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CHED chair also directed to desist from attending Cabinet meetings

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte is also banning Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairperson Patricia Licuanan from Cabinet meetings starting Monday. “On Sunday, 04 December 2016, I received a text message from Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. relaying President Rodrigo Duterte’s instructions to stop attending Cabinet meetings starting this Monday, 05 December, 2PM,” Licuanan said in a statement. The same content was also received by Vice President Leni Robredo, which prompted her resignation as Housing […]

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Pacquiao moves to cite Dayan for contempt for evading to tell the truth

  (Eagle News) — Senator Manny Pacquiao moved to cite Ronnie Dayan for contempt after expressing exasperation with him for not allegedly revealing the whole truth during the Senate inquiry into the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. Pacquiao said his head was aching whenever he would question Dayan at the Senate investigation. “Sumasakit ulo ko,” the senator said. “I move that Dayan be cited for contempt.” Senator Panfilo Lacson then asked if there […]

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6.0-magnitude undersea quake hits eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Monday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The undersea quake hit about 190 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of Maumere, a holiday destination in Flores, at 09:13 am (0113 GMT), at a depth of 522 kilometres, said the US Geological Survey. Indonesia’s disaster agency said officials were […]

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Dayan claims it was De Lima’s idea to get funds from Kerwin for senate campaign

  Eagle News) – Ronnie Dayan, the controversial driver-bodyguard of Senator Leila De Lima, said that it was De Lima’s idea to raise and source funds for her then senatorial campaign and that she was the one who instructed him to get money from Kerwin Espinosa. In the senate inquiry on Monday, December 5, all the witnesses connected to the illegal drug operations and the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Roland Espinosa faced each other, […]

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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key resigns

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Popular New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced his shock resignation Monday, saying it was the right time to go after eight years in the job. “This is the hardest decision I’ve ever made and I don’t know what I’ll do next,” he told a news conference, adding that he had never seen himself as a career politician. “Being leader of both the party and the country has been an […]

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Robredo resigns after receiving notice not to attend cabinet meetings anymore

  (Eagle News) — After receiving a relayed instruction for her not to attend cabinet meetings anymore starting Monday (December 5), Vice President Leni Robredo announced that she is resigning from President Duterte’s cabinet. In a statement issued on Sunday, Robredo said that she is tendering his resignation as Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) on Monday. She said she arrived at this decision after she received a text message from Cabinet […]

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INC film “Felix Manalo” bags 5 FAMAS awards

      (Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo historical biographical film, “Felix Manalo” bagged a total of five awards, including the much coveted “Best Picture” in the 64th FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences) awards Sunday night (December 4). The film about the first executive minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo also bagged the Best Director award for Joel Lamangan, Best Actor for lead star Dennis Trillo, Best Theme Song for […]

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Trump says Philippines fighting drugs ‘the right way’ in phone call with Duterte

  US President-elect Donald Trump told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte that Manila was conducting its deadly drug war “the right way”, Duterte said Saturday, in stark contrast to the criticism he received from President Barack Obama. The Philippine president called Trump late Friday evening to congratulate him on his election victory with Trump wishing him “success” in his controversial anti-crime crackdown, in which some 4,800 people have been killed since June, according to Duterte. “He […]

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Fidel Castro’s dying wish: No monuments in his name

  SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba will respect Fidel Castro’s dying wish that no statues be erected in his honor and no streets be named after him, President Raul Castro said Saturday. The national assembly will introduce legislation at its next session later this month so that “his wish is fulfilled,” Raul Castro told a massive rally for his brother on the eve of his burial in the eastern city of Santiago de […]

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Up to 40 feared dead in blaze at California party

  by Glenn Chapman with Jocelyne Zablit in Los Angeles Agence France Presse   OAKLAND, United States (AFP — Up to 40 people were feared dead in a huge fire that tore through a rave party in a warehouse near San Francisco, as authorities warned Saturday of a prolonged search and recovery effort. The building lacked permits for people to live and work as a group of artists did, and for the party to take […]

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Ex-MRT 3 GM Vitangcol posts bail, denies graft charges

(Eagle News)– Former Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) general manager Al Vitangcol III has posted a P60,000 bail following an order from the Sandiganbayan directing his arrest over his alleged attempt to extort $30 million from Czech railcar supplier Inekon Group. Vitangcol also described as “baseless” these new graft cases filed against him by Office of the Ombudsman over this alleged extort try. “Alam naman po natin na ang mga kasong ito ay gawa-gawa […]

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Congress signs vat exemption for PWDs

QUEZON City, Philippines – Congress has signed the implementing rules and regulations of the Republic Act 10754 or “an act expanding the privileges and benefits of persons with disabilities.” Once implemented, this will allow at least twenty percent (20%) discount and exemption from the value-added tax (VAT) on the sale of goods and services for the exclusive use and enjoyment or availment of the PWDs. https://youtu.be/2ib_354Im3s  

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