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(Eagle News) — A Davao court has ordered the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for libel. The arrest warrant issued by Judge Melinda Alconcel-Dayanghirang of the Davao City Regional Trial Court Branch 54 stems from the libel charges filed by former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte against the senator. The presidential son filed several libel complaints against Trillanes after the senator accused him of being a member of an international crime syndicate, of the Davao […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Dec. 7, urged the public to respect the decision of the Sandiganbayan acquitting former Senator Bong Revilla of plunder. “While justice grinds so slow most of the time it does grind, and when it stops it renders a verdict that is exacting immutable,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said of the special first division’s decision promulgated on Friday that also found Revilla’s former chief of staff, Richard Cambe, and […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures released by the Philippine National Police, former Senator Bong Revilla is seen undergoing a medical check-up prior to his expected release after posting a P480,000 bail for his provisional liberty for 16 counts of graft. Revilla posted the bail before the Sandiganbayan after he was acquitted of the plunder case filed against him in connection with what the prosecution claimed were over P200 million of pork barrel funds Revilla […]
(Eagle News) — The passage of the proposed P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget will be derailed if a joint session on the proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao pushes through on Wednesday, Dec. 12, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Friday, Dec. 7. “That will delay the budget schedule because we start 10 in the morning everyday. Definitely it will delay because we have to travel siyempre pupunta kami sa Kongreso para sa joint session dahil […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto on Friday, Dec. 7, said President Rodrigo might call for a joint session of Congress for another extension of martial law in Mindanao. According to Sotto, the President sent him a message, “saying he might call for it on Wednesday, December 12.” “But nothing is concrete until I receive his letter,” Sotto said. According to Sotto, the Armed Forces of the Philippines will give senators a briefing on […]
(Eagle News) — The Communist Party of the Philippines on Friday, Dec. 7, declared a unilateral ceasefire for the holidays. In a statement, the central committee of the CPP said the temporary ceasefire would take effect from 12:01 a.m. of December 24, 2018 to 11:59 p.m. of December 26, 2018; and from 12:01 a.m. of December 31, 2018 to 11:59 p.m. of January 1, 2019. “During the days covered by this temporary ceasefire declaration, all units […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Bong Revilla on Friday, Dec. 7, posted bail for the graft case filed against him. Revilla posted a P480,000 bail for 16 counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan after he was acquitted of the plunder charges filed against him, earlier in the day. During the promulgation, the Sandiganbayan’s first division, which had to convene into a special division because it could not reach a unanimous decision on Revilla’s plunder case, […]
Paris, France | AFP | Friday 12/7/2018 – 02:59 UTC+1 | by Claude CASTERAN On December 10, 1948 — three years after the Allied victory over the Nazis — the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the hopes of creating a better world after the horrors of the war. It was the first time that countries agreed on fundamental rights and freedoms to be protected on a universal scale, for all people. It was also one of […]
The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum and scores of shops on the Champs-Elysees are set to close as authorities warned Thursday of fresh violence this weekend during protests which have ballooned into the biggest crisis of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. The government is scrambling to stave off another Saturday of burned cars and running street battles with police by “yellow vest” protesters furious over rising costs of living they blame on high taxes. An interior ministry […]
Court finds Revilla’s former chief of staff Richard Cambe, Napoles guilty of the crime (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan on Friday, Dec. 7, found former Senator Bong Revilla not guilty of plunder. The first division said Revilla “cannot be held liable” for the crime which he was charged with several years ago. “There was a split decision of the five (division) justices–three voted for (Revilla’s) acquittal for insufficiency of evidence, two for his conviction..By reason […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has accredited two other Transportation Network Companies. Accredited were Aztech Solution International Inc. and Ryd Global Inc. Based on their certificates of accreditation released to the media, the accreditation will be effective for two years from the date of approval. The certificates were signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra III and Board Member Ronaldo Corpus. They were attested to by LTFRB executive director Samuel Jardin.
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan is expected to come out today, Friday, Dec. 7, with its verdict in the P224.5-million plunder case against former Senator Bong Revilla in connection with the P10-billion pork barrel scam. The First Division is also expected to rule on the cases filed against Revilla’s co-accused, his former chief of staff Richard Cambe and alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles. Apart from Revilla, former Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan […]
