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Gatchalian to DepEd: Expedite review of employability of K-12 graduates

(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education to expedite its review of the employability of K-12 graduates. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Sub-Committee on Education Reform,  made the statement amid what he said were reports on the low employment rates of graduates of the program. Earlier, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that the “thorough review” would be conducted after two years of the program’s implementation. Director Jocelyn Andaya of the Bureau […]

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Transport group thumbs down calls for P9 minimum jeepney fare

(Eagle News)–The Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations  is opposing calls for a minimum jeepney fare of P9. According to ACTO, “ang panukalang ibalik sa dating pamasahe na P9.00 ay malabo na dahil naglabas ng permanent decision si Chairman Delgra III at si Board Member Ronaldo Corpus …” According to ACTO, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board allowed a P2 increase from the earlier P8 minimum fare. It said this was even less than the P4 increase […]

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Duterte to “reiterate PHL principled positions” on South China Sea, other issues

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will “reiterate the Philippines’ principled positions on matters concerning the South China Sea and transnational and transboundary issues..,” Malacañang said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. According to the Palace, these issues include “terrorism, violent extremism, trafficking in persons, illicit drugs and disaster risk reduction and management.” The Palace said the Philippines was looking forward to “discussions on regional and global developments that impact regional peace, security and stability.” Since President Duterte assumed […]

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Palace welcomes reported imminent return of Balangiga bells to PHL

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Tuesday, Nov. 13, welcomed the imminent return of the historic Balangiga bells to the Philippines. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it was President Rodrigo Duterte himself who expressed his desire for the return of the three bells, which the Americans took as war trophies from Eastern Samar in 1901. “(The President explained) that they form part of our country’s patrimony and they were taken at the cost of […]

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Duterte arrives in Singapore for ASEAN Summit

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in Singapore for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Summits. The event in which the President is expected to meet Asean leaders will last for three days. On Thursday, the President is slated to leave for Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum.    

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New Special Assistant to the President named

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has named an officer in charge of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President. Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain, who was administrator of Davao when Duterte was the city mayor, will replace Bong Go temporarily, based on a memorandum signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Go resigned last month to run as senator n the 2019 polls.

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Lapeña charged with graft over 105 missing containers from Customs bureau

(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed graft raps against former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña. Also charged with violation of Section 3, Paragraph (e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, over the disappearance of 105 containers of ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs this year was another who has not been identified. The containers had been under an “alert order” and had been prevented from being released. Eighty five […]

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PNP: Some politicians using gun-for-hire groups as private armies

(Eagle News)—-Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, Nov. 12, said some politicians were seeking the services of gun-for-hire groups to serve as their private armies. Albayalde made the pronouncement after he announced the neutralization of two such groups. Albayalde said authorities had arrested five alleged members of the Peralta Group: Dennis Matias, Mary Ann Mallari, Raymond Dequina, John Laña and Jackie Lou Isidro. Also arrested was Christopher Alain Alvero in his compound in […]

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Albayalde reiterates arrest of Vicente Ladlad not due to his Communist links

(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Sunday, Nov. 10, reiterated the arrest of National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant Vicente Ladlad was due to his illegal possession of firearms. “The confiscation of high-powered firearms and explosives in the possession of Ladlad and two others is a result of a lawful search made by the police witnessed and certified by officials of the Homeowners Association,” Albayalde said. Albayalde made the comment following the […]

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Duterte to Palawan officials, residents: Do not repeat Boracay’s mistakes

(Eagle News)—–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Nov. 11, urged Palawan officials and residents to be wary of the number of tourists visiting the island, and to not allow hotels to be built near the easement. “Wag ninyong i-overload. Bantay kayo diyan,” he said. He also required hotels to put up their own water treatment facility to ensure that their waste does not go straight to the waters. “Do not allow ‘yung mga hotels near sa […]

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Duterte: Jalandoni, Agcaoili requested meeting with me in PHL

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Nov. 11, said Communist Party of the Philippines peace negotiators Luis Jalandoni and Fidel Agcaoili had requested for a meeting with him in the Philippines. According to Duterte, “ang problema nila kapag huhulihin sila.” As such, he said he called for a cluster meeting with the military to discuss the same. “Sabi nila, baka, baka pa lang. It’s not a very big margin there,” he said. In November, Duterte terminated […]

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Palace reiterates constitutionality of Proclamation No. 572

(Eagle News)—-The Palace on Saturday, Nov. 10, reiterated Proclamation No. 572 is “by no means an intrusion or usurpation into the powers of the other independent branches of government.” “As correctly stated by the Makati court, the President’s proclamation does not trample upon the Congressional prerogative to concur with the grant of amnesties since it is not the amnesty proclamation that was declared void, but its implementation,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, referring to Branch […]

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