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(Eagle News) – Filipinos who are dissatisfied with Vice-President Leni Robredo have set a “Palit Bise” indignation rally at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park at 4 p.m. today, Sunday (April 2) to express their dissatisfaction with Robredo, particularly on her recent video message sent to a United Nations conference on narcotic drugs where she hit the government’s drug war. The rally was dubbed, Palit Bise, in apparent reference to the “Palit Ulo” scheme […]
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AFP) — Adrift and alone in the Pacific Ocean, Rolando Omongos prayed to live long enough to bring home news of the death of his uncle, whose corpse he had cast off at sea. The 21-year-old Filipino fisherman was stranded in January after a storm separated him and his uncle from their main fishing vessel, leaving the pair on a tiny boat without fuel, food or fishing tools. His prayer was […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Communist rebels waging one of the world’s longest-running insurgencies in the Philippines say they are willing to discuss a formal ceasefire proposed by the government in upcoming talks in the Netherlands. The insurgency began in 1968 in the poverty-stricken country, and has claimed an estimated 30,000 lives according to the military. The meeting, starting Sunday, will be the fourth round of talks between the National Democratic Front and Manila, which have […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday revealed what could be plans to impose a moratorium on allowance increases of officials in government-owned and controlled corporations. “Mga government corporations, kasi mga allowances nila. I’ll leave it that way, but next time I have to impose a moratorium sa increases. Masyado malaki,” he said in a speech in celebration of the day for women in Malacanang. “I will control whatever increases they enjoy in the future,” he […]
(Eagle News) — More than four million Filipinos were assisted by the government in the last quarter of 2016. The Social Weather Stations survey first published in BusinessWorld on Friday said the 4.8 million Filipinos translate to 46 percent of the population. The survey results were derived from face-to-face interviews with 1500 adults–600 from Balance Luzon, and 300 each from Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao. The sampling error margins are pegged at ±3% for national percentages, ±4% for […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has released the shortlist for those aspiring for seats in the Sandiganbayan and Court of Appeals. Those vying for the post vacated by Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Roland Jurado are Philip A. Aguinaldo; Maryann E. Corpus-Manalac; Danilo S. Cruz; Bayani H. Jacinto and Rosanna Fe A. Romero-Maglaya. Jurado opted to retire on Feb. 1, 2017. Vying for the post of Court of Appeals Associate Justice Francisco Acosta […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – China’s alleged reclamation projects in the disputed territories inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone will be part of the bilateral talks between China and the Philippines in May. According to Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, this is part of the agreement between the two countries to peacefully resolve the territorial dispute. “We made it perfectly clear that we want to raise issues of concern to our side,” Manalo said. Acting […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s expression of anger against ABS-CBN and the Philippine Daily Inquirer is not an attack on the freedom of media, but an expression of the President’s disappointment due to their alleged unfair reporting. According to Abella, President Duterte himself said that he will not hinder the media’s work. He said, however, that the President has the right to call for media to be more […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of China’s passage in Benham Rise should not be used as a basis of an impeachment complaint, according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian He also reasoned out that the entry of the Chinese survey ship in the Benham Rise is in line with the government policy of research and development. “Para sa akin, it’s not an impeachable offense. This is clearly not (impeachable) because it’s a policy. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Police Superintendant Lito Cabamongan tested positive in the initial drug test conducted by the Philippine National Police. Cabamongan was arrested by Las Piñas police after being caught in flagrante delicto in a pot session while using “shabu.” According to Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory Director, Police Chief Supt. Aurelio Trampe, Cabamongan tested positive in the initial test. Trampe also said that the Crime Laboratory’s chemistry division will conduct another […]
Stands by President Duterte’s tirades vs ABSCBN, PDI, saying PDI “insinuates particular bias that leans toward malice” (Eagle News) — Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Friday sought to allay fears Gina Lopez would no longer be appointed to lead the environmental department, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s verbal tirades against the Lopez-owned ABSCBN. In a press conference in Malacanang, Abella said Duterte “will appoint” her “if he sees fit.” “I think those are two separate matters..(Duterte) can […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Arestado sa operasyon ng Las Piñas City Police ang isang Police Colonel matapos mahuli sa akto na gumagamit ng shabu sa pot session sa isang subdivision sa lungsod. Kinilala ang suspek na si Police Supt. Lito Dumandan Cabamongan na Hepe ng Pnp-Crime Laboratory Satelite Office sa Alabang. Arestado rin ang ka pot session ng opisyal na si Nedy Sabdao na umano’y may-ari ng bahay. […]
