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(Eagle News)–Over 1000 policemen have been given new assignments because of their links with candidates running in their areas of jurisdiction, the Philippine National Police said on Wednesday, March 6. According to PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde, the 1370 were linked by blood or by affinity to those bets. “As a non-partisan and deputized law enforcement agency of the Commission on Elections, we strongly and firmly remain faithful to our apolitical mandate to ensure and protect […]
(Eagle News)—-Social Security System president Emmanuel Dooc has resigned, as his term expired under the new SSS charter. The new charter, which overhauled the old one, took effect on Tuesday, March 5. President Rodrigo Duterte signed the SSS Rationalization Act in February. Prior to his appointment, Dooc was an Insurance Commissioner, from 2011 to 2016.
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, March 6, said President Rodrigo Duterte will not interfere in the “intramurals” in Congress over the national budget for 2019. “They will have to settle whatever conflict they have among themselves,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo issued the statement when asked whether the developments in Congress were delaying the transmittal of the bill for Duterte’s signature. Senator Panfilo Lacson’s has alleged Speaker Gloria Arroyo realigned P25 million from the […]
(Eagle News)—-Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday, March 6, sacked a police director and a chief of police following the arrest of some of their men for alleged extortion. Relieved were Eastern Police director Brigadier General Bernabe Balba and Pasay City Police Station commander Colonel Noel Flores for command responsibility. Their relief took place after Corporal Marlo Siblao Quibete of the EPD’s Drug Enforcement Unit was nabbed for allegedly extorting cash from one Eva […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has ordered the military to validate a report Filipino fishermen were harassed by Chinese vessels near Pag-Asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Lorenzana said that while there has been “no substantiated report” on the supposed incident reported by Kalayaan, Palawan Mayor Roberto del Mundo from the Western Command, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, “through the Naval Forces West under WESCOM, will nonetheless continuously validate and report […]
(Eagle News)—-National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar on Wednesday, March 6, relieved all members of the drug enforcement unit of a Pasay police station following the arrest of a policeman allegedly involved in kidnap-for-ransom activities. Relieved after the arrest of Police Corporal Anwar Encarnacion Nasser by the Counter-Intelligence Task Force in an entrapment operation early in the day, around 4 a.m., were members of the Pasay police station 1 drug unit. Nasser’s three […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, March 6, said Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Ben Diokno did not need to get the approval of the Commission on Appointments after all. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement a day after he said the Palace was confident Diokno would get the nod of the CA for his appointment. “After further evaluation of relevant laws and jurisprudence surrounding the appointment of former Secretary of Budget and Management Benjamin […]
LONDON (AFP) — British counter terrorism officers are investigating three “small improvised explosive devices” believed capable of starting small fires that were found in separate locations in London on Tuesday. The suspicious packages containing padded envelopes were found at an office block next to Heathrow Airport, the post room at Waterloo station, and at offices near London City Airport in the east of the capital, according to Scotland Yard. “The packages — all A4-sized white […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro kept his silence Tuesday more than 24 hours after opposition leader Juan Guaido, defying a threat of arrest, returned to a hero’s welcome in Caracas. “They’re drowning in contradictions, they don’t know how to respond to Venezuela’s people,” Guaido told reporters, referring to the Maduro regime. Guaido, recognized by more than 50 countries as Venezuela’s acting president, flouted a government travel ban to embark on a 10-day tour of […]
By Henry Nery EBC Las Vegas Bureau LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Eagle News) — It was another great Sunday afternoon for Vegas hockey fans as the Golden Knights came back home from a one-game road trip in Anaheim, California to face off the Vancouver Canucks. In front of a raucous crowd of 18,303, the Golden Knights blanked the Canucks 3-0, extending their winning streak to four games. With the game scoreless after the first period, […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) started the much-awaited desilting operations of Manila Bay on Tuesday, March 5, which will be done six days a week for about four months. Dubbed “Sagip Manila Bay,” the desilting of the bay will be done 16 hours a day, six days a week and will utilize 50 men and a total of 28 equipment, according to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar. The DPWH […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Escudero on Tuesday, March 5, lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of Benjamin Diokno at the helm of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. “This will certainly ensure the stability and continuity of the country’s fiscal policies gains,” Escudero, who is the chair of the Senate Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries, said. According to Escudero, Diokno’s appointment to the post was a “promotion given that he will now be responsible for […]
