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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno will be given a copy of the verified impeachment complaint filed by Atty. Larry Gadon so she can answer this. House Commitee on Justice chair, Rep. Reynaldo Umali, said only after this will the House of Representatives be able to proceed with the impeachment process. The committee on Wednesday, September 13, found that Galdon’s complaint against Sereno was sufficient in form and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives committee on justice has slated the first hearing on the impeachment complaint filed against Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista to next Tuesday, September 19. This is according to Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, chair of the committee. The complaint filed against Bautista cites betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution as bases for the impeachment. These were based Patricia Bautista’s allegations […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte gave millions of pesos in cash incentives to the Filipino athletes who became the pride of the Philippines in the recent 29th Southeast Asian Games for winning medals for the country in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Duterte gave the cash incentives to the athletes who won 24 gold medals, 33 silver and 64 bronze medals at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall in Malacanan. The athletes also received presidential citations for […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has affirmed its June 13 resolution ordering the indictment of former President Benigno Aquino III for graft and usurpation of authority–but junking his indictment for homicide–over the Mamasapano incident in 2015. This was after the anti-graft body denied Aquino’s July 18 motion for partial reconsideration, and the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption’s consolidated motion for reconsideration of that resolution. In its 27-page consolidated resolution signed on Sept. […]
(Eagle News) — The military on Thursday said they have “not monitored” any destabilization move against President Rodrigo Duterte. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Eduardo Año made the statement after Senator Antonio Trillanes IV verbally distanced himself from the allegations made in a post circulating online about the supposed plot. The Facebook post–which Trillanes said was made by one “General Kakilala”—quoted the supposed account of a “respected journalist,” who reportedly got word from […]
(Eagle News) — Nanindigan si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na hindi ito pipirma ng waiver upang ilantad ang nilalaman ng kanyang bank accounts. Matatandaang, una nang ibinunyag ni Senador Antonio Trillanes ang pagkakaroon umano ng Pangulo ng mga bank account na naglalaman ng bilyong piso at inakusahan pa ang Pangulo na di pagdedeklara ng kanyang 211 million savings account sa Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). “If Trillanes wants to find something of fault with me, […]
(Eagle News) — Former Rep. Jacinto Paras on Thursday said he would file charges against Senator Risa Hontiveros for making public what he said should have been private text messages between him and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre without their consent. Hontiveros said in a privilege speech on Monday that Paras–now affiliated with the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption–was the recipient of Aguirre’s “Let us expedite your cases against (Hontiveros)” text, which she was able to […]
(Eagle News) — Inaprubahan na ng National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ang Metro Manila subway project at apat na bagong “flagship” projects. Dahil dito, umabot na sa tatlumpu’t limang proyekto sa ilalim ng kasaluluyang administrasyon ang naaprubahan na nagkakahalaga ng 1.2 trillion pesos pero hindi pa kasama rito ang magagastos sa mga tulay na gagawin naman sa Tawi-tawi. Ang unang phase ng Metro Manila Subway project ay tatakbo mula Mindanao Avenue sa Quezon City […]
(Eagle News) – Several senators expressed their disappointment that the House of Representatives had voted to give the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) a meager P1,000 budget, as they vowed to give the commission the P678 million it had asked for 2018, or even just re-allocate the P749 million budget it had for this year. Senator Panfilo Lacson, the sponsor of the P678 million budget for the CHR, said that he would continue to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) undertook an influenza vaccination program for its employees and their families last August 31, 2017. EBC employees were encouraged to take the flu vaccine in order to keep them safe and protected against viral infections and diseases. Influenza, more commonly known as “the flu,” is an infectious disease caused by one of the many types or strains of the influenza virus. If you have the following […]
(Eagle News) — The Iloilo mayor being tagged as a narcopolitician by President Rodrigo Duterte has filed a sick leave. In a radio interview, Jed Mabilog’s spokesperson and lawyer Mark Piad said the mayor’s leave was effective Sept. 11. “He filed the leave purposedly to recuperate physically because of the stress he underwent,” Piad said. He noted that his client had also been diagnosed with stage 2 diabetes long before he left the country for […]
(Eagle News) — The House committee on justice on Wednesday dismissed the impeachment complaint filed by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Voting 28-5, the panel said the complaint filed by VACC founding chair Dante Jimenez and Vanguard president Eligio Mallari was “insufficient in form” for making use of a verification form that was not intended for complaints filed by private individuals. […]
