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Duterte sends off crewmates of 2 Vietnamese killed in alleged encounter with PHL Navy

Apologizes for incident in September (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday apologized for September’s incident that saw two Vietnamese who were poaching in Philippine waters killed in an alleged encounter with the Philippine Navy, and five others arrested. “We are all Asians.. I’m sorry for the incident, I hope it will never happen,” Duterte said in send-off ceremonies for the other five Vietnamese crewmen, in Sual, Pangasinan. After a bilateral meeting with Vietnam President Tran […]

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Senate approves proposed P3.7-trillion national budget for 2018 on third reading

(Eagle News) — The Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading the  proposed P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018. All 16 senators present voted for the budget bill months after the House of Representatives passed its own in September. A bulk of the budget, once passed into law, is expected to go to the Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program. Also expected to get a big share of the budget, if passed into law, […]

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De Castro: Sereno issuance of blanket TRO on COMELEC proclamation of party-lists in 2013 “grossly unprocedural”

 Says CJ act of not consulting with her, the member in charge, also a violation of SC rules (Eagle News) — Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on Wednesday confirmed that Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno did not consult her when she issued a blanket temporary restraining order on the Commission on Elections’ proclamation of party-lists in 2013, an act she said was a violation of court rules. “I am the member in charge. Under […]

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NBI files charges vs Garbo, wife over alleged ill-gotten wealth, other alleged offenses

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The National Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that it had filed charges  against former Philippine National Police deputy director general Marcelo Garbo and his wife. In a statement, NBI Director Dante Gierran said the former PNP official and his spouse Rosalinda are facing charges for violation of section 7 of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act for “amassing assets way beyond their legitimate income..” before the Ombudsman. He […]

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Japan, nag-donate ng police equipment na nagkakahalagang P210M sa PNP

Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Aabot sa 500 milyong Japanese yen o katumbas ng P210 milyong pisong halaga ng police equipment ang ipinagkaloob ngayon ng Japan government sa Philippine National Police sa ilalim ng kanilang “economic and social development program.” Mismong si Japanese Ambassador Koji Heneda ang nanguna sa isinagawang turnover ceremony sa Kampo Crame na dinaluhan din ni PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa. Kabilang sa mga ipinagkaloob ng Japan ang 100 brand new […]

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Muntinlupa RTC Branch 206 orders arrest of De Lima, former BuCor director Bucayu, others in connection with drug trading case

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court has issued a warrant of arrest against Senator Leila de Lima and others in connection with the illegal drug trading case filed against them. In a two-page decision, Branch 206 Judge Patria Manalastas-De Leon said there was probable cause to arrest De Lima, her alleged bagman Ronnie Dayan, former Bureau of Corrections director Franklin Bucayu and his alleged bagman Ilfredo Elli and De Lima’s […]

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Sumitomo Corp. back as MRT-3 maintenance provider: report

(Eagle News) —  Japanese company Sumitomo Corp. is back as maintenance provider of the Metro Rail Transit 3. This is according to a report by CNN Philippines on Wednesday. “(The takeover again can happen) as early as April, May of next year,” Transportation Assistant Secretary TJ Batan said in an interview. He said that a government-to-government agreement was “scheduled to be signed” by the 3rd week of December 2017. “The maintenance and rehabilitation contract is […]

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Associate Justice De Castro says she was “aghast” when CJ Sereno issued order creating JDO

Says Admin Order No. 175-2012 runs counter to previously issued en banc reso     (Eagle News) — Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on Wednesday said she was “aghast” when Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s issued an administrative order creating the Judicial Decentralized Office in Cebu, noting that this ran counter to a resolution approved by the SC en banc previously. “I’ve always been very courteous and respectful to the Chief Justice, even if […]

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SC Associate Justice De Castro attends Wednesday’s House panel impeach hearing; says it is “proper venue” to “correct misinformation”

(Eagle News) — Speaking for the first time in public, Associate Justice Teresita de Castro said she “welcomes” the opportunity to attend the impeachment hearing held by the House justice panel on Wednesday, as this was the “proper venue” where she can “correct misinformation that has been spread many times during this period.” “I welcome this opportunity because this will be the right time for me to explain to everyone the process we follow in […]

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BSP sanctions Metrobank for P1.75-B internal fraud

(Agence France Presse) — One of the Philippines’ biggest banks has been sanctioned over alleged fraud by one of its executives, the central bank said Tuesday. The penalties were imposed on the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (MBTC) after one of its vice presidents was arrested in July on suspicion of stealing 1.75 billion pesos ($34.5 million) from the bank. Some directors and officers at MBTC, better known as Metrobank, will also be suspended, the […]

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Senate approves Duterte’s first tax reform package on third reading

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate on Tuesday approved on third reading the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion that will exempt around 6.8 million workers in the country from paying income taxes. Seventeen senators voted in favor of Senate Bill No. 1592 sponsored by ways and means committee chairman Sonny Angara. In the approved version, workers who earn up to P250,000 each year will no longer pay income tax. Apart from […]

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SolGen Calida: Petitions vs war on drugs seek to destabilize gov’t, sow anarchy

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday said that the petitions filed before the Supreme Court questioning the government’s war on drugs were but “ingenious moves” to “destabilize” the Duterte administration and “sow anarchy.” In his opening statement at the resumption of oral arguments, Calida said the Almora petition, for one, prays “that the respondents or any of their agents, representatives or assigns  be prohibited from implementing or enforcing any […]

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