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Two Indonesian fishermen have been released by Islamic militants after more than a year in captivity in Mindanao, police said Saturday. There were no official comments on the physical condition of the two who were snatched from their fishing vessel in the waters between the southern Philippines and Malaysia in November 2016, a police statement said. The two were reportedly turned over by a “concerned citizen” late Thursday to a former governor on the southern […]
(Eagle News)– The proposed Charter in the House of Representatives bans People Power and grants government the power to suppress irresponsible media, former Rep. Neri Colmenares said on Saturday. In arguing his position, Colmenares in a statement cited changes in the 1987 constitutional provisions on where sovereignty lies and on the right to a free press and to free speech as contained in the approved Constituent Assembly House Resolution No. 9. For the first, Colmenares […]
(Eagle News)– One out of three Filipino families have escaped poverty, the latest Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the pollster’s Fourth Quarter 2017 poll done on December 8-16, 2017, 31% who transitioned out of poverty consists of 7% who used to be poor five or more years ago (“usually non-poor”), and 14% who used to be poor 1 to 4 years ago (“newly non-poor”). According to the SWS, the figure for December 2017 […]
(Eagle News)– The Bureau of Immigration has ordered the deportation of 19 Russian nationals and the two Koreans who allegedly recruited and employed them as “guest relations officers” in a club in Pampanga. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that the 19 Russians who were arrested in a raid at Club Angel in Clark Field, Angeles City, worked without the necessary employment visas, charging P1500 per hour for their services. BI intelligence officer Jude Hinolan said […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The US Supreme Court said Friday it will review President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban affecting citizens from six Muslim majority countries plus North Korea and Venezuela. In what could prove decisive in a legal battle that has roiled the first year of the Trump administration, the high court will rule on whether the president exceeded his powers and engaged in religious discrimination in the third rendering of the ban. Lower courts in California, […]
by Marie DHUMIERES / Joseph Schmid Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – French police fired tear gas to break up a picket line of striking prison guards at Europe’s biggest prison on Friday, as a fresh assault by inmates on staff at a facility in Corsica fuelled demands for better security. The scuffles at the huge Fleury-Merogis prison just south of Paris came as unions were pressing a fourth day of strikes across France sparked by a string of […]
by Jim MANNION Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – A last-ditch battle to avert a looming US government shutdown moved to the Senate on Friday, where Democrats angered by the collapse of immigration talks have vowed to block a stop-gap funding bill. With the federal government set to run out of money Friday at midnight — the eve of the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration — the bill cleared the House with a 230-197 vote. But […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment on Friday announced a suspension of deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III issued Administrative Order No. 25 on Friday afternoon suspending the sending of OFWs to Kuwait pending the investigation on the deaths of seven OFWs in Kuwait. The order read, “In the interest of justice, pending the investigation of the cause of deaths of the following Overseas Filipino Workers […]
(Eagle News) –Aileen Lizada of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board announced on Friday that she has resigned as the agency’s spokesperson. Lizada, however, will remain a member of the board of the agency. Lizada did not give a reason for her resignation as spokesperson but Department of Transportation Undersecretary Tim Orbos said she would be focusing on her duties at the Inter-Agency Council on Traffic. She said that all questions should now be […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority on Friday terminated its contract with its ground handler following a luggage theft incident that saw an Overseas Filipino Worker losing over P82,000 worth of his belongings. MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal ordered MIASCOR Groundhandling Corp. to leave the airport premises in 60 days. The directive was contained in a notice dated January 19, and addressed to MIASCOR president Fidel Herman Reyes. On Thursday, President Rodrigo Duterte himself ordered the […]
(Eagle News) — Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said he would attend a Senate probe into the Navy’s P15.7-billion frigate acquisition project if the inquiry pushes through and if he is invited. Go made the statement in a brief text message to reporters. Opposition senators have filed Resolution No. 584 calling for a probe into the acquisition of two frigates for use by the Navy. Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano said Go interfered in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered airport officials to terminate the contract of aviation service provider MIASCOR following a complaint by an Overseas Filipino Worker his luggage was opened and its contents stolen by baggage handlers at the Clark International Airport. “Kung sino ‘yung provider, service provider diyan, you terminate the contract and look for another one. And so for the other airports in the country, I do not want it repeated ever […]
