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(Eagle News)–“Paeng” will continue to bring rains in parts of the country as the tyhoon maintained its strength and continued to move slowly. In its recent advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said that as of 3 a.m. Thursday, the eye of “Paeng” was located 750 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes. “Paeng” is packing maximum sustained winds of 160 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday, Sept. 26, denied President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim the magnetic lifters found in Cavite did not contain P6.8 billion worth of shabu. “Hindi ako naniniwala na walang drugs [doon]. You can tell the President I said so,” Gordon told reporters. “Because malinaw, napalabas ko maigi ‘yan, pumasok mga tao sa loob ng warehouse, apat na oras dun, may grinder. Pagpasok ng mga pulis butas na (ang magnetic lifters) nailabas na. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Chiz Escudero urged the Supreme Court to act on Senator Antonio Trillanes’ petition challenging Proclamation No. 572 and seeking to put a stop to its implementation. “O kung matatagalan pa ang kanilang pagpapasya, sana ikonsidera nila ang pag-isyu muna ng TRO (temporary restraining order). The right of a person to liberty cannot be made to depend on the Court’s absence or lack of action on an issue,” Escudero said. Earlier, the SC, without […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Francis Escudero, the temporary suspension of quarry operations will only worsen inflation. “Amidst the government’s efforts to control inflation, here is a policy decision from one agency that will erase whatever little gains they have achieved at reining (inflation) in,” he said in a statement. Escudero was referring to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which ordered the 15-day suspension in select areas after a landslide in Itogon, Benguet; and in […]
(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court has junked Peter Lim’s bid for the Department of Justice to be stopped from reinvestigating the drug charges filed against him but which have been dismissed. “The Court resolves to dismiss the petition for failure to show any grave abuse of discretion in rendering the challenged order and resolution which, on the contrary, appear to be in accord with the facts and applicable law and jurisprudence,” the one-page notice from the […]
(Eagle News)—-Davao Mayor Sara Duterte is opposing the bid of Supreme Court Administrator Midas Marquez as SC justice. This was revealed during Marquez’s Judicial and Bar Council interview on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Earlier, the mayor said she was opposing the appointment of an SC post aspirant who had been trying to have the case filed against her for punching of a court sheriff in 2011 dismissed. She had said as a result, he lacked the values needed of an […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Transportation on Wednesday, Sept. 26, vowed to shoulder the medical expenses of seven of MRT-3 maintenance and security personnel who were injured after two of the line’s service vehicles “accidentally collided.” “Seven (7) maintenance and security personnel sustained injuries and are now being treated at the VRP Medical Center. DOTr-MRT3 management has reached out to their families ..,” the DOTr said in a statement. According to the DOTr, of the seven, […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 26, said it respects the decision of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal on the ballot-shading threshold row between former Senator Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Leni Robredo. ” We will implement the decision of the PET that is why we let the PET do its job,” Roque said in a television interview. In a resolution, the PET rejected the 50 percent ballot-shading threshold pushed for by Marcos. Marcos’ camp has […]
(Eagle News)—-What political persecution? Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday, Sept. 26, denied a Makati court’s order to have Senator Antonio Trillanes IV arrested was political persecution, saying everything “went through the correct process.” “It was decided by the courts and no one can dispute the integrity and independence of the courts in the Philippines,” Roque said in a television interview. According to Roque, in the first place, this was a “political gift” to Trillanes […]
(Eagle News)—An aide of self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa was shot dead early Wednesday, Sept. 26. Police said Joel Aberilla was shot while he was drinking with his friends at 12:50 a.m. in Barangay Alta Vista, Ormoc, Leyte. The gunman, according to the police, had alighted from a white vehicle that stopped in front of Aberilla’s group. Aberilla was dead on the spot. The police Aberilla acted as Espinosa’s financier.
(Eagle News)—Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday, Sept. 25, welcomed the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150’s upholding of Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as void ab initio, and the court’s subsequent issuance of a .warrant of arrest and hold departure order against the senator. Calida reportedly had a hand in the review of the amnesty granted to Trillanes by the government of then-President Benigno Aquino III. […]
(Eagle News) — Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda believes Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV void ab initio is “sufficient and legal.” In his 22-page resolution that granted the Department of Justice’s motion for the issuance of an alias warrant and a hold departure order against Trillanes, Alameda said the certification issued by the military that said there was no available copy of the […]
