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(Eagle News) — A House of Representatives committee on Monday gave the green light to a bill seeking the postponement of the 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to next year. More than 10 members of the suffrage and electoral reforms panel voted for the postponement to May 2018, echoing President Rodrigo Duterte’s position that barangay and other local officials involved in illegal drug activities should be weeded out before the conduct of the polls. Only two representatives […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has a new associate justice. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo takes the place of Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza, who retired on Aug. 13, the Supreme Court said on Monday. In a letter to SC Chief Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said President Rodrigo Duterte had signed Gesmundo’s appointment, making him the 178th justice of the country’s High Court. Gesmundo chaired the anti-graft court’s seventh division […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture is looking into the possible criminal liability of people who reportedly had the “intent to refuse to share information” about the outbreak of bird flu in San Luis, Pampanga. In a radio interview on Monday, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said he has directed the Bureau of Animal Industry to do this. “Tingin ko, sa ating mga protocol, ay merong mga kaparusahan pag di sila nagreport,” he said. […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas stormed to yet another victory in the Asia Cup on Sunday, beating Qatar who never said die but fell short nonetheless. The Philippine national team–which had secured a slot in the quarterfinals even before Sunday’s match— swept Group B with its six-point win against the Qataris, who did not disappoint with their outside shooting, especially in the later part of the game. The threes were what essentially put the Qataris […]
(Reuters) U.S. authorities will investigate on Sunday the violence stemming from a white nationalist rally a day earlier that killed one person, injured more than 30, and challenged U.S. President Donald Trump’s leadership. The unrest in the southern college town presented Trump with a domestic crisis, with many on both left and right criticizing him for waiting too long to address it and then, when he did so, failing to explicitly condemn the white-supremacist marchers […]
by Brian Knowlton, with Yanan Wang in Beijing WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump and his French counterpart pledged Saturday to work to denuclearize North Korea, but Trump again invoked the grim possibility of “military measures” if other steps should fail. Trump’s latest warning came amid a flurry of international calls — from China, the North’s key ally, as well as Russia, Germany, Britain and the United Nations — for the […]
(Eagle News) — The local chief executives of Lanao del Sur are recommending the “organization, training and arming” of barangay peacekeeping action teams that will “assist (in) and sustain” the war against the Maute group, against whom they declared an “all-out war.” In a manifesto, the League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Lanao del Sur chapter said they made the recommendation to train the BPATs as Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units or Special Civilian Active Auxiliaries to […]
(Agence France Presse) — United States military forces “stand ready” to safeguard Guam after after North Korea threatened to fire ballistic missiles toward the American Pacific island territory, the White House said early Saturday. During a call with Guam Governor Eddie Calvo, President Donald Trump “reassured” him that “United States forces stand ready to ensure the safety and security of the people of Guam, along with the rest of America,” a statement read. It said White House Chief of […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas took home the bacon on Friday night, crushing the Iraqi team with double digits, and getting a free pass to the quarterfinals. The Philippine team was off to a rough start, though, lagging behind the Iraqi team during most of the first quarter. The national team picked up their game slightly in the first part of the second quarter, but led the Iraqi team by only single digits. It was […]
DA temporarily bans movement of “live domestic and wild birds, and their products” from Luzon to Visayas and Mindanao, and from Pampanga to other parts of Luzon. (Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol has confirmed there was a bird flu outbreak in San Luis, Pampanga. In a press conference on Friday, Pinol said an immediate cull was ordered for all chicken, ducks and quail within a kilometer (0.6 miles) of the infected poultry in the […]
(Eagle News) — The Ozamiz Regional Trial Court on Friday denied the motions for furlough filed by Ozamiz Vice Mayor Nova Princess and her brother, Reynaldo Jr., to attend what they said was the last vigil for their late parents and kin on Sunday, Aug. 13, and their burial the following day. In denying the Parojinog siblings’ motion, Executive Judge Edmundo Pintac gave weight to the recommendations of the Ozamiz police, which he said was […]
(Eagle News) — Classes and work on Friday were suspended in some parts of the country after a 6.3-magnitude quake hit Batangas, and was felt in other areas. Below is a list of places where they have been suspended. Local government units Classes suspended (all levels) Dasmarinas, Cavite Imus, Cavite — public and private schools; work also suspended Olongapo Pateros — public, private Taguig — public and private schools Institutions Classes and work […]
