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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday filed a cyberlibel complaint against blogger Edward Angelo Dayao after he called him and other senators “lapdogs” of Malacañang. Sotto filed the complaint before the Pasay City Prosecutors Office to take to task Dayao for his comment in his “silentnomore.ph” blog that came after Sotto and six others –Senators Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, Richard Gordon, Manny Pacquiao, Gregorio Honasan II, Juan Miguel […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senators raised doubts the Bangsamoro Basic Law could be passed by the end of this year, even if President Rodrigo Duterte calls for a special session of Congress. “Not even a special session can fast-track it to be passed into law this year. It contains 289 sections that hearings alone can take so much time,” Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Tuesday. He added the proposed budget […]
(Eagle News) – A brother-in-law of former President Benigno Aquino III was implicated in the P8.7-billion road scam revealed by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre last week. In a press conference, witness Roberto Catapang Jr. said Eldon Cruz’s name was used frequently by members of the syndicate that claimed road right of way compensation from the government for a national highway construction in General Santos City by submitting fake land titles and non-existent owners. For this, Catapang, […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday reiterated the allegations she tampered with a draft temporary restraining order were “hearsay,” even as the reporter who supposedly sourced such information stood by his story in Monday’s House justice panel hearing. In a statement, Sereno’s camp said “it doesn’t matter whether (Jomar) Canlas ‘stands by’ his source/story or not” in the first place. According to Sereno’s camp, “it doesn’t change the fact that it […]
(Eagle News) — Newspaper reporter Jomar Canlas on Monday said his source on a story about the alleged tampering of a draft temporary restraining order by Chief Justice Ma Lourdes Sereno was not Associate Justice Teresita de Castro. Canlas made the revelation in a House justice panel hearing on the impeachment complaint filed by lawyer Larry Gadon against Sereno, belying Gadon’s earlier claims. Gadon had said it was Canlas who gave him the information about […]
(Eagle News) — South Africa’s Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was crowned Miss Universe 2017 on Monday. Miss Colombia was first runner-up, and Miss Jamaica second runner-up. France’s Iris Mittenaere turned over her crown to Nel-Peters, a a graduate of Business Management at North West University, after her one-year stint. The last South African to be crowned Miss Universe was Margaret Gardiner in 1978.
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro did not attend the resumption of hearings on the impeachment complaint against SC Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday. But Rep. Rey Umali, chair of the House justice panel hearing the complaint, said she expressed willingness to attend the same should the SC en banc give her the approval to do this. Umali said apart from De Castro, Associate Justice Noel Tijam, SC spokesperson […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said on Sunday that it would be “highly irregular” for Associate Justice Teresita de Castro to take the witness stand, especially against the head of the judiciary.. “Medyo kinikilabutan po ako. Mahirap naman po ata na ‘yung hukom o yung huwes, biglang nagiging testigo,” lawyer Winnie Salumbides, a spokesperson of Sereno, said, adding that it was “unconventional.” Salumbides made the pronouncement following a House […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least two people were killed and two more seriously injured in a massive blast in China’s eastern port city of Ningbo on Sunday, local official said. The city government said on an official social media account that the explosion had occurred in a “vacant lot” but it did not provide more details. It added that an unidentified number of people were being treated.
(Eagle News) — House justice panel chair Rep. Rey Umali said they may issue a subpoena to Supreme Court Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno “Kung mayroon talagang mga bagay na dapat siyang testiguhan, marahil magiissue ang komite ng subpoena,” Umali said in a radio interview. According to Umali, if a subpoena is issued and Sereno doesn’t comply, “maoobliga na tayo mag-issue ng warrant.” The first option, however, he said, is basing the final articles of impeachment […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would have Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison arrested if he set foot in the country. Duterte made the announcement in a speech during the San Beda College of Law alumni homecoming in Makati on Friday night. “If Joma Sison comes here, I will arrest him or if I were him, huwag na siyang bumalik dito,” he said. He said he would not […]
(Eagle News) — The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said it is awaiting the notice of termination of peace negotiations by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, the NDFP said under the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees, “(Government of the Republic of the Philippines-NDFP) peace negotiations shall be deemed terminated 30 days after receipt of the written notice of termination to be given by one party to the other.” “We expect the GRP […]
