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ACT appeals CA dismissal of group’s petition vs PNP’s alleged profiling

  (Eagle News)—The Alliance of Concerned Teachers has asked the Court of Appeals to reconsider its earlier decision not to stop the Philippine National Police’s alleged profiling of the group’s members. In seeking for the appellate court’s reconsideration, ACT said its petition seeking for a halt order of the PNP’s supposed activities raised, after all, “issues involving gross violations of the petitoners’ fundamental constitutional rights” which include their right to association, right to assembly and […]

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Death toll in Alabama tornado jumps to 22: US media

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A tornado tore through the southern US state of Alabama on Sunday, killing 22 people, uprooting trees and causing “catastrophic” damage to buildings and roads, a local sheriff said. “Unfortunately, I feel that number may rise yet again but that’s going to depend on our search efforts,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told a press conference. Other people have been hospitalized, some with “very serious injuries,” while the search was […]

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PAGASA: Isolated rainshowers to prevail in parts of PHL due to easterlies

(Eagle News)–Isolated rainshowers are expected over some parts of the country due to the easterlies, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its advisory, PAGASA said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms are expected over Northern Samar and Eastern Visayas. Palawan, Occidental Mindoro, the rest of Visayas, the Bicol Region, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque and Romblon will have partly cloudy skies. PAGASA said the same will prevail over the provinces […]

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Palace: Admin critics to blame for fear of majority of Filipinos they would become EJK victims

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, March 4, blamed the critics of the administration for the results of a recent Social Weather Stations survey that showed a majority of Filipinos were worried they would become victims of extrajudicial killings. “We understand this concern of our people given the grossly inflated number of drug-related killings falsely peddled and grotesquely sensationalized by the incorrigible critics of the government’s campaign against prohibited drugs,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According […]

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Duterte reiterates country should be renamed

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, March 3, reiterated his desire for a change in the country’s name. In a speech in Isabela, he said the country was, after all, named after Spain’s King Philip II who colonized the Philippines. “No particular name yet but sure I would like to change the name of the Philippines..,” Duterte said. In previous speeches, Duterte said he agreed with then-President Ferdinand Marcos the country’s name should be changed […]

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Duterte slams Otso Diretso bets; senatorial slate “on its way to hell,” Duterte says

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, March 3, slammed members of the opposition Otso Diretso, saying the senatorial slate was “on its way to hell (papuntang impyerno).” In a PDP-Laban campaign in Zamboanga, Duterte took turns criticizing Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Senator Bam Aquino, former Quezon Rep. Erin Tañada, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, lawyer Chel Diokno and lawyer Romulo Macalintal, only sparing Marawi civic leader Samira Gutoc as she was […]

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Duterte guarantees Misuari will return from trip abroad

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, March 3, said he was confident the Moro National Liberation Front’s Nur Misuari, who is facing cases here, would return from his trip abroad. According to Duterte, Misuari was a “true Tausug.” As such, he said he “would never allow that he be buried in a foreign land.” “Kinausap ko ang pulis, pati military, pati ang korte na palabasin muna siya. Ako ang nag-guarantee na he will come back,” Duterte […]

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Guaido calls for mass protests ahead of return to Venezuela Monday

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s opposition leader called for mass protests across the country on Monday as he announced his return to the country after a week touring Latin American allies. “I’m announcing my return to the country. I am calling on the Venezuelan people to mobilize all over the country tomorrow at 11:00 am (1500 GMT),” Guaido said on Twitter. Guaido, who has been recognized by more than 50 countries as interim president, gave […]

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37-year-old architect dies after falling into elevator shaft in QC building

(Eagle News)—A 37-year-old architect died after he fell into an elevator shaft in a building in Cubao, Quezon City on Saturday, March 2. Authorities identified the man who fell down the elevator shaft in Cyberpark 1 as architect Michael Alfonso. In a statement, Cyberpark 1 said two men managed to open “an emergency service door of a high-zone elevator shaft.” Alfonso, according to media reports, stepped inside thinking it was a bathroom. According to the […]

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Makabayan coalition endorses nine Senate bets for upcoming elections

(Eagle News)—The leftist Makabayan coalition has endorsed nine senatorial candidates for the 2019 elections. These were Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares, Senators Grace Poe, Bam Aquino and Nancy Binay, former Senator Serge Osmeña, former Quezon Rep. Erin Tañada, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay and civic leader Samira Gutoc. Poe, Osmeña and Binay are independent candidates. Diokno, Gutoc, Tañada, Hilbay and Aquino on the other hand are members of opposition Otso […]

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US, S. Korea to end key joint military exercises

by Kang Jin-kyu The US and South Korea announced Sunday an end to key annual large-scale military exercises in support of diplomatic efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. The decision comes days after the conclusion of US President Donald Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, which ended without a formal agreement but with both sides suggesting they would keep talking. There are close to […]

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Palace to Colmenares: Go to court instead of questioning Chico irrigation deal in media

(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Sunday, March 3, urged senatorial bet Neri Colmenares to go to court instead of criticizing the Chico irrigation deal in media. “If he is not satisfied with our responses he is free to go to the courts, as his usual style for media mileage, and we will be happy to oblige him there,” Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, he has “better things to do than” to engage […]

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