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“A similar incident (of opened luggage) and all of you go,” he says (Eagle News) — One more incident and you’re all out. President Rodrigo Duterte said this was what he said in a meeting with managers and policemen assigned to the Clark International Airport and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Thursday. Duterte said that the meeting, which was attended by Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade, was held minutes before the launch of the Overseas […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police has reshuffled several of its high-ranking officials following the retirement of some of their colleagues. Director Noli Taliño was re-appointed to the Special Action Force unit, where he was assigned as deputy chief when 44 SAF members and several others were killed in the botched Mamasapano operation in Maguindanao in 2015. When then-Director Getulio Napeñas was relieved over the incident, Taliño was appointed officer in charge […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of former Budget Undersecretary Mario Relampagos for his failure to return from an overseas trip within the period allowed by the anti-graft court. Relampagos was granted travel authority covering the period from Dec. 2, 2017 to Jan. 1, 2018, but has yet to return from the United States. The Seventh Division directed the Department of Foreign Affairs to immediately cancel Relampagos’ passport. It also ordered state […]
Majority of gas stations nationwide would have already hiked prices by the end of the month because of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law. Energy Assistant Secretary Leonido Pulido III said in Thursday’s committee on energy hearing that approximately 90 percent of all gas stations would have made the price adjustments. He said the so-called Big 3— Caltex, Petron, and Shell —and Flying V already implemented price hikes on January 15. Authorities have said […]
Duterte admin surpasses its previous records, record achieved by then-President Benigno Aquino III’s gov’t in June 2013 (Eagle News) — The government of President Rodrigo Duterte has obtained a record-high rating of excellent, surpassing its previous records and the record achieved by his predecessor’s administration, based on the latest Social Weather Stations survey. Results of the poll done from December 8 to 16, 2017 showed that 79% of adult Filipinos were satisfied with the general performance of […]
President Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday urged reporters of Rappler to reinvent themselves as bloggers instead. Roque made the suggestion a day after the Security and Exchange Commission revoked the news site’s incorporation papers for alleged violation of the constitutional restriction on foreign ownership in mass media. “No one has been prevented from exercising free speech, no one has been banned from performing their role as journalists,” Roque said. Rappler editors could not be reached […]
(Eagle News) — The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Wednesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to issue a proclamation declaring a state of national emergency following the administration of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine to over 830,000 people. In a letter received by the Office of the President on Wednesday, January 17, VACC president Dante Jimenez said that the declaration was warranted, given a variety of reasons. For one, he said that “no less than about […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday said neither the Palace nor Special Assistant to the President Bong Go intervened in the Navy’s P15.7-billion frigate acquisition project. “There was neither hint nor guidance from (them) to influence the implementation of the project. There is a contract for the FAP which was crafted mainly by the Philippine Navy and it will be implemented strictly to the letter,” Lorenzana said in a statement. He said […]
The Manila Regional Trial Court has ordered the re-arrest of three Communist leaders following the termination of peace talks between their group and the government. In a five-page decision made public on Wednesday, Branch 32 Presiding Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina granted the Department of Justice’s and the Office of the Solicitor General’s motion for the recommitment of Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, and Adelberto Silva, and the cancellation of their bail. The court said it “finds no reason to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a retired policeman to the board of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, and re-appointed Sheriff Abas as chief of the Commission on Elections. Anselmo Pinili, the President’s former special envoy on transnational crime, replaced Jorge Corpuz, who resigned citing “health reasons.” Pinili’s term of office will expire on June 30, 2018. Abas, meanwhile, was re-appointed after the Commission on Appointments did not act on his appointment in November […]
(Eagle News) — The South Korean bidder for the Navy’s acquisition of two frigates was already chosen during the administration of former President Benigno Aquino III. As such, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Special Assistant to the President Bong Go could not have intervened in the process, as erroneously insinuated by several media organizations. He said the winning bidder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, with a bid price of P15,744,571,584 for two frigates, was declared on June […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Over 8,000 families have been evacuated, following Mt. Mayon’s phreatic eruption, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Wednesday. According to the NDRRMC, the 8,296 families–or over 34,000 individuals—have been brought to 30 evacuation centers in Albay. The evacuees are from barangays in Camalig, Ginobatan, Ligao, Daraga, Tabaco, Malilipot, Sto. Domingo Legaspi. The NDRRCMC said some of those evacuated were outside the 7-kilometer extended danger zone, […]
