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(Eagle News)– Pangasinan Rep. Amado Espino Jr. on Wednesday (December 14) agreed to temporarily step down in compliance with the 90-day suspension ordered by the Sandiganbayan following the graft charges he is facing. Espino said he will temporarily step down from his post starting December 15 until March 15, 2017. The lawmaker said accepting his suspension was not an admission of his guilt, rather he is serving it “with a heavy heart as it effectively deprives his […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) –The third man in Philippine National Police chain of command, Police Deputy Director-General Benjamin Magalong retires from service in a retirement honor ceremony held at Camp Crame. Magalong graduated as a magna cum laude in the Philippine Military Academy’s Sandigan Class of 1982. His long service saw him heading the PNP Board of Inquiry into the Mamasapano incident. Police Director Ramon Apolinario will replace Magalong’s position. https://youtu.be/LnFs2yWA_wY
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Station, 86% of Filipinos are content with the state of the democracy in the Philippines. The survey was conducted last September. https://youtu.be/INi9Sk3cQdk
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kerwin Espinosa expressed his gratitude to the National Bureau of Investigation when it released the results of its investigation in the death of his father, former Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. The younger Espinosa said that he is convinced that his father was killed in a “rubout” and not in a “shoot-out”. He was transferred to the NBI’s custody before midnight Wednesday, at around 11:30 p.m., according to NBI […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez wants to remove several officials of the Department of Finance due to their alleged involvement in graft and corruption. Included in the list is the Operations Officer of the Bureau of Customs due to his wrong declarations in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board will place complaint forms in malls around the country as part of its “Oplan Isnabero”. Said program targets taxi drivers who are picky about their passengers. https://youtu.be/tpGDV-gORB8
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte is set to meet with Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday (December 15). A welcome ceremony for Duterte is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. at Istana, the official residence of the President of Singapore. The three state leaders are expected to discuss political cooperation between the two countries, as well as trade relations. The leaders will also talk about the situation of […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained a “very good” net satisfaction rating for the last quarter of 2016, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Results showed that the satisfaction rating of the President was at +63 dropping by only one point compared to his rating in September of +64. SWS classifies net satisfaction ratings of at least +70 as “excellent”; those +50 to +69 as “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — China has pledged funds for a new detention facility in the Philippines as part of its support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, the Philippine jail chief said Wednesday. Duterte’s unprecedented crackdown has worsened severe congestion in Philippine jails, with AFP photographs of Quezon City Jail in July exposing how inmates in one of the nation’s most overcrowded detention facilities took turns to sleep on an open-air basketball court and a […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was chosen as among the 74 “World’s Most Powerful People” in the influential Forbes’ annual ranking this year, along with world leaders Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President-elect Donald Trump, German chancellor Angela Merkel, and Chinese President Xi Jinping who ranked first to fourth place respectively. Mr. Duterte ranked no. 70 in the Forbes’ ranking, and is one of the 11 new names on the list […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinatawag na ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang mga pulis na sangkot sa pagkamatay ni Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa para sa pagsisimula ng pagdinig sa mga reklamong isinampa laban sa kanila. Batay sa subpoena na ipinadala ng DOJ Panel of Prosecutors, itinakda ang unang preliminary investigation sa susunod na Martes, December 20. Nagtakda rin ng ikalawang pagdinig ang DOJ sa January 8, 2017 para naman sa posibleng paghahain ng kontra- salaysay ng […]
(Eagle News) — Nanawagan ang isang partylist group sa Korte Suprema na maglabas ng kautusan upang imbestigahan ang transparency server ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) Ito ay dahil sa nabawasan umano ang boto ng Partylist group na CONSLA o Confederation of Non Stock Savings and Loans Association nang halos kalahati sa nakalipas na May elections.
