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Vice mayor injured (Eagle News)–The mayor of a La Union town and two others died after the vehicle he was riding was fired at by still-unidentified assailants on Monday, Oct. 1. The fatalities were identified as Sudipen Mayor Alexander Buquing, driver Boni Depdepen, and security officer PO2 Rolando Juanbe. Buquing and Juanbe were declared dead on arrival at the Ilocos Sur District Hospital in Tagudin, while Depdepen was declared dead on arrival in Lorma Medical Center […]
SC administrator Midas Marquez included By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Judicial and Bar Council on Monday, Oct. 1, released its list of nominees to the associate justice post left vacant by now-Ombudsman Samuel Martires in the Supreme Court. Leading the list were Court of Appeals Justices Japar Dimaampao at Ramon Garcia with six votes each; CA Justices Manuel Barrios, Apolinario Bruselas Jr. and Rosmari Carandang with five votes each; and CA Justices Edgardo […]
(Eagle News)– National Capital Region Police Office Chief Guillermo Eleazar has sacked two policemen after he caught them asleep and drunk during a surprise inspection of police stations early Monday, Oct. 1. Sacked were PO3 Rey Gusi of PCP 8 of the Las Piñas City Police Station and P03 Joselier Labada of the Paranaque Police Station. Gusi was caught sleeping on duty, while Labada was drunk. The two have been assigned to the Regional Headquarters Support Unit.
(Eagle News)—The Sandiganbayan has approved former Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s bid to travel to Singapore. In allowing Estrada to accompany his mother, former First Lady Loi Ejercito, to the Asian country for a medical checkup from Oct. 1 to 8, the Sandiganbayan, where Estrada faces cases in connection with the pork barrel scam, said it could not impair his right to travel, considering also that the court already allowed him to travel in previous times. The […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano emphasized the Philippines’ respect for human rights before the international community during the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “The Philippines and President Duterte are instituting all these reforms to be able to protect the rights of every single Filipino and every single human being living in the Philippines,” Cayetano said. According to Cayetano, the country, however, will always choose to protect the rights […]
(Eagle News)—–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, Sept. 30, vowed justice for a Filipina who was killed allegedly by her Swedish actor-husband in Kista, Sweden on Sept. 23. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Norway was in contact with Swedish authorities, and was working with the Swedish government-provided lawyer handling the case of Mailyn Conde Sinambong, a mother of two. Mailyn’s husband, the DFA said, is in the custody of Swedish […]
(Eagle News)–A Metro Rail Transit-3 train suffered electrical failure in its motor on Sunday, Sept. 29, prompting the offloading of around 400 passengers at the Ayala station. The MRT management said the incident took place at 8:18 a.m. The affected passengers boarded a train that arrived six minutes later.
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority announced the cancellation of flights due to bad weather brought by “Trami.” Below is a list: PR 423: Tokyo (Haneda)-Manila
(Eagle News)—The Philippines extended its condolences to Indonesia, following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that killed almost 400 people on Friday, Sept. 28. “We grieve with our Indonesian brothers and sisters and stand hand in hand with them in praying for all of those who lost their lives in this tragedy,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano, who is in New York attending the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, said. According […]
(Eagle News)—More Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance, based on the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The third Quarter 2018 Social Weather Stations survey conducted from September 15 to 23, 2018 found 70% of Filipinos were satisfied, 14% undecided, and 16% were dissatisfied with the President’s performance. This was an increase of five points from the 65% gross satisfaction rating recorded in June. According to SWS, gross undecided also fell by 1 point […]
By Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse Facebook revealed on Friday that up to 50 million accounts were breached by hackers, dealing a blow to the social network’s effort to convince users to trust it with their data. The social network is investigating the extent of harm done when hackers exploited a trio of software flaws to steal “access tokens,” the equivalent of digital keys that enable people to automatically log back into the social network. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV left the Senate on Saturday, Sept. 29, almost a month after he had been holed up in the building following news of the issuance of Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to him for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007 respectively void ab initio. Pictures showed Trillanes packing his things before his departure, which took place a day after Judge Andres Soriano of […]
