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DepEd won’t allow elementary students to undergo drug testing

June 22, 2018
Panelo: Aquino should have been indicted for plunder or “at very least” graft and corruption over DAP

June 22, 2018
Sereno returns P5-million Land Cruiser to Supreme Court

June 22, 2018
Sison says gov’t “inconsistent, self-contradictory”

June 22, 2018
“Four high courts” proposed under new Constitution; high courts to be composed of “specialist” justices — Puno

June 21, 2018

National

DepEd won’t allow elementary students to undergo drug testing

June 22, 2018

(Eagle News) — The Department of Education (DepEd) said it won’t allow elementary students or grade school pupils to go through mandatory drug testing as proposed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Education Secretary Leonor Briones said they are still not convinced that a 10 year-old should undergo mandatory drug testing as children’s identities would become exposed to public scrutiny. “Hindi pa kami kumbinsido na 10 years old. Kasi ang 10 years old na […]

Muntinlupa court dismisses De Lima’s motion to quash drug case

June 22, 2018

(Eagle News) — A Muntinlupa court junked on Friday, June 22, Senator Leila de Lima’s motion to quash the case of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading filed by the Department of Justice against her. Boni Tacardon, De Lima’s lawyer, said the Branch 206 judge junked the motion, which was filed after the court allowed the prosecution to amend its original charge of illegal drug trading, on a technicality. Despite the denial, De Lima’s […]

Proposed drug testing of Grade 4 students draws mixed reactions from senators

June 22, 2018

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposal to conduct mandatory drug testings for teachers and Grade 4 students and up has drawn mixed reactions from senators. For Senator Panfilo Lacson, apart from the fact that the drug testing would help “the government’s prioritized efforts to curb drug addiction and trade, there is sufficient legal basis and jurisprudence in the conduct of random drug testing among junior and high school students.” […]

Panelo: Aquino should have been indicted for plunder or “at very least” graft and corruption over DAP

June 22, 2018

(Eagle News) — Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday, June 22, said former President Benigno Aquino III should have been indicted for plunder or “at the very least” graft and corruption over the disbursement acceleration program. Panelo made the statement after the Ombudsman filed a complaint of usurpation of authority–which carries a penalty of “temporary special disqualification” and imprisonment between six months and one day to six years— against the former president instead. According to […]

Sereno returns P5-million Land Cruiser to Supreme Court

June 22, 2018

(Eagle News) — Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has returned her P5-million service vehicle to the Supreme Court. Sereno made the move days after the Supreme Court upheld its May 11 decision to nullify her appointment as Chief Justice. Lawyer Larry Gadon told Sereno off for what he said was the high cost of the vehicle, among other things, and filed an impeachment complaint against her on the basis of these allegations. Some of […]

Metro

CHR probing possible liability of policemen in Argoncillo’s death

June 22, 2018

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights said an investigation into the possible liability of policemen in the death of detainee Genesis Argoncillo is already underway. “Sa pagkakataong may malinaw na paglabag sa batas, pinapaalalahan ng CHR ang kapulisan na kahit ang mga nakabilanggo o persons deprived of liberty ay may mga karapatang kailangan pangalagaan,” CHR spokesperson Jackie de Guia said in a statement. According to De Guia, police negligence that led to a […]

Agila Pilipinas

Lawyer, security guard shot dead in Cainta, Rizal

June 22, 2018

(Eagle News) — Two people, a lawyer and a security guard, were shot dead in Cainta, Rizal, the police said on Friday, June 22. Police identified the victims as lawyer Joey Galit and Jesus Mateo. According to the police, Galit was shot by at least four unidentified suspects while he was on board his vehicle, on the way to Apple Village 1, where he lived, on Thursday, June 21. His wife was unhurt. Mateo, on the […]

ASEAN IN FOCUS

Malaysia picks 1MDB investigator as central bank chief

June 22, 2018

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) – A Malaysian official who probed the 1MDB mega-scandal which helped topple the corruption-plagued former regime has been appointed as the new central bank governor, the government said Friday. Nor Shamsiah Mohamad Yunus is returning to Bank Negara Malaysia to take up the top job almost two years after leaving her post as deputy governor, a spokesman for the prime minister told AFP. Muhammad Ibrahim quit as bank chief this month […]

PH hailed as first ASEAN SME Academy administrator

June 19, 2018
PH intensifies anti-dengue activities as it observes ASEAN Dengue Day

June 15, 2018

ASEAN Perspectives

Trump-Kim landmark summit could lead to peace and stability in Asia, says PHL Ambassador to US

June 14, 2018

(Eagle News) – The landmark and historic summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be good for the stability of Asia, according to Philippine Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez. Noting that the summit happened on June 12, the same day as the Philippines was commemorating its 120th Philippine Independence Day, Romualdez said that this meeting between the two leaders would “lead to […]

Malaysian top judges quit as new government cleans house

June 13, 2018
Officer, 4 attackers dead in Indonesia police station assault: official

May 16, 2018

International

US says it is dedicated to ‘multilateralism’ despite leaving UN rights council

June 23, 2018

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Washington remains committed to working diplomatically with other countries to solve problems, despite its decision this week to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, a US ambassador said Friday. “Multilateralism works, and we are engaged across the board in a number of international organizations and entities,” Robert Wood, the US ambassador to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament, told reporters. His comment came days after Washington withdrew from the UN’s […]

Koreas discuss reunions for war-separated families

June 22, 2018

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea on Friday held Red Cross talks to discuss resuming reunions for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, the latest step in the diplomatic thaw on the peninsula. Millions of people were separated during the conflict that sealed the division between the two Koreas nearly 70 years ago. Most died without having a chance to see or hear from their relatives on the other side of […]

Charities ‘strain’ to cope with US migrant chaos

June 22, 2018

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – US charities are “straining” to cope with chaos on the ground provoked by America’s family separation crisis at the Mexican border, without immediate prospect of reuniting several thousand children with their parents. US authorities have split more than 2,300 children from adult relatives who illegally crossed the border since May 5, placing them in tent camps and other facilities, with no way to contact their relatives. Wendy Young, president […]

N. Korea ‘already starting’ denuclearization: Trump

June 22, 2018

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — North Korea has already begun its denuclearization, US President Donald Trump said Thursday, after many observers greeted with skepticism the results of his historic meeting with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un. “They’ve already blown up one of their big test sites. In fact, it was actually four of their big test sites. And the big thing is, it will be a total denuclearization, which is already starting,” Trump said at a cabinet […]

Technology

With a billion users, Instagram takes on YouTube in video

June 21, 2018

by Julie Charpentrat Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram said Wednesday it now has more than one billion active users, as it unveiled a new long-form video feature in a bid to attract “creators” like those on YouTube. It becomes the fourth Facebook platform to hit the billion-user mark, including the namesake social network with more than two billion users, and the messaging applications WhatsApp and Messenger. Instagram, which had some […]

Facebook to offer interactive game shows on video platform

June 20, 2018
Jilted Fujifilm sues Xerox for $1bn after aborted merger

June 19, 2018

Sports

Suns make Bahamas’ Ayton the top pick in NBA draft

June 22, 2018
Messi’s Argentina staring at World Cup exit after Croatia humbling

June 22, 2018

Business

Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks end week with gains

June 22, 2018

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong stocks finished a painful week on a positive note Friday but investors remain on edge about a possible trade war between China and the United States. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.15 percent, or 42.65 points, to close at 29,338.70, sinking 3.18 percent over the week. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.49 percent, or 13.95 points, to 2,889.76 but it lost 4.37 percent over the week. The […]

Tokyo stocks open lower as yen firms on trade war fears

June 22, 2018

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday, extending losses in global markets amid escalating trade tensions and a stronger yen against the dollar. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.02 percent or 231.15 points to 22,461.89 in early trade, while the broader Topix index was down 0.94 percent or 16.44 points at 1,734.19. The European Union slapped revenge tariffs on iconic US products including bourbon, jeans and motorcycles on Friday in its […]

With a billion users, Instagram takes on YouTube in video

June 21, 2018

Entertainment

Disney boosts Fox bid to $71.3-B to counter Comcast

June 21, 2018

by Rob Lever with John Biers Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Disney raised its offer for key assets of 21st Century Fox on Wednesday to $71.3 billion to counter a rival bid from Comcast in the latest move in a bidding war that could create a dominant player in the media-entertainment world. The move by Walt Disney Co. comes a week after Comcast, the largest US cable provider and owner of the […]

Paul McCartney turns 76 and teases ‘Egypt Station’

June 19, 2018

NEW YORK,United States (AFP)—Paul McCartney on Monday teased news of “Egypt Station” — presumed to be the title of his next album — as the former Beatle celebrated his 76th birthday. The rock legend on social media released a video of the Pyramids and palm trees swaying in the wind on a sand-colored background set to snippet of ambient music mixed with vehicular traffic. McCartney and his label did not provide further details but speculation […]

‘Incredibles 2’ makes heroic N. America box office debut

June 19, 2018

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Incredibles 2,” the long-awaited return of a quirky animated superhero family from Disney-Pixar, reigned supreme at the North American box office, raking in a record $182.7 million in its debut, data showed Monday. It was the highest ever opening for an animated film, easily besting the $135 million debut of its Pixar stablemate, “Finding Dory” (2016). The sequel picks up the story of the Parr family as matriarch Helen (Holly […]

United Kingdom witnesses INC’s united walk against poverty

May 15, 2018

(Eagle News) — United Kingdom witnessed a united Worldwide Walk against Poverty conducted by members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) coming from various places such as Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Flintshire, Manchester and London to name a few. All were excitedly determined to be part of the global charity walk in which UK was one of the more than 300 sites that participated. INC members and guests in the United Kingdom started […]

PHL Ambassador witnesses INC Worldwide Walk in Brazil

May 12, 2018

(Eagle News) — Hundreds of Iglesia Ni Cristo members in Brazil joined the Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty on May 6, Sunday (Manila time). To coincide with the start of the global charity walk in the Philippines at 6 a.m. of May 6, Brazil started its walk at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 5 (Brazil time). Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro was also there to witness the occasion. The Brazil venue of the […]

Amid rains, more than 800 join INC Worldwide Walk in Seoul, South Korea

May 10, 2018

(Eagle News) — Amid strong rains, more than 800 Iglesia Ni Cristo members in South Korea joined the May 6 Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty in a park in Seoul, South Korea. Krishna Patnala, the independent witness assigned to monitor the walk site in Seoul, said he was surprised to find so many people participating in the vent. “To my surprise, I saw so many people here,” he said. More than 800 participants came, […]

Various nationalities join INC Worldwide Walk in Thailand, say they’re “proud to be part” of event

May 10, 2018

(Eagle News) — Citizens of various countries participated in the Bangkok, Thailand venue of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty on Sunday, May 6. Even guests from African countries joined the walk and expressed appreciation that the Church is doing this for their continent. “Being an African, and the walk is all about (helping to) eliminate poverty in Africa, it’s going to be amazing […]

IN FOCUS: Global Poverty

Canadian INC kids walk to fight poverty in Toronto, Ontario

May 8, 2018

From start to finish: INC Worldwide Walk participants from Northeast U.S. unite in Johnsonville, Connecticut

May 7, 2018

In photos: Faces of poverty in Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan

May 6, 2018

#INCwalktofightpoverty According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, an estimated 63 percent of the population in Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan is experiencing severe food scarcity. The situation is particularly bad in Aweil West and Aweil South counties, where the exhaustion of household food stocks and growing dependence on financially inaccessible markets have left the population facing Emergency levels of food insecurity. Albert Gonzalez Farran / AFP © Agence France-Presse

In photo: Congolese women wait for food ration in DRC, Central Africa

May 6, 2018

#INCwalktofightpoverty A Congolese woman looks on, while people wait for their ration of food to be handed out at a food distribution on October 25, 2017, in Kasala, in the restive region of Kasai, central Democratic Republic of Congo. Conflict in the Kasai Provinces between the local militia, Kamwina Nsapu, and Government troops have displaced 1.4 million people since August 2016. As three crop cycles have been missed and displacement continues, severe malnutrition is becoming […]

Headlines

US says it is dedicated to ‘multilateralism’ despite leaving UN rights council

Koreas discuss reunions for war-separated families

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