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AFP, PNP, Comelec meet to ensure peaceful 2019 polls, BOL plebiscite

(Eagle News)—The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and the Commission on Elections met on Thursday, Jan. 10, to discuss preparations to  ensure a peaceful conduct of the 2019  elections and the Bangsamoro Organic law plebiscite this month. In a statement, the Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Committee, as the agencies are jointly called, said the meeting was to “further synergize our respective police and military strategies into a national campaign that will defeat […]

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Boy dismissed from Ateneo Junior High School due to bullying claims self-defense

Boy’s mother also apologizes but asks for public’s understanding: “Bata ‘tong anak ko” (Eagle News) — The boy who was dismissed from Ateneo Junior High School after he was seen physically assaulting a student in a viral video has apologized for his actions, but claimed merely acting in self-defense. “Sabi niya gusto niya raw makipagsuntukan mamaya. Sabi ko sige, mamayang dismissal. So, nung dismissal nga ‘yon, pumunta kami sa CR tapos umihi siya tapos nagsasalita […]

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QC: No meningococcemia outbreak in Novaliches

(Eagle News)–The local government of Quezon City denied information on social media there was a meningococcemia outbreak in Novaliches. “There was no outbreak at all. Everything is under control,”  Doctor Olivia Favor, medical director of the Novaliches District Hospital, said in a Facebook post. The rumors on social media started circulating after a  temporary shutdown of the emergency room of the NDH. But the NDH said the shutdown was merely a  “biosafety measure after an […]

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RCBC: Guilty verdict on Deguito proves she is a “rogue employee” while RCBC is the “victim”

(Eagle News)—The guilty verdict meted out on Maia Deguito  for money laundering only proves that RCBC “is the victim in this situation” and that she is a “rogue employee.” This is according to Thea Daep, RCBC spokesperson, who issued a brief statement after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 149 sentenced Deguito to four to seven years in prison for each of the eight counts of money laundering she was convicted of in connection with the […]

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Two suspects in Cotabato mall blast charged

(Eagle News)—Charges have been filed against two suspects behind the bombing of a Cotabato mall on Dec. 31. Charged with two counts of murder and 34 counts of frustrated murder were Salipudin Lauban Pasandalan and a certain Saed Nur Kasim. The charges were filed before the Cotabato Prosecutors Office. Police have said they were looking at at least eight suspects in the bombing of the South Seas mall that left two people dead and 34 injured. […]

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Deguito to appeal Makati court decision convicting her of money laundering

(Eagle News)—The former RCBC bank manager who was found guilty of money laundering in connection with the $81-million cyberheist on Bangladesh’s central bank three years ago will appeal the decision of the Makati court. In an interview with reporters, Demetriou Custodio, Maia Deguito’s lawyer, said his client would avail of all legal remedies. “Right now, we are going to file a motion for reconsideration,” he said. According to Demetriou, until the case  “reaches the Supreme Court, […]

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Makati court upholds decision ordering Trillanes’ arrest for rebellion

(Eagle News)–A Makati court has upheld its earlier decision ordering the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV  for rebellion. In junking Trillanes’ appeal of the Sept. 2018 order, Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda noted the senator did not raise any new issues in his motion for reconsideration. Alameda had ordered Trillanes arrested after ruling Proclamation no. 572, which declared the amnesty granted to Trillanes for his role in the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege […]

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PNP: Witness alleges Baldo also planned to kill former Daraga, Albay Mayor Jaucian

(Eagle News)– Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo had also planned to kill former Mayor Gerry Jaucian, a police official said on Monday, Jan. 7. Quoting the statement of  Emmanuel Jaduvar, the police’s main witness in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group director Chief Supt. Amado Corpuz said Baldo had offered P350,000 for the job to the same people who killed the congressman in December 2018. Batocabe’s security aide SP01 Orlando […]

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Albayalde orders dismissal of 3 cops over alleged info leak on intel gathering on ACT members

(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde has ordered the relief of three police officers from the intelligence unit for allegedly leaking information on the alleged profiling of members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers. In a press conference, Albayalde, without giving names, said the relieved officers came from Manila’s Station 3, Quezon City’s Station 6 and a station in Zambales. “Kung ganong intel officer, hindi dapat nagli-leak ‘yung trabaho mo, if really may utos na […]

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5.4-magnitude quake jolts Zamboanga del Norte

(Eagle News)–A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Zamboanga del Norte on Monday, Jan. 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 22 kilometers northwest of Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte at 11:11 a.m. Intensity IV was felt in Zamboanga City, PHIVOLCS said. The quake, which had a depth of focus of 35 kilometers, was tectonic in origin. No aftershocks were expected.

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PACC probes Labor secretary Bello, Tesda chief Lapeña, NCIP chair Quintayo

(Eagle News)—-The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission is currently investigating three Cabinet members. The PACC identified them as Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, National Commission on Indigenous People Chair Leonor Oralde-Quintayo and former Customs Commissioner and now-Technical Education and Skills Development Authority director-general Isidro Lapeña. The probe stems from complaints filed against the three, the PACC said, without revealing more details. The PACC findings will be transmitted to President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Palace expresses confidence SC will junk petition vs third extension of martial law in Mindanao

(Eagle News)–The Palace has expressed confidence the Supreme Court will junk the petition seeking to stop the third extension of martial law in Mindanao. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the grounds after all that were cited by the members of the opposition led by Rep. Edcel Lagman in questioning the third extension of martial law were “more or less similar with the grounds cited in their previous petition to nullify the second extension […]

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