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(Eagle News) — Ipinag-utos ni Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol ang pagpapataw ng temporary ban sa limampu’t limang importer ng bawang na konektado umano sa garlic cartel na nag-ooperate sa bansa batay sa ulat ng Department of Justice (DOJ). Una nang kinuwestyon ni Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairman ng Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food ang ilang opisyal ng Bureau of Plant Industry kung bakit nasa listahan pa rin ng accredited garlic importers ang mga ito gayung […]
(Eagle News) — Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista has filed criminal charges against his wife. In a chance interview on Wednesday, Bautista said among the charges he filed against Patricia Bautista were robbery, extortion and grave coercion. He said the charges were filed before the Taguig Prosecutors Office. Bautista refused to give more details, saying this was a private and legal matter that should not be discussed. The Comelec chief’s wife has said he […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order revoking the creation of the Negros Island. On Aug. 7, Duterte signed Executive Order 38 that essentially revoked former President Benigno Aquino III’s Executive Order 183, which allowed for the integration of the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental into the Negros Island Region. Aquino, who signed EO 183 on May 29, 2015, ordered the formation of the NIR reportedly “to improve the delivery […]
(Eagle News) — The owner of the Valenzuela warehouse where the P6.5-billion drug shipment arrived in May said he did not personally know Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon until he met him on May 25, when Customs personnel raided the warehouse for the contraband. Richard Tan, owner of Hong Fei Logistics, made the statement as Senate blue ribbon committee Richard Gordon grilled him about several pictures showing him and the Customs chief smiling. Tan, through an […]
(Eagle News) — Nasaksihan sa bansa ang bahagyang pagdidilim ng buwan kahapon ng madaling araw, Agosto 8. Nangyari ang partial lunar eclipse dakong ala-una bente dos ng madaling araw hanggang alas-kwatro ng umaga. Ayon kay Dario Dela Cruz ng Space Science and Astronomy Section ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical And Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA), ang partial lunar eclipse ang natatanging eclipse na nasilayan sa Pilipinas ngayong taon. Natunghayan din ito sa Western Pacific Ocean, Oceania, Australia, […]
The United States is weighing additional support to the Philippine military as it fights an Islamist insurgency in the south, a US defense official said Tuesday. Discussions are “pretty advanced” and would see the US provide increased surveillance drone capabilities and training for local forces, the official told AFP on condition on anonymity. “Those (drones) are there for ISR and support,” the official said, using an abbreviation for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Philippine President Rodrigo […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has allowed the curfew for minors in Quezon City, but declared unconstitutional those imposed in Manila and Navotas. With the decision, the High Court partially granted the petition filed by Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) that had sought for the SC to declare as unconstitutional the curfew ordinances in the three cities in Metro Manila. Ordinance No. SP 2301, Series of 2014, that imposes the curfew for minors from 10 p.m. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that other countries are now more concerned with terrorism and less with the human rights situation in the country. Duterte said this after meeting with United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop who both paid courtesy calls in Malacanang on August 7. “Mostly, they have considerably toned down on human rights,” Duterte said. “Nobody… mostly it was terrorism. But no one […]
(Eagle News) — No tuition fees nor other school fees will be collected in University of the Philippines campuses this semester. This is according to UP President Danilo Concepcion, who made the announcement in a memorandum dated Aug. 7. The announcement also came days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, which provides for free education in state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges, and state […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has junked a motion for reconsideration of its previous decision dismissing the petitions against the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani. Voting 10-5, Theodore Te, SC spokesperson, said the High Court denied the MR–filed by Senator Leila de Lima–which appealed the Nov. 8, 2016 decision that dismissed the petitions against Marcos’ burial in the Taguig cemetery for “absence of grave abuse of discretion.” De […]
(Eagle News) — One of the several Customs officials named as corrupt by a Customs broker in a House hearing on Monday has resigned. In his resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte and dated Aug. 8, Milo Maestrecampo, director of the Bureau of Customs’ Imports and Assessment Service, said he was stepping down “in order to fight for my honor and integrity and in the name of ‘delicadeza.’” He said this was despite the […]
(Eagle News) — Let’s be honest. This was the message of Senator Ping Lacson to lawmakers amid assurances there was no pork in the 2018 national budget. “That’s what the Department of Budget and Management and the House appropriations committee always say before, during and after our budget deliberations..(but) how do you explain (certain things)?” he asked. He said there were, for instance, “big lump sums” in several agencies such as the Department of Public […]
