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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Stop and Go coalition has called off a transport strike it was supposed to hold on Tuesday, September 26. Jun Magno, president of the transport group, made the announcement after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said that members of the group who participated on the first day of the transport strike on Monday, September 25, may face a suspension of their franchises. Atty. Aileen Lizada, LTFRB board […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Monday assured Vietnam it would conduct a “fair and thorough” investigation into the deaths of two Vietnamese fishermen on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano gave the assurance to Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh during an informal meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers at the United Nations headquarters in New York, a Department of Foreign Affairs statement said. “We would […]
(Eagle News) – Customs “broker” Mark Taguba revealed several text messages containing conversations about millions of pesos in “tara” or bribe money given to Customs officials, and said that he also has the bank documents that will support his allegations. In his Senate testimony, Taguba, presented as a witness by Senator Panfilo Lacson, read and showed specific text messages sent to and received from various Customs men, or so-called collectors tasked to get “tara” money […]
(Eagle News) — Apektado ng low pressure area (LPA) ang halos buong bansa ngayong araw. Sa huling tala ng Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), ang LPA ay namataan sa layong 245 kilometers east southeast ng Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur. Sa ngayon mababa pa ang tsansa na ito ay maging bagyo. Ayon sa PAGASA, tatawid ang LPA sa kalupaan ng Visayas at sa West Philippine Sea. Dahil sa nasabing LPA, ang Metro Manila, […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Monday filed an ethics complaint against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. “Idol pa naman kita,” Faeldon, who is detained at the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms after his surrender following being cited in contempt, said in a brief press conference. Faeldon was cited in contempt by the Senate for his refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped […]
(Eagle News) — Government troops have now take control of Masiu Bridge in Marawi City, considered as the last of three critical bridges that the Islamist fighters had occupied at the start of the war so they could control the city’s business district. Masiu bridge is also the bridge that had been used as a “possible escape route” of the Islamist terrorists in Marawi City, consisting of the Maute group, the Abu Sayyaf group, […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Saturday, September 23, welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) final and unanimous adoption of the third Philippine Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report, which, the Palace said, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to protect human rights and respect the dignity of Filipinos. This was good news for the Palace after opposition members and administration critics have repeatedly denounced what they claimed were extrajudicial killings that they alleged were the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House Committee on Appropriations was able to gather Php 40 billion in order to fund free tertiary education that will start on 2018. “I’m happy to announce that we found P40 billion to finance free higher education,” Davao City Representative Carlo Nograles, House Appropriations Committee Chairman said. Nograles said that they got the funds from the different scholarship programs of the various state universities and colleges as well […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Gringo Honasan on Friday refused to enter a plea in the arraignment on the cases filed against him over his alleged misuse of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). The arraignment pushed through despite appeals from Honasan’s counsel, Dennis Manalo, for it to be postponed on the grounds they had a pending omnibus motion before the Sandiganbayan. In the omnibus motion, Honasan asked the anti-graft court to dismiss the arrest warrant issued […]
Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace said, naming Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble among the worst offenders. The environmental group ranked the Philippines as the “third-worst polluter into the world’s oceans” after China and Indonesia in a report released on Friday. Single-use plastics from products sold by conglomerates, such as bags, bottle labels, and straws, stood out during a week-long Greenpeace clean-up campaign held […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) plans to change its regulatory requirements for college fraternities, following the death of another hazing victim, University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Tomas Castillo III. During budget deliberations of the Senate Finance Subcommittee, CHED Chairperson Patricia Licuanan said they would provide proactive approaches to prevent violence in fraternity activities. Licuanan said they would also study CHED Memorandum Order 4 in 1995, and see […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday filed several charges against Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson after she allegedly disseminated false information on social media to destroy his credibility. Trillanes filed three counts of libel under the Cybercrime Prevention Act against Uson, and took her to task for alleged grave misconduct, falsification of public documents, violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and violation of the Code of […]
