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(Eagle News)–The winning Senate bets in the recently-concluded May 13 Senate polls have started arriving at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay for their proclamation on Wednesday, May 22. Senator-elect Cynthia Villar, who topped the race, arrived with her husband, Manny, and son Mark, the incumbent Public Works secretary. Senator-elect Grace Poe was with her mother, Susan Roces. Poe ranked second in the Senate race, with 22,029,788 votes. Bong Go, a longtime aide of […]
(Eagle News)–Senator JV Ejercito on Wednesday, May 22, accepted his defeat in the recently concluded elections, thanking his supporters for all their help. “Kunin ko na ang pagkakataon magpasalamat sa Sambayanang Pilipino sa pagkakataon na ako ay nakapaglingkod bilang Senador ng ating bansa,” he said. According to Ejercito, he “will be walking away from the Senate with my integrity intact.” “Isang karangalan na kayo ay paglingkuran. Salamat po sa pagmamahal!” he said. Ejercito landed in […]
(Eagle News)–Isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today, May 22. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms as the frontal system affects N. Luzon. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country on the other hand will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. […]
(Eagle News)—The proclamation of winning Senate and party-list bets will push through today, Wednesday, May 22, after the canvassing all votes was completed on Tuesday night. The Commission on Elections said the proclamation of winning senators will take place at 10 a.m., while that of winning partylists at 7 p.m. In the final Comelec tally, reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar led the winning Senate bets, with 25,283,727 votes. She was followed by another reelectionist senator, Grace […]
(Eagle News)–Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales is back in the country after she was held by immigration authorities at a Hong Kong airport on Tuesday, May 21. Morales arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 around 10 p.m., hours after her ordeal. She was supposed to go on vacation with her family in the special administrative region of China, but decided to return to the Philippines after she was held for supposedly being a […]
(Eagle News)—Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 21, said she was not the “correct person” to endorse someone as speaker of the House of Representatives, saying she was “only the Mayor of Davao City.” The presidential daughter made the remark as she addressed several issues concerning congressmen who aspire for the post, which will be vacant after the newly elected congressmen are proclaimed. Duterte for instance denied claims she was endorsing the speakership bid […]
(Eagle News)–Canada has tapped a shipping company to recover the garbage that was shipped to the Philippines six years ago. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said according to Canada, the return of the trash, which languishes in a Tarlac landfill, will be “sooner than later.” No date was, however, specified. Earlier, the Philippines recalled its diplomatic envoys in Canada, after the North American country missed the May 15 deadline to have the trash shipped back. President […]
(Eagle News)—The man who served as the administrator of one of the websites that first carried the “Ang Totoong Narco-list” videos against President Rodrigo Duterte and his family has pleaded not guilty to inciting to sedition. Rodel Jayme entered his plea at his arraignment at the Parañaque Regional Trial Court Branch 258, where he was charged. Jayme has admitted to being the administrator of the website, but denied uploading the videos which accused Duterte, members […]
(Eagle News)—-The Palace has asked the Department of Justice to probe former National Youth Commission chair Ronald Cardema following reports he presided over a meeting even after he was already deemed resigned from his post. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the announcement in a news conference on Tuesday, May 21, six days after the conduct of the meeting, based on a text message from an unknown number received by Panelo. The supposed meeting took place […]
(Eagle News)—-Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has been held by immigration authorities at a Hong Kong airport. Reports quoting Morales’ lawyer Anne Marie Corominas said Morales was not allowed inside the special administrative region of China for a family vacation after being considered a “security threat.” Morales was scheduled to be deported on Tuesday evening. Morales was one of two who filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court against China President Xi Jinping. Apart from […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, May 21, said the report by an American think-tank that said Chinese clam-harvesting fleets have returned to the South China Sea still needs to be validated. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, this was the “first time he has ever heard of the information.” “.. I suppose the Western Command should make a validation of that and then refer it to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs for whatever action the […]
(Eagle News)—Vice President Leni Robredo, chair of the Liberal Party, has rejected the resignations of top LP officials following the defeat of all Otso Diretso Senate bets in the May 13 polls. In refusing to accept the resignations of Senator Kiko Pangilinan as LP president and of Quezon City Rep. Kit Belmonte as LP secretary general, Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesperson, said that “much work remains to be done.” “…And they will do it, together,” Gutierrez […]
