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(Eagle News) — Authorities on Tuesday said a gunshot was heard from inside Malacañang Park on Tuesday because a member of the Presidential Security Group had shot himself. In a press conference on Tuesday, Brigadier General Lope Dagoy, head of the PSG, said it was still unclear though if Major Harim Gonzaga had committed suicide or accidentally shot himself to death. “Certainly, there is no foul play,” Dagoy said. According to Dagoy, the lifeless body of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority administrator Wilma Eisma as its chair. With the appointment, Duterte effectively replaced Martin Diño as SBMA chairman. It was still unclear, however, if Diño would be given another role in the agency. Eisma’s appointment came after President Duterte signed Executive Order No. 42, which effectively repealed EO 340 that specified that powers be split between the SBMA chair and the administrator. With the […]
(Eagle News) — John Paul Solano named at least seven people behind the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III. Senator Miguel Zubiri said according to Solano, of the figure, at least six were members of the Aegis Juris fraternity, while one was a non-member. Zubiri said Solano gave the information during a Senate executive session attended by himself, and Senators Panfilo Lacson, Bam Aquino, and Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday evening. The executive session lasted for […]
(Eagle News) — The estranged wife of Commission on Elections chief Andres Bautista filed on Tuesday a disbarment case against 21 employees of the DivinaLaw firm, including University of Sto. Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina. Patricia Bautista alleged in the complaint she personally filed with her lawyer Lorna Kapunan before the Supreme Court that Divina and his 20 colleagues at the law firm violated the Code of Professional Responsibility. This was in relation […]
(Eagle News) — The acting prosecutor general on Monday admitted the inquest proceedings John Paul Solano underwent were “improper.” Acting Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan made the admission upon questioning by Senator Franklin Drilon. “Is this a proper inquestable investigation?” Drilon asked. “That would not be proper,” Catalan said. He then said Solano’s cases would be subjected to a regular preliminary investigation. Paterno Esmaquel, Solano’s lawyer, had insisted that this be the case but authorities proceeded […]
(Eagle News) — Fraternity members used three vehicles to take hazing victim Horacio Castillo III to the hospital. This is contrary to initial reports there were only two–the red pickup registered to Antonio Trangia, father of Ralph Trangia, an officer of the Aegis Juris fraternity; and the motorcycle used by John Paul Solano, who surrendered to Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday. Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District head, said during the hearing of the […]
(Eagle News) — Some senior members of the Aegis Juris fraternity are coddling those who are believed behind the death of Horacio Castillo III. This was revealed by Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District director, during the Senate hearing of the committee on public order and dangerous drugs on the hazing victim’s death. Asked by Senator Grace Poe if any one of those senior members was with them, Coronel said “there was no direct […]
(Eagle News) — John Paul Solano, a primary suspect in the death of Horacio Castillo III, said on Monday that he initially lied to the police about where he found the hazing victim’s body because a fraternity member told him to do so. Solano, who spoke before the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, declined, however, to say who exactly told him to do this at that time. He said he would just […]
(Eagle News) — Only 15 suspects of 419 suspects in hazing deaths have been convicted since 2002. This is according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, who quoted data from the Philippine National Police Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management. According to Gatchalian, who spoke at the start of the hearing into the death of Horacio Castillo III on Monday, this represents a conviction rate of a “measly” 3.6 percent. Present in the hearing were Castillo’s parents; […]
By Richard Carter Agence France Presse Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world’s third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch. Abe hopes to capitalize on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into power, as polls show him regaining ground after a series of scandals. “I will dissolve the House of Representatives on the 28th” of September, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Monday assured Vietnam it would conduct a “fair and thorough” investigation into the deaths of two Vietnamese fishermen on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano gave the assurance to Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh during an informal meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers at the United Nations headquarters in New York, a Department of Foreign Affairs statement said. “We would […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Monday filed an ethics complaint against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. “Idol pa naman kita,” Faeldon, who is detained at the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms after his surrender following being cited in contempt, said in a brief press conference. Faeldon was cited in contempt by the Senate for his refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped […]
