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(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections Director Benjamin delos Santos announced his resignation on Thursday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte admitted there was a resurgence in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. In a statement, Delos Santos said the “issue about the resurgence has made me irrelevant.” As such, he said his “irrevocable resignation effective immediately” was filed through the Secretary of Justice. “I will refrain from further comments and take the […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Thursday said the military was still verifying claims made by the Turkish ambassador on the presence of Turkish terrorists in the country. “The military is verifying the statement of Turkish Ambassador Esra Cankorur regarding the presence of..particularly the Fetullah Gulen Movement, in the Philippines,” Palace spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement. Cankorur was quoted by reports as saying that the group, which was responsible for an instigated failed coup […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon said it was impossible for any senator to support Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s proposal to extend martial law in Mindanao for five years. “The Senate, you know, we will stand as one and I don’t think any senator will agree to five years,” Drilon said. He admitted, however, that “theoretically,” Congress could approve the same. “But…I don’t think any senator in his right mind will […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The head of the ways and means committee in the Senate said they would carefully examine the proposal of the Department of Finance to lift value-added tax (VAT) exemptions on socialized and low-cost housing, noting that doing so could exacerbate the existing “housing backlog.” “Medyo tingin ko baka dapat pag-isipin mabuti ng ating DOF at ating mga mambabatas kung kailangan lagyan ng VAT yung socialized and low-cost housing dahil […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — House Sergeant-at-Arms Roland Detabali has said they would heighten security measures in the Lower House, as he revealed they were monitoring “minor threats” slated on President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24. “Definitely meron (threat), pero not very serious. Panggulo lang..,” Detabali said in a press conference. Asked to clarify, he said, “As of now, ‘yung protesters pa lang ang natanggap namin but we […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that it would do its best to end the conflict in Marawi in fifteen days, in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s assessment. “The 15 days is a period within which the President hopes the crisis in Marawi to end. The AFP will do its best, as it has been giving its level best, to crush the rebellion of the Maute-Isis group,” Col. […]
(Agence France Presse) — Top Philippine conglomerate San Miguel said on Thursday it had acquired an Australian wine bottling firm as part of its regional expansion. Packaging unit San Miguel Yamamura Packaging International bought Australia’s Barossa Bottling Services for an undisclosed amount, a San Miguel statement said. “We remain bullish on the Australasian market and will continue to look for bigger and better opportunities in that region,” San Miguel president and chief operating officer Ramon […]
(Eagle News) — A measure providing what a senator described as “virtually free” education in state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges, and selected vocational schools may soon become law. In a recent statement, Senator Bam Aquino, principal sponsor and co-author of the Senate version of the measure, said this was because the ratified version of the measure was already transmitted to the Office of the President for approval on July 5. This means […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Thursday condoled with the families of the two soldiers who were killed in Wednesday’s friendly fire incident, the second in Marawi after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao to quell the rebellion there. “On behalf of the President, we wish to express our deepest condolences to the families of the two soldiers who were killed in yesterday’s air strike accident while fighting Maute rebel remnants,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities are now investigating the second friendly fire incident that saw two soldiers killed and 11 others injured in Marawi on Wednesday. The investigation will cover how a bomb released fell 200 meters away from a Maute hideout, in “an area proximate to a building where soldiers were hiding.” “The building absorbed the shock of the bomb that exploded, that caused a lot of debris to fall. The debris caused the (deaths […]
(Eagle News) — The police official who led a raid against drug suspects in a Leyte jail in 2016 but who faced criminal charges after they were killed during the operation has been reinstated. Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa confirmed in a radio interview that Supt. Marvin Marcos was “back to full duty status.” This means, he said, that he could be “utilized again by the PNP for whatever assignment na […]
(Eagle News) – Palawan has again been recognized as the best island in the world, with fellow Philippine destination Boracay at a close third. Palawan obtained a 93.15 rating from readers of the travel magazine “Travel + Leisure,” paving the way for the province to clinch the title for the third time. The beautiful island was given the same recognition by the travel magazine last year and in 2013. Boracay earned an 89.67 rating, more […]
