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(Eagle News)–PBA Rep. Jericho Nograles on Sunday, April 22, revealed that Grab has not been implementing a Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board order that it remove its feature that enables drivers to refuse passengers. In an interview over dzbb, Nograles said the order was given as early as September 2015. “Ang specific instruction is really tanggalin yung capacity to know the rider’s destination and capacity to know the cost of the trip, dahil naniniwala […]
(Eagle News)—Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Sunday, April 22, said the Cabinet would work “double-time in highlighting policies and programs of the current administration that have the most impact to the lives of our countrymen.” Roque made the statement following a Social Weather Stations survey that found that Cabinet officials’ net satisfaction rating dropped by 10 points from the +38 they got in December 2017. The 10-point decline was after a drop in their ratings in […]
(Eagle News)–The Kuwaiti government has summoned the Philippine ambassador to the Middle Eastern country. A report on Kuwaiti News Agency said the ambassador was also handed protest notes over the recent remarks of several Filipino officials which the report said “entailed serious offenses against the State.” The report said the protest notes were also over the “actions made by some Philippine embassy’s employees in violation of the diplomatic norms governing the relations of the two countries as […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano lashed back at the United States on Saturday, April 21, following a report by the US State Department that human rights continue to be a major concern in the Philippines. “We do not need others who think they know better than us Filipinos to tell us what to do. As a sovereign nation, the Philippines deserves the same kind of respect we have been extending to our friends in […]
(Eagle News)–The picture that shows Australian nun Patricia Fox holding a microphone was taken during a press conference not a rally. Fox made the claim in a press conference on Saturday, April 21. “It wasn’t a rally, it was meant to be a press conference but because there are many other things going on, there was no press,” she said. She said she was expecting the press conference to be “indoors.” “But when I got […]
House of Representatives’ stays the same (Eagle News)—-Net satisfaction ratings for the Senate, Cabinet and the Supreme Court fell by one grade, while that for the House of Representatives stayed the same in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The First Quarter 2018 survey conducted from March 23 to 27, 2018, found that 61% were satisfied and 16% dissatisfied with the performance of the Senate; 45% satisfied and 24% dissatisfied with the Supreme Court of […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, April 20, showed pictures of Catholic nun Patricia Fox apparently speaking in rallies, debunking the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines claim that the Australian nun whom President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered investigated never spoke in the protests. “Well I now have a picture…Malinaw na malinaw po na kasama po siya, may hawak po siyang mikropono..I am just telling the bishops, hindi po sinabi ni Sister Fox sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice is slated to summon former President Benigno Aquino III and 43 others in connection with the criminal complaint filed against them over the Dengvaxia mess. The DOJ said it would order all 44 respondents to appear before the panel on May 15 at 10 a.m. The looming summon was in connection with the complaint for multiple homicide and physical injuries through negligence, technical malversation and for violation of the Anti-Graft […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has approved the accreditation of another Transport Network Company. The LTFRB approved GoLag Inc.’s accreditation after approving Hirna’s and Hype’s. The accreditation comes after Uber sold its operations in the Southeast Asian market to Grab in exchange for a 27.5 percent stake in its former rival.
(Eagle News) – Leaders who will attend the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore from April 27 to 28, 2018 are expected to discuss transnational and transboundary issues such as terrorism, violent extremism, among others. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Helen Dela Vega said in a press briefing on Friday, April 20, that apart from these, the leaders, including President Rodrigo Duterte, will talk about ways to address trafficking in persons, illicit drugs and […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Police Director General Oscar Albayalde on Friday, April 20, said he would retain the counter-intelligence task force that runs after rogue policemen. In his first press briefing as the PNP chief, Albayalde said the CITF, which was set up by his predecessor, Ronald dela Rosa, would even be “complimented by all the counter-intelligence divisions and units of the PNP.” “Alam naman nila kung ano ang focus […]
(Eagle News) — A third disbarment complaint was filed against lawyer Larry Gadon on Friday, April 20, over his demeanor toward pro-Sereno rallyists during oral arguments in Baguio on April 10. Zena Bernardo, Natividad Dela Cruz Natividad, Jose Mari Tomines Callueng, Nona Andaya-Castillo, Evangeline Hernandez, Jennifer Aiza Santaolaya, Faith Angelie Catalan, and Mark Vincent Lim, who described themselves as “concerned citizens, activists, community workers, mothers” said Gadon’s cursing at the protesters–which was caught in a picture–was […]
