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(Eagle News) — High-ranking officials of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines on Friday asked the Supreme Court for them to be allowed to intervene to ask for the dismissal of the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In seeking for the dismissal of the petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida, the IBP argued that it was “fatally flawed because the allegations therein are clear that the (Judicial and Bar […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Friday hailed the “successive developments” in the Horacio Castillo III hazing case. Zubiri issued the statement on the same day the National Bureau of Investigation revealed that the 10 charged over the University of Sto. Tomas law freshman student’s death in September 2017 were in its custody. Mhin Wei Chan, Jose Miguel Salamat, John Robin G. Ramos, Marcelino Bagtang Jr., Arvin Balag, Ralph Trangia, Axel Munro Hipe, […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has ordered a probe into the “breach of protocol” that resulted in his office’s release of media IDs that contained grammatical errors and were the subject of ridicule by some sectors. Andanar said he has also ordered a recall of the IDs that were issued by the Presidential Communications Operations Office to media covering the President–the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) and the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines […]
SACRAMENTO, CA (Eagle News) –On Thursday evening just a few blocks from the state capitol, community members rallied together to protest what they consider as an injustice for Stephon Clark. According to protesters, Clark was an unarmed man who was shot 20 times by Sacramento Police Department. The protest blocked the path of people trying to enter the Sacramento King’s NBA Basketball Game being held at the Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. Clark, an African American […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The accused in Horacio Castillo III’s death are now in National Bureau of Investigation custody following the issuance of an arrest warrant against them. NBI deputy director Ferdinand Lavin confirmed that all 10 ordered arrested by Manila Branch 40 Judge Alfredo Ampuan Jr. on Thursday were “picked up” from one place and brought to the NBI on Friday, around 11 a.m. Mhin Wei Chan, Jose Miguel Salamat, John Robin G. […]
(Eagle News) — The tourism, environment and interior departments have decided to recommend a 6-month closure of Boracay starting April 26. In a radio interview, Interior Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing III said they would submit the recommendation—reached at after a meeting among the departments’ officials on Thursday night—to President Rodrigo Duterte. “Ang desisyon sa date, ang rekomendasyon kasi ang huling may ‘say’ ay si Presidente,” he said. He said airlines and tour operators have promised […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa admonished two Quezon City policemen after he found garbage piled in front of their station on Friday. Dela Rosa’s convoy stopped in front of Station 10 as he made his way back to Camp Crame from his surprise rounds in bus terminals in time for the long holiday. “Everytime na dumadaan ako dito nakikita ko marumi..Visible pa naman sa Edsa,” he said, […]
(Eagle News) — Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits have freed a head teacher they abducted from a Sulu school on Thursday morning. Authorities said Marjorie Abdul, the head teacher of Liang Elementary School in Patikul, was released on the same day, around 11 p.m. They said this was after Abdul’s family paid an unspecified amount for her release. Abdul was inside her office when the suspects barged in and forcibly took her around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
(Eagle News) — The Manila Regional Trial Court judge handling the cases filed against 10 Aegis Juris fraternity members over Horacio Castillo III’s death has been asked to inhibit. Citing his ties to the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption’s Dante Jimenez, accused John Robin Ramos and Juan Miguel Salam asked Branch 40 Judge Alfredo Ampuan Jr. to refrain from handling the cases for violation of the Anti-Hazing Law filed against them. Ampuan, the two said, […]
by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Joseph SCHMID Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – An estimated 200,000 protesters took to the streets of France on Thursday in a showdown between trade unions and President Emmanuel Macron that could be decisive for his reform agenda. Seven unions representing staff in the public sector led strikes and protests, and a third of railway workers walked out to join the demonstrations against 40-year-old Macron’s bid to shake up the French state. […]
by Glenn Chapman / with Robin Millard in London Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States – A public apology by Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg failed Thursday to quell outrage over the hijacking of personal data from millions of people, as critics demanded that the social media giant go much further to protect user privacy. Speaking out for the first time about the harvesting of Facebook user data by a British firm linked to Donald Trump’s […]
(Eagle News) — A lawyer has filed a disbarment complaint against the man who filed an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Wilfredo Garrido Jr. wants lawyer Larry Gadon disbarred over his allegedly perjurious statements and dishonesty in House hearings on the impeachment complaint against Sereno. In his complaint filed on March 15, Garrido cited Gadon’s claim that his source on the allegation that Sereno falsified court documents in 2013 was reporter Jomar […]
