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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will invite Xi Jinping to his home in Davao when the Chinese leader visits the Philippines in November, the Palace said on Thursday, Nov. 8. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the confirmation in an ambush interview. Xi is expected to visit the Philippines by the end of November, his first visit to the country under President Duterte’s administration. If his visit to President Duterte’s house will push through, he […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, Nov. 8, said street-level drug pushers should not be killed in the war against drugs. In a Twitter post, Lacson said they, after all, can lead law enforcers to big-time drug suppliers. “(Philippine National Police/Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency)- Don’t kill the street pushers; arrest them..,” Lacson said. According to Lacson, the law enforcers can “then finish the job by engaging those suppliers in a shootout.” “Get another […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Nov. 8, accused Senator Francis Pangilinan of politicking following his pronouncement the government has done nothing to address inflation. “We find it unfortunate that (he) is still milking the issue of inflation considering prices have gone down,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, Pangilinan’s claim that “the government has not done any concrete action to address the increasing prices of goods is out of touch with reality..” […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Nancy Binay recently moved to have pet food regulated as well, saying that food safety and awareness were “essential in order to keep animals safe from illnesses.” Under Senate Bill No. 2068, Binay wants the labelling of pet food products to be mandatory, such that all information on the ingredients and additives in pet food, especially if such additive is a proven carcinogen or proven to cause detrimental side effects based on standards to […]
(Eagle News)—-Fifty one percent of Filipinos support a mandatory drug testing for Grade 4 students and older, a Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the Third Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey fielded from September 15 to 23, of the 51% who agreed, 31% strongly agree and 20% somewhat agree. Thirty six percent disagreed (24% strongly disagree, 12% somewhat disagree), and 13% are undecided about the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency proposal, the survey said. According […]
(Eagle News) — A Makati court has asked the government to comment on Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s appeal of its earlier decision upholding the legality of Proclamation No. 572. Judge Andres Soriano of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148, who in the same decision, however, junked the Department of Justice’s request for the issuance of a warrant of arrest against the senator for coup d’etat, gave prosecutors five days to answer Trillanes’ motion for partial […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Wednesday, November 7, clarified the new fare matrix for public utility jeepneys costs P560, and not P610, as reported by some media outfits. In an interview over CNN Philippines, Delgra said of the P560, the P510 represents the “regulatory fee” mandated by a department order as early as 2001. He said the P50, on the other hand, represents the cost of the fare matrix […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Wednesday, Nov. 7, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to fire Michael Yang as his economic adviser. According to Alejano, Yang, who was a Chinese national, “may have access to confidential and sensitive information which could affect national security” in his current post. He said Yang “has close connections with the Chinese government which we have standing territorial disputes and tense diplomatic relations with.” “Further, it allows a foreigner […]
(Eagle News) — Ten senators are pushing for the creation of a Department of Culture for the “protection and preservation” of Filipino culture. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Loren Legarda, Francis Escudero, Nancy Binay, Bam Aquino IV, JV Ejercito, Joel Villanueva, Sherwin Gatchalian, Risa Hontiveros, and Sonny Angara are backing the passage of Senate Bill No. 1528 that aims to reorganize the National Commission for Culture and the Arts into the agency that “will […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Nov. 7, said that as far as he knew, no convicted person has been used as a state witness against Senator Leila de Lima. Guevarra made the comment after De Lima filed charges for negligence in prosecution, toleration of criminal offenses and for violations of Section 3 of Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act against him and his predecessor Vitaliano Aguirre “for […]
by Shaun Tandon with Nova Safo in Chicago and Javier Tovar in Irvine, California Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday in a midterm setback for Donald Trump, but the US president managed to avoid a feared “blue wave” as his Republican Party expanded its Senate majority after a polarizing, racially charged campaign. Heralded by Trump as a “tremendous success,” the Republican Senate victories will all but end any immediate talk of […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo expressed support for the passage of a law against premature campaigning, with the 2019 elections just around the corner. “Nanawagan ako sa ating Kongreso na dinggin ang panawagan ng Comelec at muling ibalik ang batas laban sa maagang pangangampanya,” Robredo said in a statement. According to Robredo, following the passage of RA 9369, or the Automated Election law, the Supreme Court declared in Penera vs Comelec that there […]
