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SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A rulebook to settle disputes in the hotly contested South China Sea should be finished in three years, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday, saying his nation does not seek “hegemony or expansion.” Li’s comments appeared to be the first clear timeframe for finishing the code of conduct. Talks have dragged on for years, with China accused of delaying progress as it prefers to deal with less powerful countries on […]
(Eagle News) — The mayor and vice mayor of a municipality in La Union were ambushed on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Balaoan Mayor Aleli Concepcion and Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion were on board their vehicles on their way to the municipal hall when they were shot at by still unidentified men in Barangay Cabuuan at 8:10 a.m. The vice mayor and his daughter were rushed to the hospital. Their conditions, however, are not yet known. The […]
(Eagle News) — The National Telecommunications Commission’s selection committee has junked the appeal filed by Sear Telecomunications Consortium for the panel to declare Mislatel Consortium — declared the country’s third provisional telco player—guilty of misrepresentation of facts and for concealing material evidence. The panel also junked the appeal of the Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (PT&T) after they were disqualified from bidding to be the country’s third telco player. Sear had argued the partnership of Mindanao Islamic […]
(Eagle News) — A man who said he was a resident of Taguig is questioning the congressional bids of Alan Peter Cayetano and his wife Lani. Leonides Buac Jr., through lawyer Emilio Marañon III, said the Cayetanos failed to comply with the required residency requirement, and as such, should not be included in the list of official candidates in the 2019 elections. For this, the petitions said Alan, who is running as representative of the […]
(Eagle News) — Pampanga 1st District Rep. Carmelo Lazatin II on Tuesday, Nov. 13, denied he owned the sport utility vehicle that figured in a road rage incident in Angeles. In the first place, Lazatin said based on the viral video that showed the Toyota FJ Cruiser in a heated exchange with a motorist in Balibago, the SUV’s plate number was issued to members of the 16th Congress. He said he was only recently elected […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto on Tuesday, Nov. 13, hailed the reported imminent return of the Balangiga bells to the Philippines. “This is a joyous occasion for us all,” Recto said. According to Recto, the return of the bells, after all, “restores a severed historical connection between a proud people and their brave forebears.” “The bells are more than church artifacts, but will serve as a reminder of courage, which when rang will give […]
(Eagle News) — A bicameral conference committee has approved a bill that would allow cellphone users to keep their numbers for life even if they switch to a different service provider. “Kung ang third telco ay nagbaba ng presyo, nagbigay ng mas magandang service, hindi na tayo mahihirapang lumipat sa kahit anong telco,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, said. He said the measure, once it becomes law, will apply […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 13, sided with the Commission on Elections in its decision to file charges against an erstwhile municipal mayor in Zamboanga del Norte and several others for the allegedly unlawful arrest and detention of a man who was supposed to run against him in the 2016 elections. In a media briefer, the SC said the en banc dismissed the petition for certiorari with prayer for the issuance […]
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has released a warrant of arrest against former First Lady Imelda Marcos. The Fifth Division issued the same following Marcos’ “unjustified” absence during the promulgation of her case related to the creation of organizations in Switzerland while she was in government on Friday, Nov. 9. During the promulgation, the anti-graft court found Marcos guilty of seven counts of graft. According to the division, “the bonds posted by the accused in the […]
(Eagle News) — The papers appointing Nicanor Faeldon as the new chief of the Bureau of Corrections will come out “soon,” the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Faeldon, now an administrator at the Office of the Civil Defense, took offense at Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra’s statement he had yet to report to the BuCor despite an announcement about his transfer from the OCD. Guevarra later clarified […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. “Until and unless proven otherwise, he still enjoys the trust and confidence of the appointing authority who happens to be the President,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. Panelo, however, noted also that “no one, friends or political foes alike, is spared in our fight against corruption.” “The [National Bureau of Investigation] has […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña lashed out at the National Bureau of Investigation for filing charges against him in connection with the vanished 105 ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs early this year. According to Lapeña, who now heads the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, the unlawful release of such would not have been discovered in the first place if not for the 22 alert orders he issued on the 119 […]
