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Duterte inaugurates NLEX segment expected to cut travel time from Valenzuela to Caloocan to 5 minutes

Duterte leads ceremony for construction of NLEX-SLEX connector road, too (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 28, led the inauguration of the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 that is expected to alleviate vehicular congestion in Metro Manila, and the groundbreaking ceremony for the constructoin of the NLEX-SLEX connector road. The 5.65-kilometer elevated expressway that traverses the cities of Valenzuela, Malabon, and Caloocan is expected to cut short travel time from Valenzuela to C3 from one hour […]

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Palace slams human rights report vs gov’t; denies waging war vs human rights defenders

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 28, denied the government was waging a war on human rights defenders. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement as he slammed the Observatory of Human Rights Defenders report that said the Duterte administration “has taken measures that have actively contributed to an increasingly hostile environment for human rights defenders.” According to Panelo, the allegations in the report were “a rehash of the old issues thrown against the administration.” “One […]

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“Betty” weakens into LPA; isolated light rains to prevail in some parts of PHL due to northeast monsoon

(Eagle News)–“Betty” has further weakened into a low pressure area and no longer poses any direct threat to any part of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Friday, March 1. In its 4 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said the LPA, which entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility as a tropical depression around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28,  was located 1,380 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan. Isolated light rains, however, […]

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Amid rising tension between India, Pakistan, DFA issues advisory to Filipinos

(Eagle News)—The Department of Foreign Affairs warned Filipinos in India and Pakistan to take the necessary precautions amid the rising tension between the two countries. In a statement, the DFA also urged Filipinos to avoid any travel to Kashmir region, where a confrontation between Indian and Pakistani jets ensued. There are no Filipinos living in Kashmir but there are seven Filipino military observers serving with the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, […]

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China won’t adopt “tit-for-tat” approach if PHL decides to deport illegal Chinese workers — Chinese embassy

(Eagle News) – China will  not adopt a “tit-for-tat” approach should the Philippines decide to deport illegal Chinese workers, the Chinese embassy said on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to the Chinese embassy, in the first place, China “adheres to the principle of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs.” Secondly, it said China “respects the laws and regulations of the Philippines, and therefore “holds that Chinese nationals should not stay or work illegally in foreign countries […]

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Medialdea: Gov’t wants “gentleman’s agreement” with Misuari’s MNLF, not formal peace pact

(Eagle News)—-The government is not looking to ink a written peace agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to Medialdea, what the government wanted was “more of a gentleman’s (agreement).” “Mag-usap na lang tayo dito para magtulungan na lang tayo’,” he said. Medialdea issued the clarification after President Rodrigo Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 26, that he had ordered Interior Secretary Eduardo […]

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DFA: Malaysia PM Mahathir to visit PHL from March 6 to 7

(Eagle News)–Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will be in the country from March 6 to 7, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to the DFA, President Rodrigo Duterte, who invited Mahathir, will officially welcome him in ceremonies in Malacañang on March 7. Duterte had gone to Malaysia in July 2018. According to the DFA, this would be followed by a bilateral meeting “to survey and discuss cooperation in the political, economic, […]

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Raps vs three lawyers nabbed in Makati bar search dismissed

  (Eagle News)—A Makati City prosecutor has junked the charges filed against three lawyers who were arrested at a bar where illegal drugs were recovered in August last year. In dismissing the charges for constructive possession of illegal drugs, obstruction of justice, and for resistance and disobedience against lawyers Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Romel Odronia said the police, who acted as complainants, “failed to discharge their burden […]

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Duterte vetoes bill banning corporal punishment on children

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a bill banning corporal punishment on children. In vetoing the consolidated Senate Bill No. 1477 and House Bill No. 8239, Duterte said he did not share the “overly sweeping condemnation” of such a practice. He said he was “of the firm conviction that responsible parents can and have administered corporal punishment in a self-restrained manner, such that the children remember it not as an act of hate or abuse, but […]

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Following SWS survey, Palace says it has no tolerance for rogue cops

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 28, said the government has no tolerance for rogue policemen. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after a latest Social Weather Stations survey said that  the majority of Filipinos believe some men in uniform were engaged in illegal activities. The December 2018 survey said 68 percent believe policemen themselves were definitely or probably behind the illegal drug trade, while 66 percent believe they were definitely or possibly engaged […]

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PNP, PDEA: 170,689 arrested in drug ops from July 2016 to January 2019

(Eagle News) — A total of 5,176 drug personalities were killed in the war on drugs from July 1, 2016 to January 31, 2019. In a press conference, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said  170,689 drug suspects were arrested in the 119,841 anti-illegal drugs operations conducted since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed the post. Based on the government’s figures, P19.4 billion worth of shabu was seized in January 2019 alone, an increase […]

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CHR to gov’t: Ensure protection of “leftist lawyers”

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights on Thursday, Feb. 28, called on the government to ensure the protection of “leftist lawyers,” noting what it said were their “harassment and vilification.” CHR spokesperson Jacqueline Ann de Guia specifically mentioned the members of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao and the National Union of People’s Lawyers, whose member, Atty. Ben Ramos, was gunned down by motorcycle-riding men in November last year. “Lawyers who choose to […]

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