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(Eagle News) — The wife of former Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog on Friday, May 15, dismissed as “lies” her husband’s inclusion in the narco-list which President Rodrigo Duterte made public on Thursday night. “You resorted to lies and fabrication which your own agencies have consistently rebutted” Marivic said in a Facebook post, apparently addressing herself to Duterte. According to Marivic, if the latest narco-list was “truly validated, why don’t you furnish the media the validated list […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday, March 15, said some members of the House of Representatives were only “confusing the public” with the term they used to describe what they did to the proposed national budget already ratified by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. “There is a whale of a difference between itemization and realignments of what have been approved by the joint bicameral conference committee and ratified in plenary […]
Is sentenced to six to eight years in jail (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has found former Optical Media Board chair Ronnie Ricketts guilty of graft. The anti-graft court sentenced the former actor to six to eight years imprisonment after ruling he gave undue advantage to to Sky High Marketing Corporation when he ordered its pirated compact discs released a day after his men confiscated them without filing charges in 2010. Ricketts can also no longer […]
(Eagle News)–Members of the ruling PDP-Laban party who were included in the narco-list may face expulsion. This is according to PDP-Laban president Senator Koko Pimentel, who issued a statement to this effect a day after President Rodrigo Duterte, PDP Laban chair, bared 46 names he said were engaged in drug-related activities. Pimentel said the expulsion would be meted out if their explanation was found “unsatisfactory.” “The party has no place for narco-politicians as well as […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has asked the Court of Appeals to put a stop to the implementation of two local court orders that effectively allowed for the resumption of the trial against him for rebellion. In seeking for the temporary restraining order on the order issued by Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda on Sept. 25, 2018–which ordered Trillanes arrested on the charges–and in December of that year–which dismissed […]
(Eagle News) — A Taguig court has convicted a Maute member for crimes against humanity for raping his 16-year-old hostage and making her a sex slave for five months during the Marawi siege, and for rebellion. Branch 70 of the Taguig Regional Trial Court sentenced Junaid Macauyag Awal to reclusion perpetua and fined him P500,000 after ruling he violated Sections 6 and 7 of the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and […]
(Eagle News) — Those who were included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list can challenge the allegations against them in court, the Palace said on Friday, March 15. “As I have previously stated there is always a remedy to judicial resort for those in the list who feel they have been injured by the announcement that their names are included in the list,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, a day after President Duterte named the 46 […]
(Eagle News)—-At least five politicians who figured in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list have denied the allegations against them. San Rafael, Bulacan Mayor Cipriano Violago Jr. In a Facebook post, reelectionist San Rafael, Bulacan Mayor Cipriano Violago Jr. said he had been “cleared” at the “municipal level, provincial level, regional Level, hanggang sa Camp Crame at iba pang mga ahensya.” “Subject for ‘de-listing’ na ang aking pangalan ngunit may humaharang nito sa mas mataas pang tanggapan: […]
Salic, isasalang nalang sa regular preliminary investigation Moira Encina Eagle News Service Ipinag-utos ni Department of Justice Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong na palayain si Marawi City Vice Mayor Arafat Salic na inaresto noong Miyerkules, ika-13 ng Marso, dahil sa rebelyon. Si Salic ay dinala sa DOJ ng Criminal Investigation Detection Group ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao para isalang sa inquest proceedings. Pero ayon kay Ong, hindi inquestable ang reklamong ihahain sana ng […]
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) –New Zealand police said they have detained four people in connection with deadly shootings at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday and had secured a number of improvised explosive devices. “Four are in custody, three of them are men and one is a woman,” commissioner Mike Bush said, saying there were “significant” and “multiple” fatalities. He said the suspected IEDs found attached to the attackers’ vehicles had been made safe by […]
“Mananagot sila lahat (pag may problema pa sa tubig),” Palace says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, March 15, gave an ultimatum for those concerned to release water from Angat dam to ensure the water supply of all residents affected by the water shortage. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, Duterte has asked the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System “to demand” from Manila Water the release of water “good for 150 days, in order to […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipinos have been reported injured in the shooting incidents in Christchurch, New Zealand so far. In an interview over CNN Philippines, Ambassador to New Zealand Jesus Domingo said this was based on reports from the Filipino community and the Philippine Consulate there. “Kaya lang we don’t know the identity ng mga injured na nadala sa ospital,” he said. He said around 5000 Filipinos were working in Christchurch city. Local media have […]
