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(Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo dismissed a group’s calls for President Rodrigo Duterte to sign a bank secrecy waiver, noting that he already executed one as early as last year which was still binding. “Matagal nang sinasabi ni [Senator Antonio] Trillanes ‘yan eh (ill-gotten wealth). Nag-execute ng waiver si Presidente noong Mayo pa of last year at napatunayan doon sabi ng BPI (Bank of the Philippine Islands), ng bangko na wala […]
(Eagle News) — Government work nationwide is suspended on Monday, October 16, 2017, because of the transport strike. According to the office of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, classes at all levels in both public and private schools will also be suspended on that day. “The private sector will not be covered (but this is subject to the discretion of employers),” he said. “As to suspension of government work, we shall issue the usual memorandum circular,” […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Saturday extended its sympathies to the families of those who died and whose properties were lost in the Northern California wildfires. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the wildfires, which began in California’s Wine Country on Oct. 8, have left more than 30 dead and thousands of people homeless. While none of the “almost 18,000 Filipinos in the Wine Country and surrounding counties have been reported as among the casualties,” […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Saturday blasted Amnesty International for what it said were its “vilification” efforts against the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. “The (PDEA), which has been now recently assigned by (President Rodrigo Duterte) as the sole agency in charge of the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign, is now being demonized by (AI),” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said. He noted that the group, which was “known to be disparaging of the frontline role of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has clarified the United Kingdom has “no new offer of direct monetary assistance to the Philippines.” The DFA made the clarification after President Rodrigo Duterte said he had directed Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez not to accept the “$18 million to 20 million” from the European country. Nonetheless, the DFA said the Philippines and the UK “have enjoyed 71 years of friendly, productive and dynamic relations.” “During this […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has fired two government officials for “sitting on papers” that were necessary for the construction of an infrastructure project for an entire year. The President announced the dismissal of the two Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission officials in an interview aired over PTV 4 on Friday night. “May dalawa dito na isang taon na halos ‘yung papel. At ‘yun pa namang papel na ‘yung construction firm, na siya ang gagawa ng […]
(Eagle News) — When Hollywood action star Steven Seagal and a tough-talking President Rodrigo Duterte meet in Malacañang, what do they talk about? According to a Palace statement, drugs. The statement said the President “reiterated his strong stance against illegal drugs because it enslaves people to a form of synthetic chemical,” when he met the actor on Thursday. Seagal is in the country to film an upcoming production “about illegal drugs and other crimes,” based on […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he would “not hesitate to declare” a revolutionary government if destabilizers are “about to take over the nation” and destabilization efforts result in chaos. “Pag ang destabilization ninyo patagilid na and medyo magulo na, I will not hesitate to (make the declaration) until the end of my term, and I will arrest all of you and we can go to a full scale war against the Reds,” […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Eleven Indian crew members were missing on Friday after their cargo ship sank in the Pacific off the Philippines as a typhoon churned in the region, Japan’s coastguard said. The 33,205-tonne Emerald Star with 26 Indian nationals on board sent a distress signal early Friday as the Hong Kong-registered vessel was sailing some 280 kilometres (174 miles) east of the northern tip of the Philippines, said a statement from the […]
(Eagle News) — Five of the major transport groups announced that they are not joining the jeepney strike on October 16 and 17 (Monday and Tuesday). These transport groups are the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP), Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO), Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators sa Pilipinas (LTOP), Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (ALTODAP), and Pangkalahatang Sanggunian Manila and Suburbs Drivers […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has decided to take action on the electoral protest case filed by former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino against Senator Leila de Lima, as it ordered a recount of the votes he got in contested precincts in the 2016 senatorial elections. The SET ordered the recount of the votes he got during the May 2016 elections, as contained in the 635 ballot boxes that […]
(Eagle News) — “Odette” has intensified into a severe tropical storm, as it heads toward the West Philippine Sea. In its 5 p.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the center of “Odette” as of 4 p.m. was located 205 kilometers west of Sinait, Ilocos Sur. It is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 113 kph, as […]
