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DOJ issues immigration lookout order vs former President Aquino, others

  (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice  on Saturday issued an immigration lookout bulletin against former President Benigno Aquino III, several former high-ranking government officials and six others. The lookout bulletin order against the former President, his former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget Secretary Butch Abad, former Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and Gillaume Leroy, Olivier Brandicourt, Ruby Dizon, Thomas Triomphe and Carlito Realuyo of drug manufacturer Sanofi was in connection with a complaint […]

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Death toll from “Vinta” climbs to 133

The death toll from Tropical Storm “Vinta” climbed swiftly to 133 on Saturday, as rescuers pulled dozens of bodies from a swollen river, police said. The tropical storm has lashed the nation’s second largest island of Mindanao since Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides. Rescuers retrieved 36 bodies from the Salog river in Mindanao on Saturday, as officials reported more fatalities in the impoverished Zamboanga peninsula. The Philippines is pummelled by 20 major storms each […]

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Philippines storm death toll rises to 74, dozens missing

MANILA, Philippines ( AFP) – The death toll from a tropical storm in the southern Philippines has risen to 74, officials said Saturday, with concerns the figure could rise as dozens remained missing. Tropical Storm Tembin struck Mindanao, the archipelago nation’s second-largest island on Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides that have since erased a remote village from the map. The Philippines is pummelled by 20 major storms each year on average, many of them deadly. But Mindanao, […]

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SWS: 71 percent of Filipinos satisfied with Duterte’s performance; increases in his ratings seen across geographical areas, socioeconomic classes

(Eagle News) — A whopping 71 percent of adult Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance, a 10-point rise from the net satisfaction rating he got in September, the Social Weather Stations said. The 71 percent translates to a net satisfaction rating of +58, classified by the pollster as very good. Only 15 percent were undecided, and 13 percent were dissatisfied. In September, Duterte got a +48 net satisfaction rating, classified as good. Increases across all […]

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“Vinta” continues to intensify as it moves toward southern Palawan

(Eagle News) — “Vinta” continues to intensify as it moves toward southern Palawan on Saturday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its 8  a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the center of “Vinta,” now a tropical storm, was seen  210 kilometers west northwest of Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur or 285 kilometers southeast of Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The tropical storm is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour near the […]

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President Duterte vetoes several TRAIN provisions

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed several provisions of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act. A copy of President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto message showed that he vetoed the reduction of the income tax rate of employees of regional headquarters, regional operating headquarters, offshore banking units and petroleum service contractors and subcontractors. He also vetoed the exemption from percentage tax of gross sales/receipts not exceeding P500,000 of self-employed professionals, the zero-rating of sales of […]

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DICT: Four other companies vying to be third telco player in PHL

(Eagle News) —  Four other companies are vying to become the third telecommunications player in the country, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology said. According to  DICT officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio Jr., the companies from  Japan, South Korea, US, and Australia’s Telstra Corp. Ltd. are interested in partnering with local firms for the possible venture. They are apart from  China Telecom, which was earlier reported to have been chosen as the third player. “Right now, […]

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“Vinta” weakens into tropical depression; is now over Zamboanga del Sur

(Eagle News) — “Vinta” has weakened into a tropical depression and is now over Zamboanga del Sur, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Friday. In its 5 p.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the center of “Vinta” was in the vicinity of Sominot as of 4 p.m. The tropical depression is packing maximum sustained winds of 60 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kilometers per hour. It […]

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Roque: Palace looking at ways to keep ERC running following Ombudsman suspension of all ERC commissioners

  (Eagle News) — The Palace is studying how to keep the Energy Regulatory Commission running following the suspension by the Ombudsman of its commissioners. “Pinag-aaralan na rin po iyong aspeto ng administratibo kung ano ang pupuwedeng gawin ng Palasyo mismo para hindi po matigil ang operasyon ng ERC,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a radio interview on Friday. He said that “paralysis” was in the offing in the commission following the suspension for […]

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Senior deputy executive secretary Guevarra appointed as acting executive secretary from December 27 to 31

ES Medialdea to go on “personal leave” on those dates (Eagle News) — Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea has designated an acting executive secretary from December 27 to December 31. Medialdea appointed Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra to the position on those dates as he said he would be “on personal leave.” “Whereas to ensure continuity of government service, it is necessary to designate an acting executive secretary to take care of the day-to-day operations […]

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Palace welcomes NPA declaration of 8-day ceasefire

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday welcomed the New People’s Army declaration of an eight-day ceasefire covering the holidays. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the government “expect(s)” the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA to “honor their word and comply” with the unilateral ceasefire. He said President Rodrigo Duterte, for his part, “decided to declare a suspension of offensive military operations against the Reds precisely because he wants Filipinos to feel safer during the holiday […]

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Aquino faces second criminal complaint over Dengvaxia mess

Former high-ranking gov’t officials, Sanofi officials also charged (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III is facing a second criminal complaint over the Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, charged with graft and for violation of the Government Procurement Reform Act were former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad, and former Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa. Also charged were Sanofi Pasteur officials—chief executive officer Olivier Brandicourt, vice president Guillaume Leroy, medical director Dr. […]

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