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Sandiganbayan orders arrest of Senator Honasan, 6 others over alleged misuse of around P30M in pork barrel funds

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of Senator Gringo Honasan and six others over their alleged misuse of almost P30 million in pork barrel funds. The 2nd division of the anti-graft court issued the order against the senator and political affairs and project coordinator chief Michael Benjamin; National Council of Muslim Filipinos Secretary Mehol Sadain; acting chief accountant Fedelina Aldenese; Olga Galido; and Focus officers Giovanni Manuel Gaerlan and Salvador Gaerlan. Of the ten–including […]

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Abella assures there are contingency plans in place for Filipinos in Guam

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella assured the public on Thursday the government had in place “contingency plans” for Filipinos in Guam,  following North Korea’s pronouncements it was reviewing plans to strike United States military targets there. “As far as I know, especially regarding Filipinos there, the embassies and consulates also in Hagatna have contingency plans which are regularly updated to enable them to respond to emergencies,” Abella said in a press briefing in Malacanang. […]

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World Breastfeeding Month

QUEZON City, Philippines – The World Breastfeeding Week is an annual celebration held every year from August 1 to 7 in more than 120 countries.   Breastfeeding for the first six months of life delivers a great health benefits not only for the baby but for the mother as well. Such benefits include providing critical nutrients, protection from deadly diseases such as pneumonia and fostering growth and development for the infants.   Breastfeeding, also known as […]

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National Indigenous Peoples Day

QUEZON City, Philippines (August 10) – Former President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10689 on October 23, 2015, declaring August 9 every year as the National Indigenous People’s Day to promote the rights of indigenous people groups in the country. (Official Gazette) August 9 is also the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous people are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have […]

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Duterte laments how corruption cases are filed vs lower-ranking gov’t officials who “have no choice” but to approve superior’s requests

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday lamented how the names of lower-ranking government officials were being dragged in corruption cases filed by the Ombudsman even if he said they were only forced to sign documents and approve their superior’s requests. “With due respect to the one sitting in the Ombudsman, alam mo yang corruption sa local government…makita ko talaga ang Ombudsman, sige lang iyan magfile ng kaso, left and right…Ang masama pa niyan, […]

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Senate orders arrest of Richard Tan, Manny Li for “testifying falsely and evasively” in blue ribbon committee hearing on P6.4B drug shipment

(Eagle News) — The Senate ordered the arrest of Richard Tan and Manny Li on Wednesday, after the blue ribbon committee held them in contempt for “testifying falsely and evasively” in a hearing hours before on the P6.4-billion drug shipment. It was Senate President Aquilino Pimentel who approved the arrest order issued by blue ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon, who was among those who grilled the two individuals believed behind the contraband that entered […]

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Amid reports his son’s name was being “name-dropped” by unscrupulous individuals at BoC, Duterte says he will resign if his children are corrupt

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated he would resign should any of his children be involved in corruption. The President repeated the pronouncement following revelations in a hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, that his son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, had been “name-dropped” by some individuals engaged in corrupt practices. “Pati anak ko na sinasali sa Customs. Sino sa mga anak ko na mainvolve sa […]

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President Duterte reiterates need to change unitary type of gov’t; bats for con-com, con-ass for Charter change

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated what he said was the need to change the unitary type of government, saying  there would be “no peace” in Mindanao if this was not done. In his speech before the Philippine Development Forum: Sulong Pilipinas 2017 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City, Duterte, however, thumbed down a constitutional convention (con-con) to make the needed amendments in the 1987 Constitution, or Charter Change (Cha-Cha), for […]

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Several senators admit links to alleged middleman in P6.4-B drug shipment but vow they will not condone any wrongdoing

(Eagle News) — Several senators have links to Kenneth Dong, the man tagged as the middleman in the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, but they vowed they would not condone any wrongdoing. Senators Francis Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Juan Miguel Zubiri admitted on Wednesday they served as sponsors to the wedding of Dong, who appeared for the first time before the Senate blue ribbon committee investigating the entry of the contraband. In a […]

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Duterte to visit Ozamiz soon; announces P2-M bounty for each “abusive policeman” behind deaths of civilians found in mass grave

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would visit Ozamiz sometime soon to “warn” policemen who he said killed at the behest of alleged narcopoliticians, the Parojinogs, that their actions would have consequences. “I will not tell you when (I will visit) but I will warn policemen there. Those responsible for the death of six soldiers before, you will have your comeuppance,” Duterte said before members of the police force who were […]

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Sources of P16B to fund free tuition law have been identified–solon

(Eagle News) — Authorities have identified where to source at least P16 billion that will fund the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, a lawmaker said. In a statement, Davao Rep. Karlo Nograles, said the “breakthrough” came on Wednesday, after he met with Department of Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin Diokno, Commission on Higher Education Chair Patricia Licuanan and other CHEd commissioners, and Technical Education Skills Development Authority Secretary General Guiling Mamondiong. Nograles, also […]

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Customs Chief Faeldon a no-show in Senate committee hearing on P6.4-B drug shipment

(Eagle News) — Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon was a no-show in Wednesday’s  Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country, saying he was confined in the hospital due to hypertension. In a letter addressed to Senator Richard Gordon, Senate blue ribbon committee chair, Faeldon said that he had been diagnosed with “non ST elevation myocardial infection acute coronary syndrome; hypertension urgency hypertension stage II” and was confined at the […]

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