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(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Feb. 20, said the number of illegal drug users in the country decreased because they were killed under the administration’s drug war. “..Their number reduced because you did the most simplistic, most ruthless and most barbaric option there is: you had your countrymen killed even on mere suspicion of drug use,” Trillanes said, referring to President Rodrigo Duterte. It was Trillanes who helped file a communication against Duterte […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Tuesday, Feb. 20, slammed a United Nations report that blamed President Rodrigo Duterte for the plight of Rappler’s Maria Ressa, Senator Leila de Lima and former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. According to Panelo, the “events that led to the present circumstances of these personalities are products of their own doing which all took place prior to the assumption of PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) to the presidential seat.” Ressa, Rappler, and […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that will grant protection to children in conflict areas. Under RA 11188, the government is ordered to take all measures to prevent the “recruitment, re-recruitment, use, displacement of, or grave child rights violations against children involved in armed conflict.” It also requires the government to provide special protection to children, called “zones of peace,” in “situations of armed conflict from all forms of abuse, violence, neglect, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that trade talks with China are complex but are “going very well” and again indicated the March 1 deadline for raising tariffs could be extended. Officials on Tuesday resumed the high-stakes negotiations aimed at ending a damaging tariff war between the economic superpowers. “I think the talks are going very well,” Trump said on the sidelines of an event at the White House. But he […]
By Angelo Corpuz EBC Florida Bureau TAMPA, Florida (Eagle News)– Hundreds of mallgoers created lines that stretched from one side of the Westshore Plaza Mall to the other, as fans of Sanrio products were eager to see what the Hello Kitty Cafe touring truck had to offer. One couple was determined to brave the long line and buy limited time Hello Kitty products, however, they were expecting a little more from the cafe. “I was […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that would allow cellphone holders to keep their numbers even if they change service providers. Under the reconciled Senate and House versions of the Lifetime Cellphone Number Act approved by the bicameral conference committee in November last year, mobile subscribers are not required to pay a fee when they decide to retain their existing mobile number even when they change the type of subscription from […]
(Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration has permanently revoked the certificate of product registration of the controversial vaccine Dengvaxia. The FDA made the announcement in a statement after Sanofi Pasteur, the drug manufacturer, admitted the vaccine could cause severe dengue in those who were administered the same and who have not had dengue beforehand. Prior to Sanofi’s admission, over 800,000 schoolchildren were administered Dengvaxia under the government’s national immunization program launched during the […]
(Eagle News) — Two senators on Tuesday, Feb. 19, backed Davao Mayor Sara Duterte as the country’s president in the future, noting what they said were her good qualities. In a text message to reporters, Senator Panfilo Lacson said the daughter of incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte remains his “top choice” if “the next leader of our country would emerge from the young, fresh and new faces in national politics.” “I’ve said this before sometime in […]
(Eagle News) — The head of Task Force Bangon Marawi belied on Tuesday, Feb. 19, a Washington Post article that said Marawi remained a “ghost city” almost two years after local terrorists overran it. “We would just like to say the reality on the ground na ito ay walang katugmang nangyayari on the ground na ghost city siya but instead, it’s full of economic activity,” TFBM chair Eduardo del Rosario said in a press conference. […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the third extension of martial law in Mindanao and the suspension of the privilege of writ of habeas corpus there until Dec. 31. This was after the SC junked the consolidated petitions filed by the camps of Rep. Edcel Lagman, Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Carlos Zarate, Christian Monsod and Rius Valle challenging the legality of such. According to an SC statement, those who voted to junk […]
(Eagle News)—The National Bureau of Investigation has asked its internal affairs division to look into Rappler’s allegations NBI agents who served the arrest warrant against the news site’s executive editor Maria Ressa for cyber libel harassed staff in the process. In a letter to Justice Undersecretary Adrian Sugay, NBI director Dante Gierran said the NBI’s IAD would make a report on the incident “as soon as possible.” “Rest assured that we will take this matter […]
(Eagle News)–Light rains are expected in some parts of the Philippines as the northeast monsoon continues to affect the country. In its weather forecast on Tuesday, Feb. 19, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, and Quezon will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, PAGASA said, will […]
