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(Eagle News) — “Welcome on board.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say to Kris Aquino after she said in a post she now understood why then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency in the 2016 elections. Before making the statement, the sister of former President Benigno Aquino III, who endorsed Mar Roxas in the previous polls, criticized Roxas’ wife, Korina Sanchez, for making a television feature about her former husband James Yap. “Sampal […]
(Eagle News) — To save money, President Rodrigo Duterte will take an eight-seater plane to travel to Singapore where he is slated to attend the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. “It’s expensive to charter a plane, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He added a “leaner delegation would mean lesser cost for the taxpayer,” with the President to be accompanied by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, among others. The ASEAN Summit will take […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, April 23, said the contents of the US State Department’s human rights report were inconsistent with US President Donald Trump’s pronouncements about the Philippines’ drug war. “If I’m not mistaken, President Trump said he knows what he’s (President Rodrigo Duterte) doing in the Philippines. So I do not know how to reconcile the State Department report with the actual statement of the President (Trump),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, April 23, urged the Senate justice and human rights committee anew to act on her resolutions aimed at addressing “congestion and poor living conditions” inside jails and penitentiaries across the country. De Lima reiterated the statement following the release of records from the Philippine National Police (PNP) that showed that most regional police offices have congested detention facilities. De Lima’s statement also comes days after an inmate at […]
“There is always a way” to air your grievance, Albayalde says (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Monday, April 23, said he has ordered the PNP’s Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management to identify the policemen behind the posts that bash him on the Facebook page Buhay Lespu. “I want them to be identified and I’ll make them report in my office personally,” Albayalde said. He said that […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Newly installed Philippine National Police Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Monday, April 23, reminded policemen to follow even the simplest rules, or else they would be sanctioned. He said policemen should wear helmets, refrain from texting on the streets while on duty, and should entertain complainants in the police stations. “Kapag merong nagsabi sa atin na yung isang complainant or kababayan natin pumunta sa isang istasyon at sinagot […]
(Eagle News) — Kuwaiti authorities have detained two Filipinos who were reportedly encouraging Filipino housemaids to escape from their employers’ households. A report by the Kuwait News Agency (KNA) said this was announced by the Kuwait Ministry of Interior MoI) on Sunday, April 22. Quoting the MoI, the KNA said the Filipinos confessed to the “crime in addition to other similar offenses that had been committed in various regions of the country.” “The authorities have launched […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, April 23, has appointed Jose Arturo Garcia Jr. as general manager of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. Garcia, who was the officer in charge of the MMDA before his appointment, became MMDA general manager on April 18. His appointment paper was, however, only released on Monday. Also appointed to posts were Javey Francisco and Pia Cristina Bersamin, a daughter of Supreme Court Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin. Francisco was named […]
(Eagle News)—Grab Philippines on Monday, April 23, said it had sanctioned around 500 of its drivers for their repeated and unjustified cancellations of bookings. Grab Country Head Brian Cu made the statement after PBA Rep. Jericho Nograles revealed over the weekend that Grab did not comply with a 2015 Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board order directing them to remove a feature that enabled drivers to refuse passengers. “We will never tolerate any behavior that compromises […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Joma Sison said he was willing to end his exile in The Netherlands and talk peace. In a radio interview on Monday, April 23, Sison said, however, that peace negotiations should be sufficiently pushed and that these were “not easily upset by peace spoilers.” By peace spoilers he said he meant players within the military who would benefit with ongoing skirmishes between the government and the communist rebels. […]
(Eagle News)—-The camp of Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has denied any hand in the filing of a third disbarment case against lawyer Larry Gadon, and in the letter urging the Solicitor General to file a quo warranto petition against Associate Justice Teresita de Castro. It was Gadon who filed an impeachment complaint against Sereno, while De Castro has been very vocal against Sereno. “Ang initiative ay ‘di nagmula sa kampo ni Chief […]
(Eagle News)—Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has sacked a high-ranking Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines official over alleged extortion. In a statement on Sunday, Tugade said CAAP Airworthiness Inspector Rodolfo Moral has been dismissed for allegedly demanding money from a party in exchange for airworthiness certification. “Walang puwang sa departamento ko at sa administrasyon ni Pangulong Duterte ang mga corrupt! Hindi alam ng mga gaya ninyo ang tunay na kahulugan ng serbisyo publiko,” he said. According […]
