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By Dexter T. Manglicmot EBC Washington D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON D.C. (Eagle News) — The scenario played out the same throughout the country. Students in campuses across the nation waited for something that they themselves organized to unfold. As their class clocks struck 10 o’clock Wednesday morning they walked out of their classrooms, many onto football fields, some into school auditoriums, and others onto their courtyards and quads. In Washington D.C., however, students found themselves in […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections anew. Under House Bill 7378, the elections slated on May 14 would be moved to October 8, 2018. Subsequent elections will also be held on the second Monday of October 2021, and every three years after that, under the measure. On Monday, the House suffrage and electoral reforms committee voted to approve the deferment of the […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service “A political move.” This was how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described on Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to have the Philippines withdraw from the International Criminal Court treaty. “Because he knows that there is no way out for him in the ICC,” Trillanes, who, along with Rep. Gary Alejano, filed the supplemental complaint against Duterte before the international court, said. According to Trillanes, the withdrawal of ratification of the […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two senators expressed their support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to withdraw the Philippines’ ratification of the Rome Statute that establishes the International Criminal Court. “They’re trying to micromanage the country eh sumusobra,” Senate President Koko Pimentel said. According to Pimentel, the President, who won the election, has the authority to “enforce the law.” “Kasi imagine, sino nagrereklamo? Tapos ano yung mga alegasyon? Hindi ba ito domestic policy? […]
(Eagle News) — The airport official who was earlier tagged in corruption in the Bureau of Customs has resigned from his post. In a statement, the Manila International Airport Authority said Allen Capuyan, its assistant general manager for security and emergency services, stepped down from his post effective March 12, 2018. According to MIAA, Capuyan said in his letter addressed to MIAA general manager Ed Monreal that his resignation was a “career move.” The MIAA said Capuyan […]
Cites “baseless, unprecedented, outrageous attacks” on his person, administration as reasons for withdrawal from treaty that establishes the ICC (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the Philippines’ withdrawal of its ratification of the Rome Statute. In declaring the country’s withdrawal from the treaty that established the International Criminal Court, Duterte in a statement on Wednesday cited the “baseless, unprecedented and outrageous attacks on my person as against my administration, engineered by the officials […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Supporters of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go have launched a movement aimed at convincing him to run for senator in the 2019 elections. The launch of “Ready, Set, Go!” done on Wednesday in Intramuros, Manila was attended by several members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy director […]
Recount to be done on April 2 instead of on March 19, Marcos’ spokesperson says (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has deferred the start of the manual recount of votes in three pilot provinces in connection with an electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos. Atty. Victor Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, said the start of the recount in Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental was moved to April […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday said the dismissal by a Department of Justice prosecution panel of the drug charges filed against Kerwin Espinosa and the others only proves that she is innocent of the charges against her. “Lalong napapagtibay (ito ng) aking paniniwala sa simula’t sapul na peke at palpak ang war on drugs ni (President Rodrigo) Duterte,” De Lima said in a statement made from detention in Camp Crame. De […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Kerwin Espinosa’s confession he was a drug dealer before a Senate hearing in 2016 could not be submitted to the Department of Justice prosecution panel as evidence against him because he retracted the same during the preliminary investigation. CIDG Director Roel Obusan said Espinosa denied the testimonies he made in his answer submitted to the first prosecution panel tasked to look into the drug charges filed against him, Peter Lim, […]
Fadullon tasked to lead new panel that will look into MR filed by PNP-CIDG By Moira Encina and Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre has instructed the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the possible violations of the law of members of the prosecution panel that junked the drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others. Through Department Order No. 152, Aguirre gave the directive to NBI Director Dante Gierran days after […]
BUNIA, DR Congo (AFP) – Dozens of people were killed overnight in fresh clashes in DR Congo’s volatile northeastern Ituri province, sharpening an ethnic conflict that has already forced tens of thousands to flee, officials said Tuesday. At least 30 people were killed in the latest unrest, which came in the wake of the interior minister’s visit to the region. “We have recorded 30 deaths. There are certainly other bodies out in the bush. A search is underway,” a […]
