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“If it was a party, the people were fed,” Duterte says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday defended Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Alexander Balutan over allegations he spent a huge amount of money to hold a party for the agency’s employees. The President said in a speech at a League of Municipalities of the Philippines general assembly that he used to dismiss cases lodged against individuals who were accused of stealing […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the Philippines said Wednesday they will cautiously proceed with discussions on joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, further reversing years of tensions over their competing claims to the region. The two states have long been embroiled in a bitter dispute over the waterway — with China claiming nearly the entire sea — but President Rodrigo Duterte has in recent years softened his predecessors’ policy of […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Wednesday that it would issue a preventive suspension order on the bus company involved in the fatal accident in Occidental Mindoro. The LTFRB made the announcement as its personnel conducted an inspection of Dimple Star Transport in Edsa-Santolan, Quezon City. The personnel found some of the buses had overused tires. The Dimple Star Transport bus with plate number TYU 708 fell off a cliff near […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday reiterated the need for the creation of a National Transportation Safety Board. Poe renewed her call after a bus fell off a bridge in Occidental Mindoro, resulting in the deaths of 19 people. According to the senator, the body would be in charge of looking into transportation-related incidents—whether on land, by sea, air, railways and pipeline systems—and determine their causes. In pushing for the creation of the board, Poe […]
(Eagle News)–The number of fatalities in the Manila Pavilion fire incident has risen to six. According to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., Jennilyn Figueroa, 28, died in the early morning of March 21 after being in a critical state for three days. Figueroa, PAGCOR said, worked as a member of the internal security staff at the Casino Filipino Pavilion. She has been in service for six years. The other five fatalities were identified as Treasury […]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gK0mLmrEEc[/embedyt] GREAT MILLS, MD (Eagle News) — A shooting erupted at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, about a 90-minute drive southeast of the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. Three students were confirmed to have sustained injuries from the shooting. According to sources, the gunman and a resource officer exchanged fire in a hallway. The officer was not injured. St. Mary’s County Public Schools said on its website that the school was […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has recommended the filing of charges against former Immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles for their alleged attempt to extort P50 million from gaming tycoon Jack Lam in November 2016. This was after the plenary on Tuesday adopted the report and the recommendations of the blue ribbon committee to file the graft and corruption, plunder and direct bribery charges against them. The panel, led by Senator Richard Gordon, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been directed to revoke the licenses and permits of mining companies that are “supplying explosives” to communist rebels, and violating rules on the handling of explosives. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who held a press conference on Tuesday, the directive was given by President Rodrigo Duterte himself during the National Security Council Executive Committee Meeting in Malacañang on Monday. In previous speeches, Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — I will not resign. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre had this to say on Tuesday, in response to calls he step down following the dismissal of drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others by his agency’s National Prosecution Office. “There’s no reason why I should resign because wala akong kasalanan..Hindi mo naman masasabing nalusutan (ako) kasi di pa nakakarating (sa opisina ko),” he said. He said at the time news about the matter […]
Seek to initiate contempt proceedings vs her (Eagle News) — Forty-eight congressmen are calling for the resignation of Sandra Cam as board member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. Through Resolution No. 1777 introduced by Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., Rep. Danilo Suarez, and Rep. Robert Barbers, the lawmakers also sought to initiate contempt proceedings against her. The move, the lawmakers said, stems from Cam’s “contemptuous and threatening remarks” against Teves, whom she accused of being […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has directed the Office of the Solicitor General to respond to the comment of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on the quo warranto petition filed against her. The SC en banc said on Tuesday that the OSG was given five days within receipt of the SC notice to submit the same. Calida filed the petition that seeks to have Sereno’s appointment as Chief Justice nullified, citing, among others, her failure […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said he was slated to file a libel complaint against Senator Risa Hontiveros “very soon.” Aguirre made the announcement after she called him a “manufacturer and peddler of fake news,” “a cook of fake cases,” and a “reliable friend of criminal masterminds, extrajudicial killers and drug lords” in a statement she issued on Monday. The statement was released following the Department of Justice’s National Prosecution Service’s dismissal of drug charges […]
