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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — House of Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez criticized Commission on Human Rights Chair Chito Gascon for refusing to resign even after the House of Representatives gave the CHR a Php 1,000 budget. Alvarez said that Gascon is holding on his position even if he is not able to do his duties. On the other hand, Alvarez said that there will be no conflict between the House of Representatives and Senate […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives plans to transfer the supposed budget for the Commission on Human Rights, the National Commission for Indigenous People and the Energy Regulatory Commission to the budget for free tertiary education. “That would be the treatment kasi where else can we put it except doon. Kasi naghahanap kami ng pondo para sa implementation ng Free Higher Education Law,” House Appropriations Committee Chairman Karlo Nograles said on […]
(Eagle News) — The parents and two siblings of slain teenager Reynaldo De Guzman are now under the Witness Protection Program. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, said Eduardo Gabriel, Lina de Guzman and their children, aged 17 and 12, were placed under provisional coverage after the couple visited him the other day. “I told the parents of ‘Kulot’ that they can trust the government’s (WPP),” Aguirre said. De Guzman and his friend Carl Angelo Arnaiz went […]
Lacson says it is Faeldon’s “right to waste bond paper and ink” (Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon will file ethics complaints against Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Panfilo Lacson on Monday, his counsel said. In a press conference on Friday, Atty. Martin Dino said Faeldon will ask the Senate’s Office of the Sergeant at Arms “to be allowed to personally file under guard” the complaints against the two senators, who have accused […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday said the groups holding alleged witnesses to the killings of Carl Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos and Reynaldo de Guzman have an ulterior motive: To revive the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court. “Natanong niyo bakit di nila nirerelease? Tama sinasabi ko noon…Para mabuhay ang patay nila na kaso laban sa pangulo sa ICC,” he said, referring to the complaint […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday decried what he said was the refusal of Risa Hontiveros’ camp and the Rise Up for Life and for Rights to allow investigators to interview alleged witnesses into the killings of Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos, and Reynaldo de Guzman, an act an anti-crime group has said was already tantamount to “obstruction of justice.” Aguirre said for instance, the investigators looking into the killing of Delos […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Who is your most memorable teacher? Is it the terror who makes the whole class tremble in fear just by entering the classroom? Is it the comedy king or queen who makes students laugh because of their jokes during lectures? Or is it the cool one who treats his or her students as peers? Whatever their teaching styles and techniques, we cannot deny that our teachers play an important role in our […]
(Eagle News) — Pinadali na ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang passport application sa pamamagitan ng pagsasaayos ng appointment system matapos magbukas ng libu-libong appointment slots sa publiko. Inayos ng DFA ang disenyo ng Online Appointment System para sa isang tingin lamang ay makikita na ng aplikante ang mga bakanteng petsa kung kailan pwede siyang mag-apply o mag-renew ng pasaporte. Sinabi ni DFA Consular Affairs Executive Director Angelica Escalona, sa ngayon hindi na kailangang […]
(Eagle News) — Sinaksihan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagtuturn-over ng donasyon ng China sa Armed Forces of the Philippines para sa pagpapagamot ng mga sugatang sundalo sa nagpapatuloy na bakbakan sa Marawi City. Si Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua ang nag-abot ng cheke na nagkakahalaga ng P65 milyon kay AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año sa Malacañang. Lubos namang ikinagalak ng AFP ang patuloy na ayudang ibinibigay ng China sa bansa […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Education is a very important tool in empowering and developing the youth in becoming productive citizens of the country. To quote Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” The Philippine government, by virtue of Proclamation No. 409, signed in 1953, declared the second week of September and the year thereafter as the “Education Week.” Education in the Philippines is managed and regulated by […]
(Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office is set to relieve the entire Caloocan City Police, in a bold move seen as a warning by the Philippine National Police leadership against erring policemen in general. The announcement came after another dubious incident that saw several personnel from police community precinct 4 barging inside a house in civilian clothes without a search warrant and stealing items on Sept. 4. The PCP4 commander, who was […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Makabayan bloc on Thursday announced they would be leaving the House of Representatives’ supermajority, saying it “would be a violation of (their) duties and principles” if they remained. In a statement, ACT Teachers Reps. Antonio Tinio and France Castro, Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago, Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao, Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, and Gabriela Reps. Emmi de Jesus and Arlene Brosas said they decided to bolt the House majority […]
