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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the service of Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Rey Guerrero. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President signed the extension of his service for six months following his assumption of the post on Wednesday, Dec. 6. With the extension, Guerrero, who was supposed to retire on Dec. 17, is expected to bow out as AFP chief of staff on April 24, 2018. The extension […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Halos dalawang buwan lang mula nang pahintuin ng Pangulo, muli na namang sasabak sa war on drugs ang Philippine National Police (PNP) sa ikatlong pagkakataon. Ito’y matapos lagdaan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang memorandum na nag-uutos sa PNP na suportahan ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa kampanya kontra droga. Sa muling pagsabak sa war on drugs, muling bubuhayin ng PNP ang kanilang Oplan Double Barrel at Oplan Tokhang na […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for permission to go on a “long-desired family bonding” in Hong Kong. In a five-page motion, Estrada told the fifth division the trip–which if allowed would be from December 26 to 31—was something he promised his family. “After accused-movant was allowed bail, the family has been longing for bonding outside of the country. The…holidays would be the most opportune time to have this,” he […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday asked the public to give him another year to finish off the drug problem in the country. “Basta ang sabi ko sa droga, I hope to finish the problem, give me just another year,” Duterte said before the newly-appointed government officials in the Palace. He noted the police would return in the drug war, months after it was told to refrain from engaging in drug operations following […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that it will create a team that will draft and file and a petition on the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) as a terrorist group. “I will issue a DO (department order) directing Officer-in-charge Prosecutor General to form a team to draft and file a petition before the Regional Trial Court praying to grant the Petition to Declare […]
The Department of Foreign Affairs today advised more than 100,000 Filipinos along the path of three fast-moving wildfires in southern California to take the necessary precautions and evacuate their homes if ordered to by local authorities. The DFA said it is closely monitoring the raging fires in Ventura County and another two in Los Angeles County, which according to the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, could affect as many as 115,000 members of the […]
The Palace on Wednesday, December 6, made public Memorandum Order No. 17 directing the Philippine National Police and other agencies to provide “active support” to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the government’s war on drugs. Although President Rodrigo Duterte recognized the strides made by PDEA, he also recognized the agency’s lack of resources, particularly of human personnel.
The Palace on Wednesday, December 6, released copies of Proclamation No. 374 that officially labels the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army as a terrorist organization. The group was declared as such after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 3260, officially terminated talks with the communist group. Duterte said he was fed up with the rebels’ “depredatory acts” that include the killing of a four-month-old baby. He also slammed what he said was the […]
(Eagle News) — Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero on Wednesday breezed through the powerful Commission on Appointments hearing his ad interim appointment as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff. No member of the CA opposed the CA’s committee on national defense’s appointment endorsement of Guerrero, even with the seasoned military official slated to retire on December 17. On this day, Guerrero is expected to reach the mandatory age of retirement, or 56. The then-Eastern Mindanao Command […]
Says they are covered by confidentiality clause contained in SC internal rules, among others (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court Clerk of Court on Wednesday declined to provide the Senate House panel hearing the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno copies of some of the documents the committee subpoenaed earlier, and other specific information, but some lawmakers did not take it sitting down. Atty. Felipa Anama said that she was not in a position […]
(Eagle News) – Inilabas na ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ang bagong disenyo ng new generation currency banknotes. Tampok dito ang lagda ni BSP Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr., at mga bagong disenyo mula sa kasaysayan, world heritage sites at natural wonders. Ang mga bagong banknote ay alinsunod sa mandato ng BSP na mapanatili ang integridad ng salapi ng bansa. Ayon sa BSP, ang banknotes ng bansa ay nagsisilbing paalala sa kabayanihan, katapangan at pag-lalakbay […]
(Eagle News) — Former Commission on Elections Andres Bautista was a no-show at Wednesday’s Senate committee hearing on the allegations of undeclared wealth against him. This was despite an invitation sent to his three residences by the Senate committee on banks that is holding the hearings aimed also at looking into possible revisions in the Bank Secrecy Law and the Anti-Money Laundering Act. This is the panel’s second hearing. The first was held on Aug. […]
