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(Eagle News) —President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday denied knowing the person Senator Antonio Trillanes claimed to be the chief executive’s source of the senator’s “fake” bank accounts. “Ang kilala kong si Snooky ay yung artista at sa comics,” Duterte said in a media briefing when asked if he knew Daniel “Snooky” Cruz. Trillanes had claimed Cruz had sold the “fake” information to Malacanang, which paid P10 million for it. The senator said the P3 million […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday named the source of the supposed bank documents attached to Senator Antonio Trillanes’ complaint against him. Duterte said it was “Abad” of the Anti-Money Laundering Council who gave the documents to the senator, who then gave the same to Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Rodolfo Elman. Elman, Duterte said, then gave the same to Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang. Carandang, who said he has been given the go-signal […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that impeachment complaints would be filed against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales and Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. In a press conference on Wednesday, Duterte said the grounds for the impeachment case against Morales would be “selective justice,” for failing to act on cases involving mostly members of the Liberal Party, and “falsification of documents.” Duterte was referring to what he said were “falsified” documents on the President’s family’s bank […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Roy Cimatu as environment secretary. “Mr. President, it is my great pleasure and honor to report to the Commission, to the President, to the men and women of the (Department of Environment and Natural Resources), and to the whole nation, of the overwhelming ‘yes’ votes of the members of this Commission, confirming and affirming (the ad interim appointment of Cimatu)..,” Manny Pacquiao, […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General on Wednesday said there were ongoing “black operations” against President Rodrigo Duterte. In a press conference, Solicitor General Jose Calida said the operations “began as color yellow,” and were now “white” and even “red.” “One, the political losers can’t accept they lost. It’s a matter of political lust. They want to regain again their power,” he said, without naming names. He said those behind the “black […]
by Cyril Julien with Frankie Taggart in Mesquite Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock arrived back in the United States Tuesday evening and was met by FBI agents eager to hear whatever she might know about the motive behind his slaying of 58 people and wounding of more than 500 in the worst mass shooting in US history. Although the FBI wants to talk […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the measure postponing the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. The President on Monday, October 2, signed Republic Act 10952 that amended RA 9164, and postponed the Oct. 23, 2017 polls to the second Monday of May 2018. “Subsequent synchronized barangay and SK elections shall be held on the second Monday of May 2020 and every three years thereafter,” the amended portion of RA 9164 read. […]
by Martin Parry SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia offered to help the United States reform its gun laws Tuesday after a successful two-decade clampdown on firearms in the wake of its own worst mass shooting. The US is reeling after at least 59 people were killed and more than 500 injured when retired accountant Stephen Paddock opened fire on thousands of concertgoers in Las Vegas before killing himself. The shocking tragedy has sparked renewed calls […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday named the supposed source of the offshore bank account information President Rodrigo Duterte said was the senator’s. In a privilege speech, Trillanes said that the “fake” information came from one Daniel “Snooky” Cruz, an individual who claimed to be a “forensic expert,” who was “well-connected” with the United States Embassy and a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Kaya raw niya magkaroon ng access […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Tuesday expressed condolences to the families of the victims in the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday night. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella made the pronouncement, as he reported that there was no Filipino casualty in the incident that is now dubbed as the worst mass shooting in modern United States history. “We join the peace-loving people of the international community in denouncing this latest act of violence,” […]
(Eagle News) — “Ingrates.” This was how Philippine National Police Chief Director Ronald dela Rosa described the critics of the ongoing drug war on Tuesday. “You can criticize to high heavens but I can tell you, sabihin ko ngayon, ingrato kayo,” Dela Rosa said in an ambush interview on the sidelines of a Light Rail Transit Authority event. The police chief said it was because of the peace and order brought by the war on drugs […]
(Eagle News) — Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang, Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Rodolfo Elman and several others face administrative charges for alleged graft and corruption and betrayal of public trust, among others. The charges were filed separately by lawyers Manuelito Luna and Emilio Mallari, and by former Rep. Jacinto Paras and lawyer Glenn Chong, on Tuesday. According to Luna and Mallari, Carandang was “guilty of graft and corruption” after he “maliciously claimed” the Anti-Money Laundering Council […]
