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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate is considering re-opening the investigation regarding the Mamasapano massacre after the Office of the Ombudsman decided to file charges of graft and usurpation of authority against former President Benigno Aquino III for his role in the event. “Why is it when powerful people are involved, they hesitate to let the truth come out?” Gordon asked. Senate Committee on Justice Chairman Richard Gordon said that the truth still […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte will submit the proposed 2018 National Budget to Congress on the day of his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24. “The President plans to submit the budget on the day of the SONA itself. Why are we doing this? So we can have an early start for the 2018,” Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said in a Palace briefing. The proposed […]
(Eagle News) — “Most Filipinos remain appreciative of the performance of President Rodrigo R. Duterte” as he gained an approval rating of 82 percent, according to the latest results of the Pulse Asia Survey conducted in June. The survey was done from June 24 to 29, when the Marawi crisis was still at its height and when the martial law declaration of the President was the subject of debates and media discussion. It was […]
PNP chief says narcopoliticians supporting terrorists have not been arrested QUEZON City (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has recommended the extension of martial law in Mindanao, arguing that certain narcopoliticians who support local terrorists have not yet been arrested. PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa said a position paper detailing their recommendations was submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday. He, however, did not say how long martial law should be extended in the […]
(Eagle News) — Classes in Quezon City are suspended on July 24, Monday, the same day President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to give his State of the Nation Address. The Quezon City local government said the suspension applied to all levels in public and private schools. Around 6000 policemen are set to be deployed in Batasan, where Duterte is expected to give his nationwide report.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte checked on Saturday, July 15 the condition of the wounded-in-action (WIA) soldiers from the 21st Infantry Brigade (21IB) of the Philippine Army (PA) and awards them the Wounded Personnel Medal at Camp BGen Teodulfo Bautista Station Hospital in Barangay Busbus, Jolo, Sulu. The wounded troops were part of the military operations who encountered an undertermined number of Abu Sayaff terrorist group members under Almujer Yada in Barangay Darayan, Patikul, Sulu on […]
(Agence France Presse) — Three inmates were killed Sunday and another was wounded after escaping from a jail in Jolo, Sulu, a stronghold of Islamist militants, police said. The casualties were among 14 prisoners who escaped from a police station in the war-torn municipality, authorities said. Jolo is a base of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group and some of the inmates were linked to the militants, according to provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Mario Buyuccan. […]
(Eagle News) — Expect a substantive State of the Nation Address from President Rodrigo Duterte next week. “Abangan niyo po ang SONA ng Pangulo dahil ito ay magiging malaman, lalo’t batid naman natin na marami siyang naaccomplish,” Presidential Communications Operations Office head Martin Andanar said in a radio interview. Andanar did not say what exactly the President would say, however, only noting that it was the chief executive’s “discretion” to say what he wanted to say. […]
“He is liable for several reasons,” militant group says (Eagle News) — The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan welcomed on Saturday the Ombudsman’s order to file criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 that saw 44 members of the police’s elite Special Action Force killed, among others, saying he was indeed “liable” for several reasons. In a statement, Bayan said Aquino, for one, “violated the (then-)suspension order […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Pangilinan on Friday said the Liberal Party optimism former President Benigno Aquino III could defend himself from his actions in the Mamasapano operation that led to the deaths of 44 Special Action Force commandoes. “Sinusuportahan din ng Liberal Party si (dating) Pangulong Aquino sa kaniyang paninindigan sa prosesong pangkapayapaan sa Mindanao, at tinitignan ang kaniyang mga aksyon kaugnay sa Mamasapano bilang bahagi ng kaniyang paniwalang isulong ang katarungan at kapayapaan […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., expressed confidence that the three provinces his camp had identified for a vote recount will be enough to prove that he won in the last election. “I have identified already the three provinces where we were cheated enough to overcome her lead,” Marcos said in an interview referring to the lead of the proclaimed Vice President Leni Robredo Marcos revealed the three areas are […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate will review how the Philippine National Police (PNP) disciplines erring cops in light of the return of Police Supt. Marvin Marcos and his men in service and in higher positions than what they held before their suspension. Senate Committee on Public Order Chairman Senator Panfilo Lacson said that they will summon PNP officials for this. Marcos and his men are suspected of killing former Albuera, Leyte Mayor […]
