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(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Tuesday lifted the 30-day suspension on Uber, after the ride-sharing app paid the P190-million fine imposed on it by the agency. The LTFRB imposed the fine in response to Uber’s appeal of the suspension the agency originally meted out for the transport network company’s defiance of a July order that banned the TNC from further accepting driver accreditations. The LTFRB said that Uber should also give […]
(Eagle News) — The Davao councilor being tagged as part of the supposed Davao Group engaged in illegal activities in the Bureau of Customs has denied the allegations against him. In an affidavit submitted to the Senate blue ribbon committee, Nilo “Small” Abellera said that he “ha(s) no knowledge, let alone any participation (in the entry) of the shabu shipment from China.” He was referring to the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinag-utos ni Department of Environment Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu ang mas mahigpit na monitoring sa lahat ng entry at exit points sa bansa dahil sa problema sa poaching o iligal na kalakaran ng pagbebenta ng hayop lalo na ang endangered species. Batay sa inilabas na memorandum order ng kalihim, inaatasan nito ang lahat ng regional directors ng DENR na paigtingin ang surveillance campaign sa lahat ng wildlife shipment. […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and the Davao councilor being tagged in illegal activities in the Customs department were no-shows in Tuesday’s Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes. The hearing is the fifth being held by the committee on the drug shipment, and comes right after Senator Panfilo Lacson accused Faeldon of receiving a P150-million “pasalubong” when he took the […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, August 28, vowed assistance for poultry raisers who were affected by the bird flu virus in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija, as he stressed the safety of poultry products for consumption. “To help the industry recover, the government, through the Department of Agriculture, will assist in the affected poultry raisers in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija to defray their losses through interventions such as loans and capacity building trainings,” the President […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Ten suspected militants were killed in the Philippines on Monday as they attempted to infiltrate a southern city partly occupied by gunmen loyal to the Islamic State group, officials said. Government forces have been besieging the militants in the city of Marawi for almost 100 days. But the gunmen, flying the IS black flag, have defied military assaults including airstrikes and artillery barrages. Before dawn Monday 10 militants aboard two […]
(Eagle News) — Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog on Monday welcomed the appointment of Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido in his city, even as he insisted that the local government was already exerting a lot of effort in ridding the city of drugs. In a radio interview, Mabilog, who was included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of narcopoliticians, said Espenido’s appointment was “a good venue for us to really see kung ano ang nangyayari sa Iloilo.” “I […]
(Eagle News) — President Duterte had a meeting with the parents of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos on Monday. In this photo courtesy of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Duterte is seen with Zaldy and Lorenza delos Santos in the Malacañan Golf Clubhouse. The 17-year-old was killed in what police said was an anti-drug operation in Caloocan on Aug.16. The police said the boy had fired at them as they approached him, prompting him […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday commended the Department of Agriculture for its “immediate response” to the bird flu outbreak. In his speech on National Heroes Day in Pampanga, Duterte also commended the “solidarity” of the province and of Nueva Ecija, where the bird flu outbreak was reported. “The efforts you do (are not in vain). They are part of the food chain,” he said. He said the “goal” was to help the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had asked former Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to take a “a few days off” as both the Senate and the House of Representatives probe the controversial P6.4 billion shabu shipment from China that had put the bureau in hot water. Faeldon, who had already been replaced by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) director Isidro Lapeña, had also been accused by senator Panfilo Lacson of being eaten […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has assigned Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido to Iloilo, a place he earlier tagged as the “bedrock” of illegal drugs in the Visayas. Duterte made the announcement in his speech on National Heroes’ Day. “Your next assignment is Iloilo,” he said. The President also awarded Espenido with the Magalong medal for his “extraordinary service..pursuant to an advocacy of the President” during the event in Taguig. Espenido led the raid that […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities have yet to determine the cause of death of Cayamora Maute, the father of the two brothers believed responsible for the Marawi siege. In a radio interview on Monday, Senior Insp. Xavier Solda, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology spokesperson, said this was according to the medical abstract signed by the doctor. “Unknown po yung cause ng death niya,” Solda said. He said as such, the doctor recommended that the 67-year-old […]
