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(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo could not have met Peter Joemel Advincula and other opposition figures to plan the destabilization of the government on March 4 as claimed because she was in Bulacan to attend a series of events. This is according to Robredo herself, who filed her counter-affidavit to the sedition charges filed against her in connection with the Ang Totoong Narco-list videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family on Thursday, Aug. 29. According to […]
Panel says this is “without prejudice to respondents’ recourse” to bring issue before “proper forum” (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice special panel of prosecutors hearing the sedition charges filed against Vice President Leni Robredo and several others has junked some of the respondents’ motions to disqualify the Office of the Solicitor General as counsel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the acting complainant. In junking the motions in a 10-page order on Aug. 23, […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, Aug. 29, said the four Chinese drug lords Senator Panfilo Lacson said were released from the New Bilibid Prison in June are detained at the BI’s warden facility. In a statement, the BI said the summary deportation order of Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che and Wu Hing Sum was signed and approved by the Board of Commissioners on August 23. The BI said the […]
(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of Luzon on Thursday, Aug. 29, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. As a result, PAGASA said Metro Manila, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Western Visayas, and the provinces of La Union, Pangasinan, and Benguet will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers. Flash floods or landslides due to occasional heavy rains are possible. The rest of the country, on the other hand, will have […]
Cebu hospital also charged (Eagle News)–Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has filed charges against at least 11 former and current officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. for allegedly reversing a Court of Appeals decision against a Cebu hospital, which was also charged. Charged for graft, usurpation of judicial functions, grave misconduct, gross neglect of duty, grave abuse of discretion and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service were filed before the Ombudsman […]
(Eagle News)–At least four Chinese drug lords were released from the New Bilibid Prison even before reports on the possible release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez came out, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. It was unclear, however, if the four identified as Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che and Wu Hing Sum, were released based on Republic Act No. 10592, or the law on Good Conduct Time Allowances. According to Lacson, the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the franchise of Magnum Air Inc., the operator of SkyJet Airlines. Under Republic Act No. 11410 signed by the President on Aug. 22, the franchise is valid for 25 years. The law says Magnum Air is allowed to operate local and international air transport services. In accordance with the Constitution, however, it should “offer at least 30 percent of its outstanding capital stock or a higher percentage” that may […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson has filed a bill that proposes assigning a “designated survivor” during events attended by the President, Vice President and all other high-ranking government officials. Under Senate Bill 982 or “An Act Prescribing the Order of Presidential Succession,” the “designated survivor,” a Cabinet member, shall be sequestered in a secret and secure location prior to the event and shall act as President “kung maubos na kaming lahat,” Lacson said. Under the 1987 […]
Computation, processing of GCTA suspended for ten days (Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Aug. 29, ordered the creation of a joint committee that will review the implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act 10592 and the guidelines on the computation and processing of Good Conduct Time Allowances. The order was contained in Joint Department Order No. 1, which also directs the temporary suspension of the processing and computation […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Internal Revenue has filed a tax evasion case against the corporate secretary of Kapa Community Ministry International Inc. The charges against Reyna Lobitana Apolinario, also the wife of Kapa head pastor and founder Joel Apolinario, that were filed before the Department of Justice stem from her alleged willful attempt to evade or defeat tax, failure to file returns, supply correct and accurate information, pay taxes, withhold and remit taxes and refund […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has been designated the caretaker of the government while President Rodrigo Duterte is on official visit to China. Special Order No. 916 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and by Duterte said Guevarra shall be officer-in-charge from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. The order said Guevarra shall therefore take care of the “day-to-day operations and general administration of the executive department” and shall “if necessary, act for and on behalf […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Pangilinan urged the government to listen to China and cancel the licenses of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators. In backing the call of the Chinese embassy in the Philippines, Pangilinan noted that gambling was illegal in China in the first place. Some forms of gambling, including online gambling, are legal in the Philippines. “Ibig sabihin, mga Chinese criminal ang nagpapatakbo ng mga POGO dito sa Pilipinas,” he said. He also noted that the […]
