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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Ronald de la Rosa on Saturday said those who wish to topple President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and the President himself would have to deal with him first. “I tell you, you want to bring down Duterte administration? Over my dead body, giyera tayo, kung gusto niyo giyera,” Dela Rosa told reporters in an ambush interview with reporters. Dela Rosa was a guest at the […]
(Eagle News)– Solicitor General Jose Calida on Saturday slammed Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, saying she merely made an “excuse” when she blamed the Anti-Money Laundering Council for the anti-graft body’s termination of the probe into Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s allegations against President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Calida, “back in October 2017, the Ombudsman publicly claimed that the documents in their possession are from the AMLC.” “Now, the Ombudsman claims that the termination of the case is […]
ILOILO, Philippines (AFP) — More than a hundred relatives and supporters of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait brandished banners demanding justice as her coffin was returned home on Saturday. The family of Joanna Demafelis openly wept as the white casket was unloaded at an airport cargo terminal in the central city of Iloilo. “Justice for Joanna D. Demafelis,” was emblazoned on banners and on T-shirts worn by the crowd […]
(Eagle News)– The body of Joanna Demafelis arrived in Iloilo on Saturday, days after she was found in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait. The plane carrying Demafelis arrived around 6 a.m. She was welcomed by her loved ones, who couldn’t help but break down upon seeing her remains. Demafelis is slated to be brought to her hometown in Sara, where a two-week wake will be held. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday said it had asked Kuwait for an extension of its amnesty program for Filipino workers illegally staying there. Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said it had asked Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Philippines Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh for a three-month extension in a “candid, frank discussion” on Thursday. He said there were still 10,000 overstaying Filipinos in the Middle Eastern country who had to be brought back home. […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday extended its condolences to the family and friends of National Artist Napoleon Abueva, who passed away at 88 years old. “We join the entire nation in mourning the passing of an exemplary artist,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. He said Abueva, who was the youngest national artist awardee at 46 years old, “paved the way for the recognition of authentic Filipino talent in the global […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday said the leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, Apollo Quiboloy, is a private individual and can take care of himself. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement after news reports said Quiboloy had been detained in Hawaii following the discovery by authorities of $350,000 in cash and gun parts on a private plane he was on. Quiboloy was later released, but one of his companions, Felina Salinas, […]
(Eagle News) — El embajador de los Estados Unidos en filipinas Sung Kim visitó al Ministro Ejecutivo de la Iglesia, el hermano Eduardo V. Manalo, el lunes, el 12 de febrero, 2018. El embajador llegó a Central antes de las 8 de la mañana. La visita del embajador Kim sucedió al mismo tiempo que la Iglesia se prepara para las celebraciones de su 50 aniversario en el oeste. La primera congregación de la Iglesia de Cristo se […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is committed to peace. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was the statement given by President Rodrigo Duterte during his meeting on Thursday night with Idun Tvedt, Norwegian special envoy for the peace process between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. Duterte made the statement even after peace talks between the two parties collapsed last year. According to Roque, Tvedt “reiterated the commitment of the Norwegian […]
(Eagle News)–Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday said that he would prod Special Assistant to the President Bong Go to run for a Senate seat in the 2019 elections. “I’d like to convince someone to run for senator. I’d like to convince Christopher Lawrence Go—do you know him?” Alvarez said in a speech during the oath-taking of new members of the ruling party, PDP-Laban, in Negros Oriental. Alvarez made the statement even if Go has already […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers said retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr. “self-destructed” in his last court hearing on the kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges filed against him. In a text message to reporters on Thursday, NUPL president Edre Olalia said Palparan, who reportedly maintained his innocence in the disappearance of two University of the Philippines students in 2006, “self-destructed with his contrived and sloppy defense.” “It’s all bare denial and blames imagined […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman said on Thursday that it was not “obliged to inform the subject of the fact-finding investigation about its outcome.” The anti-graft body issued the statement days after Solicitor General Jose Calida lashed out at the agency for its failure to announce that the investigation into the allegations contained in Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s plunder complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte had been terminated for “lack of merit.” The […]
