Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 30, fired a Customs deputy commissioner. The President made the announcement of the dismissal of Noel Patrick Sales Prudente during the condemnation of smuggled luxury vehicles. He cited Prudente’s alleged excessive travels to Singapore and Europe for his dismissal. “He is now under investigation by the House. Matagal yang investigation sa House. I will cut short the agony of Congress,” Duterte said. According to Duterte, the […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives have filed a bill seeking to grant Filipino citizenship to Australian nun Patricia Fox. Reps. Carlos Zarate, Antonio Tinio, Emmi de Jesus, France Castro, Arlene Brosas, Ariel Casilao and Sarah Jane Elago filed House Bill 7806 after the Bureau of Immigration affirmed its April decision to forfeit her missionary visa in May. This was after it found Fox violated the terms of the […]
(Eagle News)- Patay ang tatlong holdaper matapos silang manlaban umano sa mga otoridad sa kahabaan ng C.P. Garcia, Quezon City kaninang madaling araw. Nasakote ng mga pulis ang tatlong suspek sa hot pursuit operation nang hindi huminto ang tinangay nila umanong taxi na minamaneho ni Henry Camarines sa isang interseksyon sa U.P. Ayon sa taxi driver, sumakay ang tatlo na di pa nakikilala sa may Commonwealth Ave. bandang ala-una ng madaling araw, ngunit pagdating sa lokasyon kung saan […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, May 30, slammed Solicitor General Jose Calida for what she said was his “hypocrisy” after he denied any conflict of interest when his family’s security firm bagged several contracts in some government agencies. “He has the gall to claim that there is no conflict of interest despite official records showing that his family-owned security firm bagged P150-million worth of contracts from government agencies,” she said, as […]
(Eagle News) — Several students have asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to implement the 25-percent ballot shading threshold in the ongoing vice presidential election recount. The students who reportedly came from Bicol are pushing for the same ballot threshold their supposed province-mate Vice President Leni Robredo is calling for. Robredo’s request, however, has been denied by the PET through a decision penned by Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa. She has filed […]
(Eagle News) — Three Cabinet members and several others were confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 30. Confirmed as Tourism, Justice and Agrarian Reform secretaries, respectively, were Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Menardo Guevarra and John Castriciones. Puyat was appointed to head the tourism department after Wanda Teo resigned over a P60-million advertisement placement deal. Guevarra was also appointed following the resignation of Vitaliano Aguirre III, who faced public indignation over a Department of Justice’s panel […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Someone actually asked the US Geological Survey if it is OK to roast marshmallows over volcanic lava. And the USGS actually took the time to answer. The query came on Twitter and with a caveat — “assuming you had a long enough stick.” “Erm… we’re going to have to say no, that’s not safe. (Please don’t try!),” the USGS said. Volcanic vents, the fissures in the ground from which […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, May 30, said he would look into the contract entered into by the Department of Justice and the security company owned by the family of Solicitor General Jose Calida. “To satisfy everyone, we’ll take a look. I’ll call the BAC, the bids and awards committee, and find out from them if all the proper procedures were observed,” Guevarra said of the contract between the DOJ and […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Papua New Guinea said Wednesday it was mulling a temporary shutdown of Facebook to uncover false accounts and block fake news in the Pacific nation, which hosts a major global summit later this year. The proposal, which Communications Minister Sam Basil said could lead to replacing Facebook with a locally developed social networking platform, was ridiculed as ill-timed and unworkable by opponents. Basil floated the idea of a one-month shutdown on […]
by Jim Slater Agence France Presse OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — LeBron James will attempt the most amazing achievement of his historic career by leading the twice-rebuilt Cleveland Cavaliers against heavily fancied defending champion Golden State in the 72nd NBA Finals. The 33-year-old superstar reached his eighth consecutive finals seemingly by sheer force of will, lifting the Cavs on his shoulders throughout the NBA playoffs to book their fourth finals meeting in a row against […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 30, confirmed the appointment of Menardo Guevarra as Justice Secretary. Guevarra’s confirmation came a day after Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was confirmed as Tourism Secretary. Guevarra was deputy executive director before he was appointed to head the justice department, whose then-secretary, Vitaliano Aguirre III, resigned following public indignation over a DOJ panel of prosecutors dismissal of drug charges filed against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and others.
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Six land iguanas, endemic to the Galapagos Islands, have been relocated within the Pacific archipelago due to food shortages and overpopulation on the islet where they lived, Ecuador’s Galapagos National Park said Tuesday. The reptiles were moved from the islet of Venice to Dragon Hill, on the neighboring island of Santa Cruz. “The shortage of rain, little food and the high number of land iguanas on the islet of Venice” forced […]
