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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for stricter campus security for colleges and universities all over the country. With his proposed Senate Bill No. 946, Angara aims to guarantee the safety of students while they are inside the school’s campus. The bill also pushes for the creation of Crime Prevention Committee to monitor the safety of students. https://youtu.be/Sr7vIuK-OaU
(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has asked the Sandiganbayan to reconsider its decision that allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to be out on bail. In its motion for reconsideration, the Ombudsman asked the anti-graft court’s fifth division to “review, reconsider and set aside” its Sept. 15 resolution that allowed Estrada to be temporarily released “upon the submission and approval of bail in the amount of (over) P1 million to be posted in cash.” The resolution […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — We are talking about trillions of pesos. That enormous amount of money is what is needed to keep the Philippines running. With a vote of 233-9, the House of Representatives on third and final reading approved on Tuesday, September 26, the proposed P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018. The House Bill 6215 or the 2018 General Appropriations Bill includes funding for the Duterte Administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program as well […]
(Eagle News) — Walang plano ang Malacañang na hadlangan ang Office of the Ombudsman sa isasagawang imbestigasyon sa mga umano’y tagong yaman ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella na malinaw ang pahayag ni Pangulong Duterte na malaya ang sinuman na kalkalin ang kanyang kayamanan. Ayon kay Abella, nagtitiwala ang Malacañang sa pagiging impartial ng Office of the Ombudsman. Nag-ugat ang isyu sa mga umano’y tagong yaman ng Pangulo batay sa mga […]
(Eagle News) — Makikipagpulong kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pamilya ni Horacio Castillo III sa darating na Miyerkules, Oktubre 4. Ito ang inihayag ng Department of Justice kasunod ng pakikipagkita nitong Huwebes ng pamilya Castillo kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II sa DOJ. Ayon kay Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes, hiniling ng pamilya Castillo kay Aguirre na tulungan sila na makapagtakda ng pulong sa Pangulo. “They wanted to thank the DOJ for the things we are […]
(Eagle News) — After almost a decade of delay, authorities on Friday held the launch of the start of construction of the P2.8-billion Grand Unified Central Station that will link the Light Rail Transit 1, the Metro Rail Transit 3 and the planned MRT 7, in Quezon City. In a television interview, Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said the launch of the P2.8-billion project was made possible after the “parties involved” sat down and […]
(Eagle News) — After directing his anger many times at the country, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he would “rather be friendly” with the United States now. Speaking during the 116th Balangiga Encounter Day in Eastern Samar, he said he was “under advice” by the Department of Foreign Affairs that he should “temper (his) language and avoid cursing,” something which he said he was “prone to do if (he gets) emotional.” Besides, Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — The Anti-Money Laundering Council denied on Thursday that it had provided the Ombudsman with a report detailing the transactions of bank accounts President Rodrigo Duterte allegedly jointly owned with his children from 2006 to 2016. In making the denial, the AMLC effectively belied what Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang was reported as saying—that the anti-graft body received the report that was used for a fact-finding probe into the President’s family wealth from the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Airlines on Thursday said it would “continue to cooperate with any and all agencies to resolve” issues in relation to what the government said were its unpaid navigational charges. In a statement, PAL said the “issue…involves complex legal issues which PAL has been trying to thresh out with the (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines) for years.” PAL said it was CAAP which, in August 2016, “sent letters to the company […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday threatened to have Senator Koko Pimentel removed as Senate President if he allowed Senator Richard Gordon to remain as Senate blue ribbon committee chair. “I will put the responsibility kay Senator (Pimentel) kapag hindi nila tinanggal si Senator Gordon..,” Trillanes said at the Kapihan sa Senado. He said Gordon, who has filed an ethics complaint against Trillanes for his supposed malicious remarks against him during a […]
(Eagle News) — The United Arab Emirates has enacted a new labor law that the Department of Foreign Affairs said will be beneficial to some overseas Filipino workers. The new law provides for payment of wages within 10 days from the day they are due, 12 hours of rest per day; medical insurance, including 30 medical leaves per year; a round-trip ticket home every two years; one day of paid rest per week; and possession […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday filed economic sabotage and graft raps against former Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others over the alleged smuggling of rice valued at $680,000 through the Cagayan de Oro port. Lacson also charged National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino; lawyer Tomas Alcid, former district collector of the Port of Cagayan de Oro; lawyer Geniefelle Lagmay, customs liaison officer to NFA of the Office of the […]
