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DOJ files drug importation case vs “fixer” Taguba, others over P6.4-B drug shipment; raps vs Faeldon, others junked

(Eagle News) –The Department of Justice has dismissed the drug-related raps filed against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others, but filed a case against other personalities  including fixer Mark Taguba in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May. In dismissing the complaint filed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency against Faeldon and Bureau of Customs personnel Director Milo Maestrecampo, Director Neil Estrella, Intelligence […]

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SC associate justice denies giving info on allegedly tampered draft TRO to reporter

(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on Wednesday denied she had given a Manila Times reporter any information about a draft temporary restraining order which was allegedly tampered by Supreme Court Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. “I have never released to Jomar Canlas any information, report, or document regarding the work of the Court,” De Castro said in a brief statement sent through SC Spokesperson Theodore Te. De Castro issued the statement […]

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CJ Sereno camp decries House justice panel decision to bar her lawyers from cross-examining witnesses in impeach proceedings

(Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Wednesday decried the House justice committee’s decision to bar her lawyers from cross-examining witnesses during impeachment proceedings. In an e-mailed statement, the lawyers who represent Sereno said the decision was “tantamount to barring CJ Sereno herself, and belies their claim of an open and democratic process that honors the right to a fair trial.” According to them, it was “deplorable that we should […]

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House justice committee to summon SC associate justice, reporter to impeach hearing vs CJ Sereno

(Eagle News) — The House justice committee will subpoena Associate Justice Teresita de Castro and a Manila Times reporter in subsequent impeachment hearings against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. The decision was reached after  Larry Gadon, who filed the impeachment complaint, admitted he found out about Sereno’s alleged tampering of a draft temporary restraining order penned by De Castro only through reporter Jomar Canlas and some employees from the Supreme Court. The alleged tampering is […]

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PHL gov’t cancels peace talks with CPP-NPA-NDF

(Eagle News) — Secretary Jesus Dureza announced on Wednesday the cancellation of “all planned meetings” with communist rebels in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive there would no longer be peace talks with them. Dureza, presidential adviser on the peace process, made the announcement also after Duterte said he would classify the New People’s Army, the Communist Party of the Philippines’ armed group, as a terrorist group. “There will be no peace negotiations anymore with the […]

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JUST IN: House justice committee rules CJ Sereno lawyers cannot cross-examine in impeach proceedings

(Eagle News) — The House justice committee on Wednesday ruled to disallow lawyers of Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno from cross-examining witnesses during impeachment proceedings against her. With a vote of 30-4, the committee members approved the motion of Rep. Alfredo Garbin to deny the request of Sereno’s camp that the 11 lawyers who represent her conduct the cross-examination. “We are not depriving respondent of right to cross-examine but they should do it through only […]

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JUST IN: House justice committee rules only its members will be allowed to participate in impeach proceedings vs CJ Sereno

(Eagle News) — The House committee on justice on Wednesday voted to allow only its members to participate in impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. With a vote of  30-3, the members of the committee approved Rep. Gwen Garcia’s motion, which effectively denied the requests of her colleagues such as Rep. Edcel Lagman and Rep. Kaka Bag-ao that non-members be allowed to participate in such. Lagman had argued participating in such an important […]

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Abaya: I am sure we will be vindicated in MRT-3 mess

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service I am sure we will be vindicated. Former Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya had this to say after the filing of plunder charges against him and several others over the allegedly anomalous P3.8-B maintenance contract for the Metro Rail Transit 3. Apart from Abaya, charged by the Department of Transportation were former Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas,  former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, former Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson, former Budget Secretary […]

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“What are you afraid of?” Speaker Alvarez tells Chief Justice Sereno on her refusal to attend impeach proceedings vs her

(Eagle News) — What are you afraid of? This was the message of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, who has rejected calls for her to appear before impeachment proceedings against her. “Bakit ka naman takot humarap doon? Ano ba kinakatakot mo?” Alvarez told reporters on the sidelines of a judicial forum on Tuesday. Alvarez made the pronouncement after  Sereno insisted–through letters sent to the House justice committee– on what she said […]

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DoTR files charges vs former President Aquino’s Cabinet men over “anomalous” MRT-3 maintenance contract

https://youtu.be/_CXFwEMUAQE (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Tuesday filed a plunder complaint against nine Cabinet members of then-President Benigno Aquino III and several others over the allegedly anomalous MRT-3 maintenance contract. Facing charges over the P3.8-billion contract are former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, ex-Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya, former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, former Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla, former Budget secretary Butch Abad, former Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson, former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, and former National […]

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Trump declares North Korea state sponsor of terror

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –President Donald Trump on Monday declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, returning Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear-armed pariah regime to a short blacklist of targeted US foes. “Should have happened a long time ago. Should have happened years ago,” Trump declared, announcing the designation at the start of a White House cabinet meeting. North Korea is already under a wide array of United States and United Nations sanctions, and the terror designation […]

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Malacanang: DDB Chair Santiago dismissed over graft, corruption allegations

(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Monday revealed that Dangerous Drugs Board Chief Dionisio Santiago was dismissed over allegations he went on junkets and received gifts from drug personalities. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was apart from the critical comments Santiago made to the media against the mega rehabilitation center. The allegations of corruption were made by the DDB Employees Union that sent a letter to the Office of the President […]

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