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(Eagle News) – Nagkansela na ng pasok ang ilang mga lokal na pamahalaan ngayong Martes, Hulyo 17. Sa abiso na inilabas ng mga local government, ang kanselasyon ng pasok ay bunsod ng masamang panahong dala ng bagyong Henry. Kabilang sa mga walang pasok ang mga sumusunod: Bataan (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Hagonoy, Bulacan (pre-school hanggang high school) Naic, Cavite (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Batangas (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Morong, […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the P3-billion Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, charged with graft before the Ombudsman were former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad and officials of the French firm Sanofi Pasteur, Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health. In filing the charges the NBI said there were irregularities in the issuance of the certificate of product registration, among others. […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Work in the Senate has been cancelled due to continuous rains. Senator Gregorio Honasan, officer in charge of the Senate, employees were told to go home because of flooded areas. The scheduled hearing by the Senate committee on constitutional amendments on the draft federal constitution has also been cancelled. The bicameral conference committee has yet to say if the vote on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law will push through today. […]
Here are some of the scenes and interviews of the spectators after France’s victory over Croatia during the finals of the World Cup on Sunday, July 15, in Moscow, Russia, taken by our EBC Correspondent in Moscow. (Photos and videos by Emy Coloma, Eagle News Service correspondent in Moscow, Russia)
by Dave Clark / Jitendra Joshi Agence France Presse HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin began an historic summit on Monday vowing their determination to forge a reset of troubled relations between the world’s greatest nuclear powers. Trump, bent on forging a personal bond with the Kremlin chief despite allegations of Russian meddling in US politics, went into the summit blaming “stupidity” by his predecessors for plunging ties to […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia was the target of almost 25 million cyber-attacks during the World Cup, President Vladimir Putin said, though he did not indicate who may have been behind the attacks. “During the period of the World Cup, almost 25 million cyber-attacks and other criminal acts on the information structures in Russia, linked in one way or another to the World Cup, were neutralised,” Putin said during a meeting on Sunday with […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to disregard the Solicitor General’s stance that the 50 percent ballot shading threshold be used in the ongoing manual recount. The manual recount stems from the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Robredo, who was declared the winner in the vice presidential polls. In a July 13 plea, Romulo Macalintal, Robredo’s lawyer, called the OSG’s conclusion that […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Monday, July 16, reiterated his proposal the elections in 2019 be postponed to supposedly ensure a smooth transition to the federal type of government. According to Alvarez, this could be done either through the passage of a law or a constitutional amendment via a people’s initiative done by supporters of federalism. The Constitution has a provision that requires that polls be held every three years. “That can be done. […]
(Eagle News) — An alleged Maute bomb expert was killed in an inter-agency operation in General Santos on Monday, July 16. Najib Calimba Pundog alias Najib Hussein, was killed after he resisted and fought authorities who were serving a warrant for his arrest for murder, serious illegal detention and kidnapping, Eastern Mindanao Command spokesperson Major Ezra Balagtey said. Balagtey said the operation, which saw PO3 Jerry Feo injured, took place at 2:15 a.m. in Barangay Fatima. A hand […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad discussed “matters of mutual interest” during their meeting on Monday afternoon, July 16, in Malaysia, a day after watching the fight and phenomenal win of Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. The two leaders met at 3 p.m.. Monday at the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office in Putrajaya where they “renewed and reaffirmed the long-standing brotherhood and friendship between the Philippines and Malaysia.” […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday, July 16, vowed to stop any “Cha-cha express,” saying the “product” of the Constitutional Commission, a “document as important as the basic law,” should be “rigorously studied, and not railroaded.” “I will block any Cha-cha express, especially one driven by people with expiring terms and fuelled by selfish interest,” she said in a statement. According to Poe, she took the “centrist view of giving the Con-com’s product the courtesy […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapadala ang ruling party na Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) ng kinatawan sa North Korea ngayong linggo. Ayon kay Raul Lambino, PDP-Laban vice president for international affairs, ito ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na magkakaroon ng party to party contact sa pagitan ng Manila at Pyongyang. “This is strictly party-to-party diplomacy. The invitation was extended to us months ago, and we feel that this visit could not have come at a better time,” […]
