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(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 2, ordered the Solicitor General to release copies of the police reports on the government’s drug war to groups that have asked the High Court to declare the drug campaign unconstitutional. The SC ordered Solicitor General Jose Calida to give the copies to petitioners Center for International Law and the Free Legal Assistance Group. Both groups had asked for copies of the police reports after filing their petitions […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a review of all contracts entered into by the government including those with China, the Palace said on Tuesday, April 2. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte “directed the Solicitor General and Department of Justice Secretary and all legal departments to review, evaluate, scrutinize every contract entered by the government and/or each agency with private corporations and/or countries and determine whether there are onerous provisions in the contract that […]
(Eagle News)–The police chief of Negros Oriental and three other police officials were relieved over the police operations in the province that led to the killings of 14 people. Relieved were Col. Raul Tacaca, Negros Oriental police director; Lt. Col. Patricio Degay, Canlaon City police chief; Lt. Kevin Roy Mamaradlo, Manjuyod police chief and; Capt. Michael Rubia, Sta. Catalina chief of police. The relief of the high-ranking police officials was done by Philippine National Police […]
The United Nations is highlighting the important role that population trends play in promoting sustainable development, during the annual Commission on Population and Development, which began at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday. This year’s Commission is also an opportunity to take stock and review progress made since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which took place 25 years ago in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The 1994 event resulted in a […]
(Eagle News)–The police will file charges against GMA actor Migo Adecer after one of the licenses he gave authorities when he was accosted for alleged reckless driving was found to be fake. The incident reportedly took place in Rockwell before Adecer figured in a hit and run in Barangay Poblacion that left two Metropolitan Manila Development Authority enforcers hurt. Adecer was arrested in connection with the hit and run but the two enforcers refused to […]
(Eagle News)–The family of former Cabinet secretary Leoncio Evasco, Jr. has asked the National Bureau of Investigation to probe an alleged plot to assassinate him. In a letter to the NBI, wife Florita and the children of Evasco, who is running for governor of Bohol, said despite the added security to the former Cabinet secretary, they continue to see “unmarked motorcycles occasionally running alongside the service vehicle of the gubernatorial candidate.” “Considering that the political […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is mulling the creation of a Department of Water and a Department of Disaster Resilience. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, during Monday’s Cabinet meeting, a “roadmap was presented” which included these “immediate, medium and long-term interventions..” The interventions included making an intensive campaign for the conservation of water and energy, the dredging of waterways, replacing tunnels and aqueducts, installing water tank systems in all Department of Health hospitals and providing […]
(Eagle News)—–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Tuesday, April 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 63 kilometers southeast of Caraga at 6:48 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 21 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Janet Abuel as acting secretary of the Department of Budget and Management. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Abuel’s appointment was announced at the start of the Cabinet meeting on Monday, April 1. Abuel was designated officer in charge of the DBM on March 5 after Benjamin Diokno was named governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. This was following the death of Nestor Espenilla after a battle with tongue […]
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the country as the tail-end of a cold front affects Northern Luzon and the easterlies affect the rest of the country. The Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with light rains because of the tail-end, while Caraga will have cloudy skies with rains and thunderstorms due to the easterlies, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Flash floods during severe thunderstorms are […]
By Melissa Sarmiento Allen EBC Florida Bureau LAKELAND, Florida (Eagle News) – With the final weeks of the Major Arena Soccer League’s (MASL) regular season underway, the Kansas City Comets prevailed over the Florida Tropics, beating them 6-2 on their home turf at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland on Saturday. Just the night before, the Comets clinched a spot in the Ron Numan Cup playoffs with their close win over the Orlando Seawolves. In […]
(Eagle News)–Rains continue to prevail in parts of the country as the tail-end of a cold front affects Northern Luzon and the easterlies affect the rest of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley are experiencing cloudy skies with light rains, while Ilocos Region has partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Visayas and Mindanao has partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]
