rebounds to “excellent” –SWS

(Eagle News) — Net trust rating in President Rodrigo Duterte rebounded to an excellent from a decline in the third quarter, based on the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The +75 net trust rating Duterte received from the survey done from December 8 to 16, 2017 was up by one grade from the +60 he got in September 2017,  classified as very good; and was a rebound considering the +75 he got in June 2017, the SWS […]

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Two suspects in P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess tried to leave country — authorities

  (Eagle News) — Two respondents in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that entered via Customs express lanes in May tried to leave the country. In separate press conferences, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Atty. Ma. Antonette Mangrobang named the respondents as Richard Tan and Kenneth Dong. Aguirre said Tan tried to bribe immigration officers, but “he wasn’t successful.” “..Our senior supervision officers rejected the bribe being offered,” Aguirre said. Mangrobang, for […]

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Policemen to receive promised pay hike this month

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service P01 Rey Boy Abrea is excited to receive his first pay for the year. It’s because starting this month, he will be receiving more than his original salary, as promised by President Rodrigo Duterte. P01s like him will now receive P29,668 as base pay every month. The figure is exactly double their salaries the year before and perhaps the years before that. “Malaking tulong po ito sa pagdagdag ng […]

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Senior Associate Justice declines House invite to testify in impeachment hearings vs Sereno

Says he has “no personal knowledge” of matters he was being asked to talk about By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has declined the House justice panel’s invitation for him to testify against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in impeachment hearings. In a Jan. 10 letter to Rep. Rey Umali, chair of the committee, Carpio said this was because he has “no personal knowledge” of the matters he would be […]

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Senator Poe bats for Constitutional Convention

(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Thursday proposed to amend the Charter via a Constitutional Convention instead. Poe issued the statement after her colleague, Senator Panfilo Lacson, proposed to make amendments by convening the Senate as a Constitutional Assembly separate from the House of Representatives. “Given the extent of the proposed changes in the Constitution, I maintain that having a constitutional convention is the best and most acceptable mode to take, even if it […]

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LP senators take swipe at Bongbong Marcos for questioning the PET’s credibility

(Eagle News) — Liberal Party senators on Thursday hit back at former Senator Bongbong Marcos after he accused the Presidential Electoral Tribunal hearing his electoral protest of bias against him. “Hindi maganda na kwestyunin mo ang kredibilidad ng PET kung hindi pabor sa iyo ang mga desisyon,” LP president Francis Pangilinan said in a statement. Senator Bam Aquino noted that Vice President Leni Robredo, the LP chair and against whom Marcos filed his protest, did […]

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SolGen Calida thanks anti-TRAIN petitioners for “making (his) job easier”

(Eagle News) — Is that all you’ve got? Solicitor General Jose Calida had this to say to the militant lawmakers who asked the Supreme Court to declare the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law unconstitutional. In a Twitter post on Thursday, Calida even thanked Representatives Antonio Tinio of ACT Teachers party-list, Carlos Zarate of Bayan Muna, and Ariel Casilao of Anakpawis, who filed the petition minutes before, for “making (his) job easier.” “Lack of […]

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Lacson wants Senate to convene separately as Constitutional Assembly

https://youtu.be/iWQcycnS1dg By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Panfilo Lacson will file on Monday a resolution allowing the Senate to convene as a Constitutional Assembly, and tackle possible amendments to the Constitution separate from the House of Representatives. In a press conference on Thursday, Lacson said under his proposed process, the House of Representatives would convene separately and insert its own amendments to provisions in the Charter, if any. A bicameral conference would then be […]

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