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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on government officials who travel abroad without any travel order to just resign. “All those guys who have been using money of the government, just easily going in and out of travel upon the invitation of maski sinong mga (whoever and whatever) seminar-seminar and they are really just to… some of them without getting a permit and wasting the money of the people,” the President […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Major General Restituto Padilla said that 10 more barangays in Marawi City will be opened up to civilians and handed over to the local government’s authority. Out of 96 barangays in Marawi City, 50 have been opened up to civilians. Of the remaining 36 barangays, 24 barangays have yet to be cleared by the military because they are inside the main battle […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has offered China the opportunity to put up a telecommunications company that would rival PLDT and Globe. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President made the offer during a bilateral meeting with Premier Li Keqiang. According to Roque, there had long been plans of breaking up the PLDT-Globe duopoly. Then-Informations and Communications Technology Rodolfo Salalima, however, he said did not act on this soonest. Salalima, a former Globe official, […]
(Eagle News) — Militant groups on Monday filed criminal charges against former Department of Trade and Communications Secretary Emilio Abaya and several others over an allegedly anomalous P3.8-billion maintenance contract for the Metro Rail Transit 3. Abaya, former MRT General Manager Roman Buenafe, former Undersecretary Rene Limcaoco, Jose Rodante Sabayle, Maria Cecilia Natividad, Eldonn Uy, Elizabeth Velasco, Belinda Ong Tan, Catherine Gonzales, Edwin Lopez, Oscar Bongon, Brian Velasco and Chae Gue Shim, Ofelia Astrera, Charissa Eloisa Opulencia face charges […]
(Eagle News) — Hinimok ng National Privacy Commission (NPC) ang mga Filipino na protektahan ang kanilang impormasyon sa kanilang mga account sa social media. Ayon sa NPC, bahagi ito ng kampanyang tinatawag na “unfriend day” kung saan hinihimok ang publiko na i-unfriend ang mga taong hindi personal na kilala sa social media. Sinabi ng NPC, ang hakbang na ito ay bilang paglaban sa talamak na “identity theft” o pagnanakaw ng impormasyon o pagkakilanlan ng isang […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapatupad ng bawas-presyo sa mga produktong petrolyo sa linggong ito. Php 0.30 hanggang Php 0.60 sentimos kada litro ang bawas sa presyo ng gasolina, habang Php 0.10 hanggang Php 0.20 sentimos sa kada litro sa presyo ng diesel at mula Php 0.30 hanggang Php 0.40 sentimos naman kada litro ang magiging bawas sa presyo ng kerosene. Nitong nakalipas na mga linggo, umabot sa halos tatlong piso ang itinaas ng presyo ng gasolina […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Order of Lapu-Lapu to recuperating soldiers in his visit to the Camp Panacan Station Hospital in Davao City for their honorable performance of duty in the fight against terrorists in Marawi City and with the New People’s Army in Tagum City. Duterte pinned the Order of Lapu-Lapu medals to Private First Class (PFC) Ronald Pamonag and CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) Eduardo Matambonoy, Jr., and also pinned the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would declare the New People’s Army a terrorist group, noting what he said were their “depredations,” including the supposed killing of a 4-month-old baby. “I’ll be issuing a proclamation. I will remove them from the category of a legal entity, or at least a semimovement which would merit our attention, placing the—same as America—terrorists,” Duterte said. He reiterated he no longer wanted to talk to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would order the dismissal of public officials who went on unauthorized trips with public funds next week. Duterte made the announcement during a speech in Davao City. “A number of them are lined up to be fired. Those who went out of the country to waste the money without permission of the authorities, in this case, the President, they have to go,” Duterte said. He […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The former driver of a Filipino politician was jailed for life Friday over the assassination of a rival congressman in a bombing a decade ago, officials said. Ikram Indama was found guilty of the November 13, 2007 murders of House of Representatives member Wahab Akbar and three other people in a motorcycle bomb attack, which wounded seven more including two other legislators. Indama had worked as a driver for Gerry […]
(Eagle News) — “Tino” has developed into a tropical storm, but is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in its 10 a.m. advisory that moderate to heavy rainfall would be felt within the 300-kilometer diameter of the tropical storm. As of 9 a.m., the center of “Tino” was located 70 kilometers east northeast of Pag-asa island in Palawan. “Tino” is packing maximum sustained winds of […]
(Eagle News) — All tropical cyclone warning signals have been lifted all over the country, as Tropical Depression “Tino” continued to make its way out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, however, said that Mimaropa, Bicol, and the Visayas were still expected to experience light to moderate rains. As of 10 p.m., the tropical depression was spotted 190 kilometers west-northwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. It is packing […]
