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(Eagle News) — Naglatag na ang Korte Suprema na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) ng mga panuntunan para sa paghahanda sa recount ng mga balota kaugnay sa electoral protest ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. Sa limang pahinang resolusyon ng PET, nakasaad ang mga patakaran sa isasagawang ballot revision kabilang na ang binuong exploratory mission o retrieval team. Ang retrieval team ang tutunton at mageeksamin sa lahat ng ballot boxes sa mga probinsya at […]
(Eagle News) — Piso para sa laban ni Leni. Ito ang naging paraan ng mga indibiduwal na sumusuporta sa bise presidente kaugnay sa counter protest ng Pangalawang Pangulo sa inihaing electoral protest ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong Marcos” hinggil sa nakaraang halalan. Nauwi sa fund-raising ang grupo dahil hindi anila kayang bunuin ng bise presidente ang natitirang P7.4 million na dapat bayaran sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). Sabi ni Atty. Purificacion Bernabe, walang iligal sa kanilang […]
(Eagle News) – Paraffin tests done by the police on the slain Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos showed he was negative for gunpowder nitrates, which meant he did not fire a gun contrary to the arresting policemen’s claim. “Both hands of the cadaver do not contain gunpowder nitrates,” said the results of the Philippine National Police’s paraffin tests on Kian’s body. “The qualitative examination conducted on the paraffin cast taken from both hands […]
(Eagle News) — Commission on Elections Andres Bautista is mulling “all options” following the filing of an impeachment complaint against him. In an interview with reporters before a House committee deliberation on the Comelec’s proposed budget, Bautista said among these options was resignation or a leave of absence. “Yun ang ating tinitimbang, kung ano ang ating susunod na hakbang,” he said. He said he wanted to protect “first and foremost” the interest of his family […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines now has 10 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 20 bronze medals as of Wednesday night, August 23, in the ongoing Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but remains in the sixth place in the over-all medal tally. Philippine runner Trentren Anthony Beram won the country’s 10th gold in the Men’s 200-meter run, while another runner Aries Toledo won the 9th gold in the men’s decathlon event on […]
At least 100 enlisted and non-commissioned female personnel coming from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police will be deployed to Marawi City. AFP public affairs chief Colonel Edgard Arevalo said the deployment of an all-female group of military and police is to give a “feminine touch” to the ongoing crisis in Marawi City. He also said the battle area is predominantly male already so the Armed Forces and the PNP […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang assured there would be a fair and thorough investigation into the killing of 17-year-old Kian de los Santos by the Caloocan police. According to presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, President Rodrigo Duterte himself said that the police who killed Kian will face charges if proven liable. Abella made the assurance to the United States Embassy after US Ambassador Sung Kim visited the wake of De los Santos and asked […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to rid the government of corruption. “I said I would stop corruption in government. I’m doing it,” he said during the opening of a solar plant in Batangas. He provided what could be an explanation for why his son’s name was being dragged into the P6.4-B drug shipment mess, saying Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte–who eloped with his wife when he was 18 years […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang has refused to comment on allegations that Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte was involved in the bribery issue in the Bureau of Customs, pending an inquiry into the matter. “We defer any comments after all there’s an inquiry going on and the President’s position is always that he doesn’t interfere,” Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a press briefing. He said that President Rodrigo Duterte is leaving […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The House Appropriations Committee postponed the Commission on Elections budget hearing on Wednesday, August 23, after COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista did not attend the hearing. According to COMELEC Executive Director Jose Tolentino Jr., Bautista attended an important meeting with his children’s guidance counselor. “The chairman will be meeting with the guidance counselor of his children… That’s why he couldn’t attend this meeting right now,” Tolentino told lawmakers. Tolentino also […]
(Eagle News) — Seventeen-year-old Kian delos Santos died of two gunshot wounds in the head. This was according to the results of the autopsy performed by the Philippine National Police Crime Lab on the Grade 11 student, who was killed in a supposed anti-drug operation in Caloocan days ago. The results contradict the findings of the Public Attorneys Office, which said that the boy had died of three gunshots–two in the head and one […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Wednesday denied the allegations he received a welcome gift of P100 million as when he took over the helm of the Bureau of Customs, saying he “has not done any form of corruption in (his) many years of government service.” “I have not asked anybody to collect tara for me nor have I accepted any tara from anybody. Again, I have not done any form of […]
