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(Eagle News)–Sangley airport in Cavite is expected to be operational by the end of October. The Department of Transportation made the announcement on Saturday, Sept. 28, on the same day Transportation Secretary Art Tugade visited the area to “inspect the progress of the Sangley airport construction as well as the status of the proposed ferry terminal in the area as an option for accessibility.” Earlier, Tugade ordered the 24/7 construction work in the area to […]
(Eagle News)–“Onyok” has intensified into a tropical storm, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its recent advisory, PAGASA said as of 10 a.m., the center of Tropical Storm “Onyok” was estimated 870 kilometers east northeast of Virac, Catanduanes or 1,105 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is moving west northwest at 35 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, Sept. 28, stood firm in what he said was his crusade against pork barrel despite criticisms by several congressmen. “(Deputy Speaker) LRay Villafuerte, Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor, and other House members can take turns in maligning me while defending their pork but I’m still going all in,” Lacson said in a Tweet. Lacson was responding to Villafuerte’s claims the senator’s remarks the House had planned to grant P700 million […]
(Eagle News)–Iloilo City has suspended classes on Monday, Sept. 30, due to the planned transport strike of some transport organizations. Mayor Jerry Treñas said in a Facebook post that the suspension covers all levels in both public and private schools. “This is to minimize the inconvenience to the riding public especially the students,” he said. The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide and the Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations are planning the strike […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Bong Go on Wednesday, Sept. 11, said the next Bureau of Corrections chief should be a “killer.” Go made the recommendation as he revealed an “exasperated” President Rodrigo Duterte had already started looking for the replacement of Nicanor Faeldon, who was sacked as BuCor chief over the Good Conduct Time Allowance law mess. Although Go said he had someone in mind, he refused to reveal his identity. “Kung former military or former police […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs has seized P53 million worth of misdeclared agricultural products at the Port of Manila. In a statement, the BOC said the products, which were housed in 16 containers, arrived at Port 3 on Aug. 8, and had been declared by consignee Shinerise Trading Service as fishballs with a total declared duties and taxes of P2,542,882.00. Upon inspection, though, Customs examiners found the shipment contained an estimated P20.080 million worth of […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has argued the sedition complaint filed against her over the Ang Totoong Narco-list videos is “bereft of any imputation against her” in the first place, and should therefore be dismissed. In her counter-affidavit filed on Sept. 9, De Lima said in fact, her name appears “only once” in the complaint, in the enumeration of names, but “nowhere else in the body..” “Instead, the complaint inconsistently and vaguely attempts to lump […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has called for the removal of brokers and examiners in the Bureau of Customs. “Ang gusto ko, wala nang brokers. Pagka may brokers, may corruption talaga ‘yan. Ngayon, sinasabi ko, sabihin mo sa Pilipino, kung gusto talaga nila walang corruption, tanggalin na natin ‘yang mga ganon..wala nang examiner sa Customs wala nang brokers,” he said. According to Duterte if the brokers in particular are removed, “you would have cut corruption overnight.” […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission should stop its probe into the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, and other issues in the Bureau of Corrections. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in an interview over CNN Philippines that the Ombudsman, after all, is already conducting its own probe. “When the Ombudsman takes over, all agencies will have to defer to the Ombudsman, because that is the constitutional body precisely […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Wednesday, Sept. 4, were cancelled due to the bad weather. Below is a list, according to the Manila International Airport Authority: SKYJET M8 816/817 (Manila–Basco–Manila) The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services said typhoon “Liwayway” and the southwest monsoon continue to affect parts of the country.
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday, Sept. 3, admitted referring Antonio Sanchez family’s letter requesting executive clemency for the former Calauan, Laguna mayor to the Board of Pardons and Parole, but added this was what he did with all the other letters he received. “And I refer all kinds of letters, the same. I don’t want to be accused by anyone that just because I’m a lawyer I would be not doing anything for […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has affirmed the Ombudsman’s dismissal of the charges for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide against former President Benigno Aquino III and two others over the Mamasapano incident in 2015. In dismissing the petition for certiorari filed by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, the SC, voting 15-0, ruled she did not commit grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction when the Ombudsman, then led by Conchita Carpio-Morales, […]
