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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tumanggi muna si Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa na magkomento hinggil sa pagpasok niya sa top 16 senatoriables base sa isang survey. Ayon pa kay Dela Rosa, hindi nya muna iniisip ngayon ang pagpasok sa politika. Sa halip, tututukan muna aniya ni Dela Rosa ang karagdagang tatlong buwan sa serbisyo. “Trabaho muna ako. Kailangan mag focus. Pag sinabi mo tatakbo ako lahat ng desisyon ko politics […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sinimulan na ng Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-7 ang imbestigasyon sa Metro Ayala Department Store na nasunog ng mahigit 80 oras. Kasunod ito ng kumpirmasyon ni Fire S/Supt. Samuel Tadeo, Regional Director ng BFP-7, na fire-out na ang naturang sunog. Sa kabila nito, may naka-standby pa rin na fire truck sa lugar sakaling muling sumiklab ang apoy. Pinasalamatan naman ni Tadeo ang lahat ng mga tauhan ng BFP at mga […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will push for Congress to enact a law that will ban all firecrackers and pyrotechnics. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who spoke in a press conference on Tuesday. According to Roque, the topic was among those discussed during a Cabinet meeting on Monday afternoon. “(The President) wants Congress to enact this law at the soonest time possible so that the public debate on the banning of […]
(Eagle News) — Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo has reshuffled officials in the Department of Tourism, the first major one since she took the helm of the agency in 2016. In a statement on Monday, Teo said reshuffled were 22 DOT directors and five officers-in-charge. Assistant Secretary Ricky Alegre, who was assigned to the Office for Public Affairs, Communications and Special Projects, was among those reassigned. He is now assigned to the Legislative Liaison Unit of […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam filed grave threats charges against the agency’s general manager Alexander Balutan, whom she accused of being behind the alleged threats she has been receiving since she revealed the conduct of a lavish party in the agency. Cam filed the complaint before the Mandaluyong Prosecutor’s Office. Cam alleged that the first threat she received was on December 27. She said on that day, for the […]
(Eagle News) –The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law is expected to raise over P786 billion in revenues in a span of five years. According to Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, the projected revenues amount to P786.4 billion in that period of time. Based on DOF data, Package 1 of TRAIN, which was signed into law on Dec 19, 2017, is expected to generate P89.9 billion. Package 1 raises taxes on fuel, […]
(Eagle News) — The Public Attorney’s Office on Monday said that it would file criminal, civil and administrative charges in February in connection with the Dengvaxia mess. PAO chief Persida Acosta did not say exactly against whom the charges would be filed. She, however, said that in the civil case, included were those who “had something to do with allowing” the implementation of the immunization program. She said said that almost 300 families whose children […]
(Eagle News) — Expect a “major reshuffle” in the Bureau of Customs. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña made the announcement at the agency’s flag-raising ceremony on Monday. “Meron pa ring matitigas ang ulo … We know you. In fact, expect a major reshuffle coming your way,” he said. He said he would do “what it takes” to ensure that the agency was rid of the tara system that sees employees and officials receiving money to […]
(Eagle News) — Three more presidential appointees are being investigated at the behest of President Rodrigo Duterte and could be fired next. In an interview over CNN Philippines, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he knows of “at least three complaints” received by the Office of the President. “He never ignores these complaints,” he said. He said before the President makes a move though, “he does his research and he always appoints an entity to investigate.” […]
(Eagle News) — Citing technicalities supposedly committed and other supposedly legal grounds, Solicitor General Jose Calida on Monday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the first petition against the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. In his comment filed before the High Court, Calida said that in the first place, the group led by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman “committed a terrible blunder” when they did not attach in their SC petition challenging the extension the joint […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Monday filed a petition challenging the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao before the Supreme Court. The petition is the second filed since the extension was granted by Congress, upon the request of President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte had cited existing threats in seeking for the extension. In asking the Supreme Court to declare the extension “null and void,” the NUPL argued that such […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s approval and trust ratings dipped to a low of 31 and 27 percent respectively, with her numbers dropping among all sectors nationwide. This was according to a Pulse Asia survey conducted on December 10 – 15, 17, 2017 using face-to-face interviews among respondents. The nationwide survey is based on a sample of 1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above. Among the five top […]
