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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer sign an executive order that will end contractualization, the Palace said on Thursday, April 19. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President was adopting Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s position that the matter be left up to Congress instead. Labor groups waiting for the EO to be signed have threatened to hold protests on Labor Day. Earlier, Roque said the President wanted an EO that would […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila de Lima reiterated on Thursday, April 18, that the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno should be quashed for lack of jurisdiction. In their four-page manifestation filed before the Supreme Court, Trillanes and De Lima, through their lawyers, said the “hostile environment for adjudicating the present case has clouded the jurisdictional issue they raised in their opposition-in-intervention.” On April 4, Trillanes and […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has appealed the Presidential Electoral Tribunal’s decision to use the 50 percent threshold in the manual recount of 2016 vice presidential votes in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest. Robredo said in her April 18 urgent motion for reconsideration that the PET’s resolution dated April 10 “should be reversed and set aside” as the tribunal was “aware” of the 25 percent […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has suspended the P2 per minute of travel time extra charge of Grab Philippines. In an order dated April 18, the LTFRB said the suspension was “pending extensive review and resolution on the issue” and would be effective “until further order of the board.” The order was signed by LTFRB Chair Martin Delgra III, and by Board Members Aileen Lizada and Ronaldo […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has welcomed the proposal for a Senate probe into the Special Action Force P58.9-million subsistence allowance mess. “The PNP assures the availability of the concerned PNP officers to face any investigation,” PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. John Bulalacao said. He said this was “actually the purpose of their relief and reassignment to the holding unit to ensure their availability and preclude them from exerting any influence on these investigations.” […]
(Eagle News) –A reshuffle is in the works in the Philippine National Police, as Oscar Albayalde takes the helm of the force on Thursday, April 19. Police Director Camilo Cascolan, the PNP’s director for operations, has been appointed to head the National Capital Region Police Office, a post held by Albayalde before he was named PNP chief. Cascolan made the news after he said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV needed to study statistics. This was […]
(Eagle News) — Grab Philippines admitted on Wednesday, April 18, that it did not inform its users of the P2 per minute extra charge per travel time it implemented. “There was no (communication) to the riders inside the app. In the information card, we’ve updated that, but when we raised the P2 per minute, we did not include that,” Brian Cu, Grab country head, said. But Cu was quick to add that there was “nothing […]
(Agence France Presse) — Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao said Wednesday he would launch a cryptocurrency to connect with fans, but also backed the regulation of virtual currencies. Pacquiao, one of the world’s most successful boxers, is the latest athlete to launch a virtual currency, following Floyd Mayweather and former England striker Michael Owen. The Singapore-based Global Crypto Offering Exchange (GCOX), in which Pacquiao has invested, said it would unveil the “PAC Token” later this year, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, April 18, stood firm in his stand against the divorce bill, which is being pushed by House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. “I’m sorry but I cannot follow you,” Duterte said in his speech during military change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo. Duterte said his daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, was “not happy with that, really.” “Mag-usap na lang kayo ni Sara (Just talk to Sara Duterte),” he […]
(Eagle News) – “A miscarriage of justice.” This was how Senator Leila De Lima described on Wednesday, April 18, the Supreme Court’s dismissal of her appeal of its previous decision that junked her petition questioning, among others, the validity of the drug charges filed against her. “After all, my legal team, led by former Solicitor General Florin T. Hilbay, has more than ably presented and argued our position that the allegations in the Information amount […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Western Mindanao Command head Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez formally took the helm of the 85,000-strong military in change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday, April 18. Galvez, who was the overall commander of military operations during the Marawi siege, replaced General Rey Leonardo Guerrero, who bowed out of military service after 38 years. Guerrero reached his mandatory age of retirement on December 17 last year, but the […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Wednesday, April 18, approved the accreditation of another Transportation Network Company in the country. Hype Transport Systems Inc.’s certificate of accreditation was signed by LTFRB Chair Martin Delgra III and Board Members Ronaldo E. Corpus and Aileen Lizada. It was attested to by Executive Director Samuel Jardin. According to the certificate, Hype’s accreditation will be valid for two years after LTFRB approval. Hype’s accreditation […]
