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(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, Aug. 20, led her family and supporters in commemorating her father Fernando Poe Jr.’s 80th birth anniversary. “Sumakabilang buhay na nga tayo, pero siguro kung siya nandito, alam ko uunahin niya talaga yung pinakanangangailangan,” the senator said in an interview. She also recalled her father’s “simplicity.” “Kaya kahit naman sa ano ginagawa namin sa trabaho namin, o sa pribadong pagsisikap, tinutuloy namin kung ano makakaya namin,” she said. The […]
(Eagle News)–Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has declined his automatic nomination for Chief Justice. Carpio made the confirmation in a text message on Tuesday, Aug. 20. “Yes, I am declining because there are only 8 days left from the vacancy to my compulsory retirement,” he said. Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin is slated to retire on Oct. 18, while Carpio will retire on Oct. 26. The five most senior justices of the SC are automatically nominated […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area near Northern Samar. PAGASA said the trough of the LPA, which as of 3 a.m. was located 975 kilometers east of Catarman, will bring Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Batanes and Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms due […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Aug. 19, dismissed Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua’s remark Overseas Filipino Workers in China could also be accused of spying. Zhao issued the remark after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed concerns about the proximity of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations hubs to military facilities, saying the Chinese nationals employed there could easily shift to spying. “The Office of the President shares the sentiment of Secretary Lorenzana and (Socioeconomic) Secretary (Ernesto) Pernia when […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen has declined the SC en banc’s nomination of him for the Chief Justice post. SC public information office chief Brian Hosaka said this was according to Leonen himself, in a statement sent to him after the en banc agreed to nominate the five most senior justices for the post to be left vacant by Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin when he retires on Oct. 17. In the statement, Leonen […]
(Eagle News)–Lawyers Chel Diokno and Lorenzo Tañada III have asked the Department of Justice panel conducting a preliminary probe into the sedition charges filed against them and several others to stop the Office of the Solicitor General from representing the Philippine National Police, the complainant, and to sanction the OSG. In filing the omnibus motion that also sought to annul all previous actions of the OSG, Diokno and Tañada said the OSG misstated University of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s family has released a picture of the chief executive, following reports he had not been seen in public for a time. In the picture released by Honeylet Avanceña, Duterte was seen posing with her and his youngest daughter Kitty. The Palace earlier said the President was fine but was very busy, and had to catch up on some paperwork. It added the chief executive was not suffering from any medical condition. […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. has ordered the filing of a diplomatic protest against China over the unauthorized passage of Chinese warships through Sibutu Strait. Locsin gave the order to the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of Asia and Pacific Affairs in a Tweet. “Fire diplomatic protest over Chinese warship; drop the diplomatic crap; say it is ours period; they’re trespassing,” Locsin said. According to Locsin, “if we did it already, fire another.” […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Aug. 19, mourned the death of former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, who succumbed to brain cancer at 65 years old. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Palace “deeply grieves the demise of one of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s most passionate Cabinet members whose environmental advocacy and legacy remains unparalleled to this day.” He said Lopez had “fiercely fought powerful interests” in the mining sector, and in other […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies are expected in parts of the country today, Aug. 19, as the southwest monsoon affects the western sections of Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]
(Eagle News)–Former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez has passed away after reportedly battling brain cancer, ABSCBN Corp. confirmed. She was 65 years old. Lopez was appointed as environment secretary in 2016. She went on to close down mining firms that were found to violate environmental laws, a policy that suit well with some members of the Commission on Appointments, who rejected her appointment in 2017. She was also vice chair of ABSCBN Bayan Foundation, which provides […]
by Yan ZHAO / Catherine LAI HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A sea of democracy activists flooded the streets of Hong Kong Sunday under torrential rains in a peaceful demonstration to city leaders that their movement still draws wide public support, despite mounting violence and increasingly stark warnings from Beijing. Hundreds of thousands of umbrella-carrying protesters poured across the heart of Hong Kong island, defying both the downpour and a police order not to march […]
