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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, March 21, officially shot down any possibility of a resumption of peace talks with the Communist rebels. Duterte made the announcement in a speech at the 122nd anniversary of the Philippine Army. “I am no longer entertaining any interventions or persuasions in this democratic state of the Republic of the Philippines..My sense if that maybe you can talk to the next President of this republic one day,” […]
(Eagle News) — The Court of Appeals has upheld its previous ruling that reversed the dismissal from government service of former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay for the allegedly anomalous construction of the P2.2-billion Makati City Hall Parking Building II. In denying the the appeal of the Ombudsman, which ordered Binay dismissed from government service in 2015, of its May 2018 ruling, the former 10th division reiterated the condonation doctrine which says that a “public official […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accused former Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella of twisting his words to make it appear reelectionist Mayor Evelio Leonardia was among those included in the narco-list. In a video uploaded on his Facebook account, President Rodrigo Duterte said he never mentioned Leonardia as among those with illegal drug links. “Yung sinabi ni Mayor Monico na pinangalanan ko si Leonardia as one of the..di totoo yan. I was purposedly […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has rejected the application of Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek to operate as a transport network company in the Philippines. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said it rejected the application of Velox Technology Philippines Inc. “for failure to pass nationality requirements in the country’s foreign ownership laws.” Velox Philippines is a local subsidiary of Go-Jek. According to the LTFRB, the Pre-Accreditation Committee of the LTFRB saw […]
(Eagle News)—Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales have filed a communication against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court. The communication— filed on March 15, two days before the Philippines’ official withdrawal from the ICC—was for his alleged crimes against humanity in connection with China’s expansive claims in the West Philippine Sea. Del Rosario has been a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s stance in the […]
(Eagle News) — Two leftists have asked the Supreme Court to nullify what they said were the sweetheart deals entered into by Meralco with its own generating companies in 2016. For this, Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares and Rep. Carlos Zarate filed a petition-in-intervention with an application for urgent relief by way of temporary restraining order and/or writ of preliminary injunction to allow them to intervene in the case originally filed by Alyansa Para sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, March 21, said panels would be created for localized peace talks with Communist rebels. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said local government units, the military and sectoral representatives would make up the new panels whose constitution was officially announced days after President Rodrigo Duterte ended the appointments of government peace panel chair Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and of members Hernani Braganza, Rene Sarmiento, Angela Librado-Trinidad and former state […]
(Eagle News)—The Senate and the House of Representatives will meet on Monday, March 25, to thresh out the contentious issues over the proposed national budget. It was unclear who exactly would meet whom but Speaker Gloria Arroyo earlier designated House appropriations chair Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., San Juan Rep. Ronaldo Zamora and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman to speak with senators about the proposed national budget. The meeting will take place days after the House officially […]
(Eagle News)—The House of Representatives has officially withdrawn its version of the 2019 General Appropriations bill which it transmitted to the Senate for approval, Senate President Tito Sotto said. The withdrawal of the enrolled bill assailed by the Senate came after House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya said this was to be done in line with Speaker Gloria Arroyo’s directive “to allow a last-ditch effort to break the budget impasse.” Andaya, however, reiterated the House “did […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Transportation’s MRT-7 Project Traffic Management Task Force has announced the closure of selected lanes on North Ave., East Ave. and Elliptical Road in Quezon City on Thursday, March 21. In an advisory, the task force said the EDSA-bound lanes of North Avenue from Elliptical Road up to Mindanao Avenue will be closed starting 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, March 22. It said on the same night, one lane along Elliptical […]
(Eagle News)—-The Philippine Aerospace Development Corp. is now under the administrative supervision of the Department of National Defense. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 78 ordering the changes for the government-owned and -controlled corporation aimed at “maximizing the national utility of the aviation and aerospace industry.” The GOCC was attached to the Department of Transportation, then the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, based on EO No. 546. In making the move, […]
(Eagle News)–The printing of ballots for the 2019 midterm elections is expected to finish earlier than the target date. According to Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez, ballot printing may be completed before the start of the weeklong holiday in April, earlier than the initial target date of April 25. Jimenez said this was after 60.24% of the 63,662,481 total number of ballots, or 38,347,754, have already been printed as of March 19. Although there are […]
