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(Eagle News)– The management of Metro Ayala said on Saturday that the fire that hit Metro Ayala Mall in Cebu started in a stockroom. In a brief statement, mall authorities said smoke was first seen in that room of the toys department. Firefighters are trying to put out the fire that began past 9 p.m. on Friday and has reached the Task Force Alpha. The mall management said the Metro Ayala Emergency Brigade Team and […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Education on Saturday condemned the rape-slay of a Grade 7 student in Camarines Sur. According to the DepEd, the victim from Tinawagan High School in Tigaon was found lifeless at a banana plantation around 50 meters from her house. According to the DepEd, the victim’s younger brother said that on December 7, 2017, he and his sister were walking home when she walked ahead of him, “made a turn to […]
(Eagle News)– Former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes has been released from jail. This was after the Court of Appeals ruled that the regional trial court had erred in filing the murder complaint against him. The complaint was in connection with the death of environmentalist Gerry Ortega in 2011. Apart from Ortega, also indicted were his brother, former Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, and others previously connected with the provincial government.
(Eagle News) — The Court of Appeals has affirmed its earlier decision rejecting the enforcement of a Hawaii court’s judgment that awarded almost $2 billion in damages to martial law claimants. In its ruling, the CA’s Former Twelfth Division said there was “no new or substantial matter” raised by petitioners former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales, Hilda Narciso, Priscilla Mijares, Mariano Dimaranan, and director Joel Lamangan that warrants a reversal of its July 7, 2017 decision. […]
(Eagle News) — Citing the impact of the new tax reform law on fuel prices, ride-hailing company Grab on Friday asked the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board that it be allowed to implement a 5 percent fare increase. In its petition, Grab sought to charge its customers P11 to P15 per kilometer traveled, up from the P10 to P14 it charged. The company also sought to increase its P2 per minute charge to P2.10 per […]
An expert panel of doctors from the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital is investigating if the deaths of 14 children had any link to the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, officials said Friday. Dengue was blamed for only four of the 14 deaths being probed, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said, with lupus and meningococcemia named as the cause of the others. But now the panel of experts will verify those reports, health officials said. The […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Paolo Duterte’s resignation as vice mayor of Davao. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President did this on Friday afternoon. A letter sent by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said the younger Duterte’s resignation was “effective immediately.” Copies of the letter, dated January 5, were also given to the younger Duterte’s sister, Sara, also the Davao mayor, and to Catalino Cuy, officer in charge of the Department […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Friday expressed disappointment at the Court of Appeals’ recent decision that effectively barred death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso, who is detained in Indonesia, from testifying in the case against her alleged recruiters in the Philippines. “We are disappointed that the taking of her material testimony is being prevented by our own courts, the Court of Appeals in particular, upon motion of the accused illegal […]
(Eagle News) — The suspect in the killing of an 11-year-old girl in Valenzuela City was arrested on Thursday night. Arrested in Barangay Maysan was Ricky Castillano, uncle of the minor who was found dead in her house in Barangay Malinta hours earlier. The minor, who was found half-naked by her brother, was believed to have been raped as well. Castillano denied raping his niece, but admitted to killing her after she reportedly refused to […]
(Eagle News) — “Preposterous.” This was how Senator Richard Gordon described on Friday former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon’s allegations he was being deprived of “water, power and visitation rights” during his detention in the Senate. According to Gordon, depriving Faeldon of these would be “beneath” his “dignity” and of the committee” in the first place. Gordon is chair of the Senate blue ribbon committee that held hearings on corruption in the BoC and on the […]
(Eagle News) — Catalino Cuy is the new Dangerous and Drugs Board chair. President Rodrigo Duterte signed Cuy’s appointment paper on January 4. Cuy, who was officer in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government prior to his appointment as DDB chair, will be replaced by former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Eduardo Año, who retired after reaching the mandatory age of retirement in October. In the DDB, Cuy replaced Dionisio Santiago […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Preparations for what was reportedly the looming impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno are underway in the Senate, even with the hearings to determine probable cause still ongoing in the House justice committee. Senate Secretary Lutgardo Barbo said that several senators have already had their measurements taken for the toga they were to use during the trial in the Upper House, which is expected to convene […]
