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Duterte names newly retired AFP Chief Guerrero as MARINA head

(Eagle News) — Former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Rey Leonardo Guerrero will remain in public office. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte named Guerrero, who had just formally transferred command of the 85,000-strong military to Western Mindanao Command Chief Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez Jr., to the helm of the Maritime Industry Authority on Wednesday, April 18. Duterte ordered Guerrero to report to Marina next week. Guerrero reached the mandatory […]

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Duterte admits he ordered Catholic nun Fox investigated for “disorderly conduct”

Filipinos have “unlimited freedom of expression,” but foreign nun’s criticisms vs PHL a “violation of PHL sovereignty,” he says (Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, April 18, admitted it was he who  ordered Catholic nun Patricia Fox investigated. “I ordered her to be investigated..not arrested..but invited her to an investigation for disorderly conduct,” Duterte said during change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo. According to Duterte, Philippine laws “provide that I can deport you […]

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Some lawyers’ groups call on UN Special Rapporteur to “take urgent action” on Duterte’s pronouncements vs judiciary

(Eagle News) — Some lawyers’ groups have asked the United Nations Special Rapporteur to “take urgent action” on President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncements that they allege “punctuate the long-winded attacks on judicial independence…” “The recent tirades of the President against the Chief Justice do not sound at all foreboding..,” the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Alternative Law Groups, the leftist National Union of People’s Lawyers, Ateneo Human Rights Center, Free Legal Assistance Group, Manananggol Laban sa […]

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Dela Rosa: Former SAF budget officer has returned P37 million of unreleased SAF allowances

(Eagle News) — Outgoing Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa has confirmed part of the unreleased subsistence allowances for Special Action Force troopers during selected months from 2016 to 2018 has been returned. Dela Rosa said it was Senior Supt. Andre Dizon, the SAF’s former budget officer, himself who returned the P37 million. Dizon has been charged before the Ombudsman in connection with the non-release of the allowances from July 2016 to January 2018, except […]

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Lacson calls for probe into P58.9-million SAF subsistence allowance mess

(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson has called for a probe into the P58.9-million subsistence allowance mess in the Special Action Force. “We cannot allow, yet again, another injustice to be committed against our heroes in uniform who are in the forefront of our fight against the ills of terrorism and criminality, lest we risk demoralization within their ranks. Thus the need to probe into the said allegations,” Lacson said in Senate Resolution No. 712, […]

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Roque: President Duterte trusts Putin will do “what is right” in Syria

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he trusts Russian President Vladimir Putin will do “what is right” in Syria, amid the ongoing missile strikes of France, the United States and the United Kingdom there. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was what the President told Russian Ambassador Igor Khovaev, who received a personal letter from him for Putin when he visited Malacañang on Monday, April 16. Putin is a supporter of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. […]

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Labor undersecretary resigns

(Eagle News) — Labor Undersecretary Dominador Say has resigned. Say announced on Tuesday, April 17, that he submitted his resignation letter on April 9 so that Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III could be spared from accusations he was pro-management in the issue of contractualization. His announcement comes on the same day President Rodrigo Duterte announced he had sacked over corruption allegations “a set of officials” who he said even asked him to run for the […]

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SAF 44 given posthumous awards in Palace ceremonies

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the 42 Special Action Force troopers who were killed in the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 with posthumous Medals of Valor on Tuesday, April 17. Of the 44, Chief Inspector Gednat Tabdi and P02 Romeo Cempron already received their commendations during the Aquino administration. The 44 were also given the Order of Lapu Lapu in ceremonies held in Malacanang. “Indeed, the SAF 44 is not only a […]

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DOJ Secretary Guevarra: Napoles has “no actionable right to demand” DOJ detention or custody

(Eagle News) — Newly appointed Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has no “actionable right to demand detention or custody” from the Department of Justice despite having been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. According to Guevarra, whose manifestation was submitted to the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday, April 17, in the first place, Napoles’ provisional coverage “merely signifies that she has yet to complete all the […]

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Pimentel on Filibeck deportation: Foreigners are “not above our laws”

(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Tuesday, April 17, expressed support for the government’s decision to deport European Union socialist party official Giacomo Filibeck, saying foreigners in general were not exempt from the laws of the country. “There is a law here in the Philippines (and this is also generally the rule in many countries) that foreigners are not allowed to meddle in our internal politics/political matters…These foreigners who come here should not […]

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PNP sacks former SAF chief, others over P59.8-million subsistence allowance mess

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has sacked former Special Action Force chief Benjamin Lusad and the others charged before the Ombudsman over the P59.8-million subsistence allowance mess. PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. John Bulalacao said the two who were assigned in Camp Crame have been “effectively relieved today from their current position.” He was apparently referring to Lusad and one of his co-accused, former SAF budget and fiscal officer Senior Supt. Andre Dizon. Bulalacao […]

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Duterte says he fired “another set of high-ranking officials”

Says those recently fired were those who convinced him to run for presidency   (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, April 17, said he fired as of last week “another set of high-(ranking) officials.” The President did not identify who these were in his speech before newly appointed officials in Malacanang, but said they were those who “went back and forth to Davao to convince me to run” for the presidency. “Ayoko sana […]

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