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QUEZON City, Philippines – Good news for public school teachers. According to the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition, public school teachers will receive double the amount of holiday bonus compared to what they received last year. TDC chair Benjo Basas said that a teacher with a basic salary of P19,077 is expected to have the following perks and benefits: a minimum of P5,000 in performance-based bonus (PBB); a year-end bonus worth P19,077; P5,000 in cash gift and […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into the circumstances of the issuance of a search warrant that led to the death of detained Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa at the Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail. SC spokesperson Atty. Theodore Te said that the high court would want to know more about the issuance of the search warrant that was used by the operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 8) directed Senator Leila de Lima and the Office of the Solicitor General to submit their respective memoranda within 10 days on the issue of the President’s immunity from suit. In a press briefing, Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te said that this directive from the court was “without necessarily giving due course” to the petition for habeas data filed by Senator de Lima earlier on […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Constitutional lawyer Atty. Mark Tolentino said that the filing of a writ of habeas data by Senator Leila De Lima against President Rodrigo Duterte will be dismissed due to the immunity of the President. Atty. Tolentino said that the camp of Senator De Lima is only looking for media mileage in filing said petition.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade warned the officials and employees of the Department of Transportation that he will remove them if they will be caught accepting gifts from contractors. https://youtu.be/mQReOT_mjR0
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walang nakikitang mali ang pamunuan ng Philippine National Police sa ginagawang paghahain ng mga tauhan ng CIDG Region 8 ng search warrant sa loob ng kulungan ni Albuera Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. Sa harap nito, muli namang tiniyak ng PNP na walang mangyayaring white wash sa isinasagawa nilang imbestigasyon kaugnay ng pagkakapatay sa alkalde. https://youtu.be/h2gaH-294ts
(Eagle News) — Kabuhayan at water supply pa rin ang pangunahing kailangan ng mga biktima ng super typhoon Yolanda na inilipat sa resettlement sites sa Tacloban City. Ayon sa lokal na pamahalaan, isinusulong nila ang agarang implementasyon ng water supply project at planong mag-imbita ng investors na magtatayo ng negosyo malapit sa resettlement sites. Magkakaroon din ng construction ng terminal, palengke, health facilities at police stations na maaaring makapag-bigay trabaho sa mga residente. 9.8 billion […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pag-uusapan sa official trip ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Malaysia ang naging papel ng naturang bansa sa MILF peace talks. Si Duterte ay nakatakdang magtungo sa Malaysia sa Nobyembre 9-10.
(Eagle News) — Voting 9-5, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 8) voted to allow the burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery). The nine high court justices who voted to allow the burial are Associate Justices Arturo Brion, Presbitero Velasco Jr, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Mariano del Castillo, Jose Perez, Teresita de Castro, Jose Mendoza, and Estela Perlas-Bernabe. The justice who dissented were Chief Justice Maria […]
The Supreme Court is expected to rule today on the petitions opposing the Duterte administration’s controversial plan to bury the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Eight justices are needed by either side to win their case. The Supreme Court has earlier extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang assured on Monday a transparent and impartial investigation on the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa last Saturday, November 5. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar made the assurance after former President Benigno Aquino said he will monitor the inquiries into the killing of Espinosa. Earlier reports said that at around 4 AM of November 5, operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Region 8 […]
(Eagle News) — Slain Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa had named former Justice Secretary and now senator Leila de Lima in his final affidavit taken by policemen in August, saying she and his son Kerwin met in Baguio City sometime in March 2016 to talk about the illegal drug trade. This was contained in his six-page affidavit that Albuera policemen took in August. He named De Lima several government officials and members of the […]
