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Acting Chief Justice Carpio: SC to decide on Sereno issue with finality “hopefully this month”

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Barring hitches, the Supreme Court will act on Maria Lourdes Sereno’s appeal of the High Court decision that nullified her appointment as Chief Justice, and therefore decide on the issue with finality, this month. This is according to Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, who spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the SC’s celebration of its 117th anniversary on Friday, June 8. “We will decide that hopefully this month,” […]

Foxconn unit becomes most valuable China-listed tech company

SHANGHAI, China (AFP)- A unit of electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn soared by the maximum allowable 44 percent in its stock debut in Shanghai on Friday to become the most valuable tech company listed in mainland China. Foxconn Industrial Internet, which makes electronic devices, cloud service equipment, and industrial robots, ended the day with a market value of $61 billion after the biggest IPO in China in nearly three years. The company closed at 19.82 yuan per […]

Albayalde: Peace and order sa bansa, malaki ang pinagbago dahil sa war on drugs ng pamahalaan

(Eagle News) — Napakalaki na ang pagbabago ng peace and order sa Pilipinas magmula nang simulan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang giyera kontra droga. Sa kaniyang pamumuno naman noon bilang National Capital Region Police Office director, sinabi ni ngayo’y Philippine National Police chief Dir. Gen. Oscar Albayalde na bumaba kaagad ang antas ng crimes on properties ng halos 60 percent. “Ang tanong po natin bakit po ito bumaba kung walang kinalaman ito sa iligal na […]

Surprise inspection sa mga paaralan, makatutulong para mabawasan ang mga kabataang nalululong sa droga – PNP Chief

(Eagle News) — Maganda ang magiging epekto lalo na sa mga kabataan ang panukalang surprise inspection sa mga paaralan. Sa panayam kay Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde, sa murang edad ng mga batang mag-aaral ay namumulat na sila sa kapahamakang dulot ng ipinagbabawal na gamot sa kanilang kalusugan at maging sa buong komunidad. “Yung education dito na sa murang edad, dapat maeducate ang mga kabababayan. Ito yung tinatawag natin na “pag-asa ng bayan.” […]

Grab PHL official denies lawmaker’s allegations of “modern-day slavery” vs the firm

“No one is being forced to drive long hours,” Cu says (Eagle News) — Grab Philippines on Friday, June 8, denied it was forcing its drivers to work as “slaves” for profit, and lashed out at PBA Rep. Jericho Nograles, who made the accusations. In a statement, Grab Philippines’ head Brian Cu said the company’s “major pillar in its strategy” was the “welfare” of its drivers, noting that  “no one among Grab partners is being forced […]

Pagasa announces start of rainy season

(Eagle News) –The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, June 8, officially declared the start of the rainy season in the country. The announcement came as tropical depression “Domeng” intensified into a tropical storm. “Due to the prevalent occurrence of thunderstorms and the dominance of the southwest monsoon or ‘Habagat’, the rainy season officially begins today, [Friday]” weather specialist Cris Perez said in a press conference. The weather bureau said the […]

US, North Korea: face-to-face after decades of tension

(AFP)- With US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, poised to meet Tuesday, here is a recap of the decades of tensions between their countries: – Divided Korean peninsula – The Soviet Union declares war on Japan, Korea’s colonial power, in the closing days of World War II and Washington and Moscow agree to divide the peninsula into two zones of occupation along the 38th parallel. Two rival states emerge in […]

NUPL to seek Supreme Court help following CA decision in Mary Jane Veloso case

(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers said on Friday, June 8,  that it would seek the help of the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals upheld its earlier decision to disallow Mary Jane Veloso, who is on death row in Indonesia, from testifying against her alleged illegal recruiters. In a statement posted on its Facebook account, the group said they “shall legally intervene as private prosecutors” and shall “revisit and exhaust […]

Xi, Putin meet as US tensions bring them closer

BEIJING, China (AFP)- Chinese President Xi Jinping treated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to a state visit on Friday as the neighboring giants forge closer ties in the face of US diplomatic and economic challenges. Putin, re-elected to his fourth Kremlin term in March, arrived at the grandiose Great Hall of the People in Beijing for talks with Xi, who could stay in power for life after term limits were lifted this year. The two heads of […]

Death toll of northwest Syria air raids rises to 38 civilians: monitor

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP)- The death toll from air strikes thought to have been carried out by Russian jets on a residential area in northwestern Syrian has risen to 38 civilians, a Britain-based monitor said Friday. The toll, which includes five children, increased after bodies were pulled from the rubble and victims died of their injuries after the raids late Thursday in the area of Zardana in the northwestern Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]

CA junks OSG’s appeal for Mary Jane Veloso to be allowed to testify via deposition vs alleged illegal recruiters

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Court of Appeals has denied the Office of the Solicitor General’s appeal for a Nueva Ecija judge to observe the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso–a death row inmate in Indonesia–against her alleged illegal recruiters who are detained in Nueva Ecija. In junking the OSG’s motion for reconsideration of the  former eleventh division’s December 13, 2017 decision, the division reiterated that the right of the accused, in this case Maria […]