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(Eagle News) — Nasa 210 na batas ang naipasa ng House of Representatives sa pagsasara ng first regular session ng 17th Congress. Ito ang bilang na naipasa mula sa 1,247 na mga panukalang batas na nai-proseso. Pero kung isasama ang mga panukalang batas na naaprubahan sa second reading at mga resolusyong in-adopt, aabot sa kabuuang 290 measures ang nailusot sa ilalim ng unang taong pamumuno ni House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. Ibig sabihin, asa labintatlong bills […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 17, graced the formal launching of a book titled “Make Change Work,” authored by former President Fidel Ramos whom he described as his “idol” and “number one critic.” Speaking during the event at the Department of Defense Social Hall in Camp Aguinaldo, President Duterte said: “President Fidel V. Ramos, you are my idol. You are my number one supporter, but at the same time you are […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte has called for a special session to be held on Saturday to discuss martial law in Mindanao. This was confirmed by Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto right after the talk between the majority coalition and the President a while ago in Malacañang. According to Sotto, based on Duterte’s request, the joint session on martial law in Mindanao–which could be extended to 60 more days—will be held […]
Special session of Congress set on Saturday (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will be asking for a special session of Congress to seek a martial law extension in Mindanao by another 60 days. The special session will be held on Saturday, July 22, where the matter of the need for a martial law extension will be discussed. “The President’s call for a special session is necessitated by the exigency to deliberate on the possible […]
“Find me a law which says I cannot threaten criminals with death,” dares Duterte (Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (July 17) lambasted Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales after she criticized him during an interview with Japan’s NHK World, saying he was “goading people to kill people.” “Si Ombudsman ba, Conchita Morales blew her top and castigated me publicly for (me) just mentioning killing criminals,” he said during a speech at the mass oath-taking […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday received the new draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law on Monday, offering self-rule to the country’s Muslim minority for peace. Duterte hopes the promise of autonomy will persuade Filipino Muslims to reject the Islamic State group, whose followers control parts of Marawi after nearly two months of fighting. Duterte vowed to shepherd through Congress the bill jointly written and submitted to him by government officials and the country’s largest Muslim guerrilla […]
(Eagle News)– The Court of Appeals (CA) has rejected the petition of martial law victims under Ferdinand Marcos seeking the enforcement of a Hawaii court’s judgement granting them $2 billion in damages. In a decision dated July 7, the CA 12th Division affirmed the Makati Regional Trial Court’s ruling dismissing petition MDL 840 filed by Priscilla Mijares, Hilda Narciso, Mariano Dimaranan, director Joel Lamangan, and former Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Loretta Ann Rosales. […]
(Eagle News)– Former senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for a two-day furlough so he can undergo video colonoscopy after blood tests showed he had high levels of carcinoembryonic antigen or CEA. “The doctor advised me to undergo colonoscopy, up and down, gastroscopy tsaka colonoscopy… Mayroon lang mga elevated blood test na nakita, abnormalities din,” Estrada told reporters in an interview. In his motion filed before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division, Estrada said he plans […]
(Eagle News)– Superintendent Marvin Marcos, one of the accused in the killing of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa, officially took over as officer-in-charge of the police Criminal Investigation Group (CID) of SOCCSKSARGEN region on Monday (July 17). Marcos, who was out on bail for his homicide case, paid a courtesy call to Region 12 police chief Supt. Cedrick Gayona Train. Marcos was head of Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) Central Visayas last November […]
Prieto family says move to divest from Inquirer was a “strategic business decision” (Eagle News) — The Inquirer said Monday its owners – the Prietos — are in talks to sell the business to business tycoon Ramon Ang. Marixi Prieto, chairwoman of the Inquirer Group of Companies, said the family had decided to quit the publishing business and was in talks to sell it to the president of top Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp. “The […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes is against the proposed re-opening of the investigation of the Mamasapano massacre after the Office of Ombudsman filed charges against former President Benigno Aquino III for his role in the tragedy that killed 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers. Trillanes criticized Senate Committee on Justice Chairman Richard Gordon for allegedly prioritizing fault-finding against the former president while allegedly delaying the thousands of complaints pending in his […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pwersa ng Bayaning Atleta Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles warned that Vice President Leni Robredo may face another impeachment complaint. Nograles also said that he got the information from reliable sources and added that he knows who was behind the move. Earlier, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez revealed that he will file an impeachment complaint against VP Robredo and Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. “Before I file that, I […]
