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By Philip Pacheco with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles Agence France-Presse GILROY, CALIF. (AFP) — Three people were killed in a shooting at a major food festival in California on Sunday before police gunned down the suspected attacker, officers said. Among the victims was a six-year-old boy, his grandmother told US media, while at least 15 others were injured. Officers confronted and shot dead the suspect “in less than a minute,” said Scot Smithee, […]
(Eagle News)–The Court of Appeals has junked the National Union of People’s Lawyers petition for a writ of amparo and habeas data. In junking the petition filed with the Supreme Court on April 15, the appellate court’s former special fifteenth division said the group failed to prove the participation of military officials in what it said were perpetrated state attacks against them. The SC, in a May 19 resolution, had ordered the appellate court to […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has ordered all judges and branch clerks of first- and second-level courts nationwide to report the status of all their cases involving the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office since January 2018. The order was contained in a circular issued by the Office of Court Administrator Midas Marquez on Monday, July 29. According to Marquez, the report on the PCSO cases, whether pending or terminated, should be submitted on or before Aug. 15. […]
(Eagle News)–Karapatan and other groups on Monday, July 29, filed a petition for review assailing an appellate court’s decision junking their petition for writs of amparo and habeas data. Karapatan, the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and Gabriela filed the petition for review on certiorari before the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals 14th division dismissed their request for the writs which they filed due to the alleged red-tagging and illegal arrests of individuals of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the brother of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III as administrator of the Philippine Coconut Authority, Senator Bong Go said on Monday, July 29. Go said Gonzalo Duque took his oath before Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea earlier in the day. The PCA reverted under the helm of the Department of Agriculture in September 2018. In December of that year, President Duterte said he wanted the PCA board including PCA administrator […]
(Eagle News)–Headline inflation in the Philippines decelerated to 2.7 percent in June 2019, the lowest recorded since September 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. According to the PSA, the slowdown was due mainly to “slower annual rate posted in the index of the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages at 2.7 percent.” The PSA said the “slower annual increments” in the indices of the following commodity groups also contributed to the slowdown: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the alleged “graft and corrupt practices” in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. Guevarra issued the order to NBI director Dante Gierran through Department order number 384 on Monday, July 29. The order comes days after President Duterte ordered the termination of all forms of gambling under PCSO, including lotto, STL, keno and peryahan ng bayan, due to “massive corruption.” Guevarra ordered […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is still “thoroughly” investigating the “massive corruption” in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, the Palace said on Monday, July 29. In an interview over radio dzmm, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte, however, has promised to come out with the names of those involved in the scheme “as soon as possible.” In the meantime, he said PCSO outlets will remain closed. Asked how long they would be closed, Panelo said: “Si […]
by Andrew MARSZAL LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured in a shooting at a major food festival in California on Sunday, police said. Officers confronted and shot dead the suspect “in less than a minute,” said Scot Smithee, police chief of the city of Gilroy, 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of San Jose. Police said it was “still an active crime scene” at the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, July 28, proposed the conduct of regular Coast Guard patrols off Batanes to ensure “those islands will remain ours.” The President made the proposal in his visit to the northernmost province, following earthquakes that killed at least eight people and injured several others. “But there are two islands there that are big ones. Sabi ko kay Mayor, is it ours? I do not see any… Pumunta ka siguro lagyan […]
(Eagle News)–A low pressure area has been spotted near Pangasinan and is being monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. PAGASA said the LPA, as of 3 a.m., was located 380 kilometers west of Dagupan City. MIMAROPA and the provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Bataan and Zambales will experience monsoon rains, with possible flash floods or landslides due to light to moderate to at times heavy rains. Metro Manila, Mindanao, Visayas, Ilocos Region, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, July 28, ordered the construction of a clinic in Batanes after the hospital in the province was damaged by successive earthquakes. President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to provide the P40 million needed for the construction of the clinic during his visit to the province a day after the quakes that killed at least eight people and injured several others. According to Duterte, he is “not keen on repairing” the damaged […]
