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(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the situation in North Sulawesi in Indonesia following the eruption of Mt. Gamalama there. Consul General Oscar Orcine said the three Filipinos in Ternate near the area are so far safe. The three, the DFA said, are inmates serving prison terms. Two were convicted a year and a half ago for illegal fishing and are scheduled to be released in May. The other, on the other hand, has […]
(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox has lost her appeal for her missionary visa visa to be renewed. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the Bureau of Immigration also submitted its comment on Fox’s petition for review on the deportation order. “The matter is now submitted for the DOJ’s consideration,” Guevarra said. Earlier, the BI denied Fox’s motion for reconsideration of a previous decision which also denied her request for a missionary visa extension. Fox, however, was asked […]
(Eagle News)—-Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday, Oct. 8, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s trip to Hong Kong, saying he deserved some private time. “I really believe that he deserves private time. He has to stop and smell the flowers too,” he said in a television interview. According to Andanar, “if there’s anything about that, it’s the president showing his love for his family and he works so hard, he deserves it.” “Family is […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque cancelled his regular press briefing in Malacañang on Monday, Oct. 8. In a text message to reporters, Roque said he was going on leave starting that day. Roque did not give a reason, but his leave came after the presidential spokesperson said he would think about whether or not he would stay in that function in government. He said this after he was left in the dark about President Duterte’s […]
(Eagle News)–For the lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo, if President Rodrigo Duterte resigns it is not for him to decide who to succeed him. According to Barry Gutierrez, “Yung Konstitusyon na sinumpaan niyang tutuparin at ipagtatanggol, yun din yung Konstitusyon na nagsasabi na kung sakaling siya ay bababa sa pwesto, ang papalit sa kanya ay ang nahalal na bise presidente.” Gutierrez issued the statement after Duterte again belittled Robredo’s leadership capabilities, saying she was […]
(Eagle News)—Classes at the Arellano University in Legarda, Manila remain suspended on Monday, Oct. 8. In an announcement on Sunday, Oct. 7, the university also said work for teaching personnel was suspended. The university said the suspension of work for non-teaching personnel will be under the discretion of their superiors. On Saturday, Oct. 6, a cargo truck figured in an accident, causing the spilling of chemicals it was carrying on the road. Classes in that university […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon urged President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint a career officer at the helm of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, instead of a military official. “The President should reconsider his decision to appoint a retired military officer as DSWD secretary. The DSWD is a very sensitive and crucial social welfare agency,” Drilon said in an interview with DZBB on Sunday, Oct. 7. He was referring to Lieutenant General Rolando […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Sunday, Oct. 7, called for a full disclosure of the President’s state of health if he was serious when he made the “cancer” remark. “..But if not (serious), then it would be best that we stop such talk and focus our time and attention on looking for solutions to the serious problems of spiraling high prices of food, gasoline, and other basic commodities,” Pangilinan said in a short statement. In […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Escudero believes President Rodrigo Duterte will be candid about his state of health. According to Escudero, it was, after all, Duterte himself who disclosed what medical tests he underwent “the denials of his spokespersons notwithstanding.” “I think he will be equally candid with respect to the “findings,” if any, and his spokespersons should take the cue from their boss with respect to this issue and not second guess him as regards his […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Sunday, Oct. 7, thanked the public for the very good satisfaction rating it gave the Duterte administration, based on a Social Weather Stations survey. “As the survey shows, in what Social Weather Stations calls its Governance Report Card, of the 14 specific subjects rated, we received the lowest rating in fighting inflation. Nonetheless, public satisfaction remains “very good” at +50 during the time when our people are feeling the hit of […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has upheld the Sandiganbayan’s decision to allow the use of the Anti-Money Laundering Council inquiry report on alleged pork barrel scam transactions in the plunder case against former Senator Jinggoy Estrada. In an 11-page resolution penned by Justice Lucas Bersamin, the High Court junked Estrada’s petition for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus assailing the denial of the Sandiganbayan of his motion to suppress/exclude the report, calling the same moot and academic. In doing so, […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Surigao del Norte on Sunday, Oct. 7. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake took place 83 kilometers east of Burgos. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No aftershocks were expected.
