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(Eagle News)–There have been fewer witness reports of irregularities in the 2019 elections, results of a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. According to the Second Quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey conducted from June 22 to 26, compared to June 2016, the proportion of those who personally witnessed vote-buying fell from 19% to 10%. The SWS said those who read or heard this from reliable sources on the other hand fell from 23% to 15%. […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Thursday, Sept. 12, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list: PAL Express 2P 2557- Manila to Dipolog 2P 2558 – Dipolog to Manila Cebu Pacific 5J 513- Manila to San Jose 5J 514 -San Jose to Manila 5J 196 – Manila to Cauayan 5J 197- Cauayan to Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with rainshowers are expected in parts of the country […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today, Sept. 12. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said CALABARZON, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Aurora, Quirino, Isabela, and Cagayan will experience these conditions as the trough of a tropical depression affects Southern Luzon and Visayas. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered to widespread moderate to heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest […]
(Eagle News)–Mayor Isko Moreno on Wednesday, Sept. 11, returned the kind words given to him by President Rodrigo Duterte, who had noticed his efforts to clean up Manila. “Thank you for the kind words, Mr. President, but to be really honest, isa po kayo sa mga naging inspirasyon ko sa kung ano mang klase ng liderato na meron kami,” Moreno said in a statement. According to Moreno, “kung ano man ang nakikita nating pagpupursige ng […]
Gordon says Espino “fighting for his life” (Eagle News)–Former Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr. is “fighting for his life” after his vehicle was ambushed in San Carlos, Pangasinan on Wednesday, Sept. 11. In a Tweet, Senator Richard Gordon said all five of Espino’s bodyguards “perished” as they shielded him from the attack made by a still-unidentified assailant at 4:30 p.m. Police Colonel Red Maranan, director of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, said, however, that two […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of former Presidential Commission on Good Government Chair Camilo Sabio for graft over the lease agreements entered into by the PCGG with a bank without the required competitive bidding. The SC’s third division, in denying Sabio’s petition for review that assailed his conviction over the lease of 11 motor vehicles with the United Coconut Planters Bank Leasing and Finance Corporation from 2007 to 2009, noted that Sabio […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, Sept. 11, said he was “not even sure” if he wants to run for President. Lacson issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte said he believes the senator had plans for the same given his “penchant” for commenting on every issue. Duterte issued the remark as he recalled how the senator and Vice President Leni Robredo criticized his claim that police officers could accept gifts of nominal value that […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Appointments’ Committee on Information and Communication Technology on Wednesday, Sept. 11, recommended the confirmation of Gringo Honasan’s ad interim appointment as Information and Communications secretary to the plenary. No questions were asked to Honasan, who hurdled the CA panel in four minutes. Asked how he felt his was the fastest approval by the panel so far, Honasan said “It doesn’t affect me.” “Because the hard work is ahead of us,” he […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has affirmed a Court of Appeals decision upholding a lower court’s refusal to grant bail to former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan. In denying the petition for review on certiorari of Ampatuan, who faces 58 counts of murder over the Maguindanao massacre, the first division noted the “failure” of Ampatuan to “sufficiently show any reversible error” in the CA decision dated April 18, 2018 and the […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Wednesday, Sept. 11, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list, according to the Manila International Airport Authority: CEBU PACIFIC 5J 821-Manila to Virac 5J 822-Virac to Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Visayas outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility that has developed into a tropical depression. PAGASA said the tropical depression is expected to enter PAR today. The […]
(Eagle News)–Jose Maria Sison slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for what he said was his “ignorance of international law” following his threat to arrest the Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair who is facing multiple murder charges in a Manila court. The charges stem from the 2006 discovery of a mass grave in Inopacan, Leyte which allegedly contains the remains of victims of a Communist purge in the 1980s. In a statement, Sison said Interpol, […]
(Eagle News)–Officials of the Aquino administration should not be blamed for the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law or Republic Act No. 10592. This was according to now-Senator Leila de Lima and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, who issued separate statements after the Ombudsman asked them to explain why the GCTA law’s implementing rules and regulations they crafted in 2014 excluded some categories of inmates who could not […]
