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(Eagle News) — Local government unit ambulances should not carry the names or images of candidates in the upcoming elections, the Commission on Elections said on Wednesday, March 27. Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon issued the reminder days before the official start of the campaign period for local candidates. “All candidates need not be given notices. They are violating election [rules] starting March 29,” Guanzon said in a tweet. Guanzon urged Comelec personnel to take pictures […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipina was injured in a collision involving multiple vehicles in Kazakhstan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, March 27. Ambassador to Russia Carlos Sorreta told the DFA main office it was Jennifer Francisco Lavapiez herself who informed the embassy through its Facebook page that she had been injured in Tuesday’s incident involving three buses, two passenger cars and an ambulance that left two persons dead and 27 people injured. […]
(Eagle News)—Charges were filed against actor Migo Adecer in connection with a hit-and-run in Makati that left two Metropolitan Manila Development Authority enforcers injured. Charges for reckless imprudence resulting in physical injuries, damage to public property, and for disobedience to persons in authority were filed against Adecer, whose real name is Douglas Errol Dreyfus Adecer, after he allegedly bumped Rogelio Formelos Castillano and Michelle Gallova Papin while on board their motorcycle in Barangay Poblacion on […]
(Eagle News)–The policeman who was shot dead along Edsa on Tuesday, March 26, was on President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug watch list, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said. According to Albayalde, Senior Master Sergeant Solomon Cugay, who had been accused of recycling illegal drugs and of protecting drug personalities, however, had been cleared of any illegal drug activity for the past years. Albayalde said the police were still looking at possible motives behind Cugay’s killing. […]
(Eagle News)—Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday, March 27, said a 1972 law turned the oil and gas in Reed Bank into patrimonial assets. Carpio made the statement after Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo gave the assurance Reed Bank would not be seized by China if the Southeast Asian country failed to pay its P3.6-billion loan for the Chico River irrigation project. Panelo had said that in the first place, Reed Bank was a […]
(Eagle News)—House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya Jr. on Wednesday, March 27, said the national budget for 2019, “once” signed into law, will “pass not only the test of constitutionality and legality but also of transparency and accountability.” Andaya made the statement a day after Senate President Tito Sotto signed the budget bill enrolled by the House but “with reservations,” noting what senators have said were the “unconstitutional alignments” made by the House in the version […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, March 26, slammed dismissed police colonel Eduardo Acierto, whom he described as a corrupt (former) policeman who was also involved in the killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo. Duterte made the comments after Acierto, who has been in hiding since October last year, after he was linked to the illegal drugs in magnetic lifters last year, said the chief executive’s former economic adviser Michael Yang and another […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, March 26, revealed he ordered the re-arrest of the suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan. Duterte said he gave the order after the prosecutor ordered Silawan’s 17-year-old former boyfriend released after the National Bureau of Investigation failed to justify he was covered by warrantless arrest. Under the Rules of Court, a warrantless arrest is valid under three circumstances: When, in the presence of the policeman, the person to […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, March 26, gave the assurance President Rodrigo Duterte would scrutinize the General Appropriations Bill and would sign it should the same be in accordance with “our Constitution and the laws.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the comment as he commended the Senate and the House of Representatives for ending the budget impasse and transmitting a General Appropriations Bill to Malacañang. Senate President Tito Sotto signed the House’s enrolled budget bill […]
By Henry Nery EBC Las Vegas Bureau LAS VEGAS (Eagle News) — Another sold-out crowd packed the T- Mobile Arena Thursday night to witness the Vegas Golden Knights battle the Winnipeg Jets in a pivotal Western Conference showdown. Both teams entered this game on winning streaks with hopes to solidify their spots in the playoffs. The game was a one-sided matchup where the Golden Knights blanked the Winnipeg Jets 5-0. The first line of the […]
By Melissa Potes EBC Florida Bureau ORLANDO, Florida (Eagle News) — Fighting to secure a playoff spot, the Orlando Magic defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, 119-98. The win marks their fifth in a row. Center Nikola Vucevic led the magic with 28 points, 11 rebounds, and his 54th double-double this season. He said the Magic played with purpose. “[We] were prepared and focused and really brought it tonight. They’re [76ers] a great team. We played a […]
(Eagle News)–A police officer was shot dead on board his motorcycle on Edsa on Tuesday, March 26. Authorities have yet to identify the victim, who was wearing his uniform when the incident happened around 3 p.m. near Connecticut in Greenhills, San Juan, southbound. No details are available so far.
