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(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Professional Regulation Commission Commissioner Alfredo Po of all the criminal charges filed against him in connection with what the Ombudsman said was an anomalous lease contract signed by the agency in 2012. The anti-graft court’s seventh division made the acquittal after it found the prosecution was unable to prove Po’s guilt “beyond reasonable doubt” in the charges of graft, direct bribery, robbery, and violation of the code of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV closed his bank accounts and transferred the money–which he said was “possibly” used to “destabilize” the government— to other individuals before signing a waiver and going to Singapore to supposedly check those accounts. In an interview over state-run television, Duterte said Trillanes was able to close the accounts online at 10 p.m., on September 8. Although the President did not say what these […]
(Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday denied President Rodrigo Duterte was intimidating the Office of the Ombudsman, noting that it was the chief executive who welcomed a probe into his family’s wealth in the first place. “No one is intimidating the Ombudsman..(The President) is not intimidating the Ombudsman,” Panelo said when asked in a television interview for his reaction to the anti-graft body’s statement that it would not be intimidated […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The combined impact of blood-related diseases like leukemia, anemia and bleeding disorders is extremely great, representing a significant factor in the total deaths due to cancer. In 2009, former President Gloria Arroyo declared the month of September as Blood Diseases Month by virtue of Proclamation No. 1833 to raise people’s awareness and understanding of blood-related diseases. There are different blood diseases, some are benign or non-cancerous while others can be considered as […]
(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has asked the Sandiganbayan to reconsider its decision that allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to be out on bail. In its motion for reconsideration, the Ombudsman asked the anti-graft court’s fifth division to “review, reconsider and set aside” its Sept. 15 resolution that allowed Estrada to be temporarily released “upon the submission and approval of bail in the amount of (over) P1 million to be posted in cash.” The resolution […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — We are talking about trillions of pesos. That enormous amount of money is what is needed to keep the Philippines running. With a vote of 233-9, the House of Representatives on third and final reading approved on Tuesday, September 26, the proposed P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018. The House Bill 6215 or the 2018 General Appropriations Bill includes funding for the Duterte Administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program as well […]
(Eagle News) — After almost a decade of delay, authorities on Friday held the launch of the start of construction of the P2.8-billion Grand Unified Central Station that will link the Light Rail Transit 1, the Metro Rail Transit 3 and the planned MRT 7, in Quezon City. In a television interview, Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said the launch of the P2.8-billion project was made possible after the “parties involved” sat down and […]
(Eagle News) — After directing his anger many times at the country, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he would “rather be friendly” with the United States now. Speaking during the 116th Balangiga Encounter Day in Eastern Samar, he said he was “under advice” by the Department of Foreign Affairs that he should “temper (his) language and avoid cursing,” something which he said he was “prone to do if (he gets) emotional.” Besides, Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Thursday recovered at least three paddles from the Aegis Juris fraternity where hazing rites that resulted in the death of Horacio Castillo III are believed to have taken place. It was still unclear if these had been used on Castillo, though. Supt. Erwin Margarejo, Manila Police District spokesperson, said they would be subjected to analysis so it could be determined if Castillo’s blood was there. He said forensic evidence has […]
by Rana Moussaoui Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The Islamic State group released a recording Thursday of what it says is its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, calling on jihadists under pressure in Syria and Iraq to “resist” their enemies. In his first alleged message in nearly a year and following reports of his possible death, the elusive jihadist leader called on his supporters to target the “media centres” of countries fighting his group. […]
(Eagle News) — The Anti-Money Laundering Council denied on Thursday that it had provided the Ombudsman with a report detailing the transactions of bank accounts President Rodrigo Duterte allegedly jointly owned with his children from 2006 to 2016. In making the denial, the AMLC effectively belied what Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang was reported as saying—that the anti-graft body received the report that was used for a fact-finding probe into the President’s family wealth from the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday filed economic sabotage and graft raps against former Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others over the alleged smuggling of rice valued at $680,000 through the Cagayan de Oro port. Lacson also charged National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino; lawyer Tomas Alcid, former district collector of the Port of Cagayan de Oro; lawyer Geniefelle Lagmay, customs liaison officer to NFA of the Office of the […]
