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(Eagle News)–The National Capital Region Police Office has a new chief. Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas on Wednesday, Oct. 16, formally took the reins of the Metro Manila police force from Police Major General Guillermo Eleazar, who was designated the Philippine National Police’s number four man. Sinas was the chief of the Central Visayas police before his appointment. The turnover ceremony was attended by PNP officer in charge Archie Gamboa. In his speech, Sinas thanked […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the head of the Philippine National Oil Corporation to resign for alleged loss of confidence. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte’s order against Atty. Pedro A. Aquino, Jr., who is also a member of the Board of the PNOC-Exploration Corporation, was “pursuant to his anti-corruption campaign in the government, and underscores once again that there are no sacred cows under this Administration.” Duterte has reiterated his […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services is monitoring a low pressure area off Aurora. The PAGASA said as of 3 a.m., the LPA was estimated at 1,335 kilometers east of Baler. Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with light rains as the northeasterly surface windflow is prevailing over Luzon. Mindanao and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Cynthia Villar remains the richest lawmaker in the Upper House, based on her recently filed Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. Villar’s P3,534, 412,797 trumps the P3,005, 808,000 of legendary boxer Senator Manny Pacquiao, who came in second place. Senator Ralph Recto was in third place, with P555,324,479.82, while Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri was in fourth, with P182,851,570.34. Senator Bong Revilla landed on fifth place, with P164,203,379.38. Below are the other senators’ […]
(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted three Supreme Court justices for the Chief Justice post. Shortlisted for the post to be vacated by Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Oct. 17 were Justice Diosdado Peralta, Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Justice Andres Bernal Reyes Jr. Peralta and Perlas-Bernabe got seven votes each while Reyes got four. From those initially interviewed by the JBC for the post, Justice Jose Reyes, Jr. who was ninth in rank, […]
By MJ Racadio Eagle News and Features contributor Official Trailer of Guerrero Dos When it comes to sports, victory comes sweet, but there can only be one declared winner. But still, there are some who suffer defeat, even physical injuries and experience the agony of pain but continues to fight until the end. And thus, the story of EBC Films’ “Guerrero Dos: Tuloy Ang Laban” continues, as the first Guerrero film’s main character boxer Ramon […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Oct. 15, said she was “half-relieved” but at the same time “frustrated” over the Supreme Court decision to release the results of the manual recount of votes covering the three pilot provinces in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest. In a televised press conference, Robredo said she was “half-relieved” because the SC decision would allow the public to know what happened during the recount and “sino […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Tuesday, Oct. 15, said there was a need to revisit the system of filing electoral protests in the country. Marcos made the statement in a televised interview with reporters after the Supreme Court ordered the release of the results on the manual count of votes covering Iloilo, Camarines Sur and Negros Oriental in connection with his protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, and ordered the Marcos and Robredo camps […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, decided to “severely reprimand and issue a stern warning” to a Manila Times reporter over his 2016 story alleging SC justices were offered P50 million each to disqualify Senator Grace Poe as a presidential candidate. The SC said the en banc voted “unanimously” to level the sanction on Jomar Canlas, who had cited unnamed sources in making the allegations. Canlas said in his story that the magistrates […]
Asks camps of Marcos, Robredo to comment on results (Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, ordered the release of the results of the manual recount of votes covering three pilot provinces in connection with the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos. The SC made the announcement even as it failed to make a vote on a report made by Associate Justice Alfred Caguioa, the member-in-charge, on the recount as early as […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police will no longer have authority to probe former PNP chief Oscar Albayalde for possible administrative liabilities in connection with the 2013 irregular Pampanga raid once he retires from the police force in November. This is according to Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, who was designated PNP officer-in-charge after Albayalde stepped down amid the allegations he intervened in the status of the cases filed against the 13 policemen who were accused of […]
(Eagle News)–A resolution hailing gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo and boxer Nesthy Petecio will soon be filed in the Senate. Senator Sonny Angara said he would file the resolution following the gold medal wins of the two Filipino athletes in the 41st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and in the 2019 Aiba Women’s World Boxing Championships last Saturday in Ulan-Ude, Russia. “Over the weekend, Carlos and Nesthy gave the entire nation two huge […]
