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By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has asked two branches of the Makati Regional Trial Court to dismiss Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s petition challenging Proclamation No. 572, and issue a warrant against him. According to the comment filed by the OSG before branches 150 and 148, where Trillanes had been charged with coup d’etat and rebellion charges for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, […]
(Eagle News)–The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 7 never said the area where a landslide occurred and killed over 40 people was landslide-prone in the first place. In a radio interview, Naga City, Cebu Mayor Kristine Vanessa Chiong said the MGB office even issued a “clearance na the company can proceed with quarry activities because okay lang ‘yung area.” “In the history of Naga, ‘yung area in Sindulan, ‘yung ground zero, wala namang landslide,” Chiong […]
(Eagle News)—Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, Sept. 24, welcomed the recent Social Weather Stations survey that showed 78 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with the government’s war on drugs. According to Albayalde, the “acknowledgment of the successful campaign against this 21st century scourge will serve to inspire and challenge us even more to wage the campaign further along with the built-in safeguards to maintain its good intentions sans irregularity or abuse.” Albayalde […]
(Eagle News)–Former Vice President Jejomar Binay is running for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2019. Quoting the Binays’ spokesperson Joey Salgado, a report said Binay will go against Monsour del Rosario for the 1st district congressional seat. Salgado, the report said, also announced Makati Mayor Abby Binay would run for reelection. The elder Binay lost in the 2016 elections.
(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, Sept. 24, said charges would be filed against blogger Drew Olivar for his Edsa bomb post. According to Albayalde, Olivar would be charged for violation of Presidential Decree 1727. Presidential Decree 1727 declares as “unlawful the malicious dissemination of false information or the willful making of any threat concerning bombs, explosives or any similar device or means of destruction.” “Ay nakakatakot naman magrally sa Edsa, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has found probable cause to indict Mark Taguba and several others in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped into the country last year. Apart from Taguba, those recommended to be charged for misdeclaration, misclassifaction, undervaluation in goods declaration, and unlawful importation and exportation were Teejay Marcellana, Eirene Mae Tatad, Chen Ju Long, Li Guang Feng, Dong Yi Shen, Fidel Dee, Chen I. Min, Jhu Ming Jyun, and other John and […]
(Eagle News)—–Senator Leila de Lima is proposing a law that will regulate public solicitations and impose stiff penalties for any misuse of funds collected by solicitors. Senate Bill (SB) No. 2014, which repeals what she said was the antiquated Act. No. 4075, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 156, also seeks to “institutionalize the issuance of temporary solicitation permits to individuals or organizations needing aid in times of natural or human-induced calamities or disasters.” “Reported abuses […]
(Eagle News)–“Trami” continues to intensify on Monday, Sept. 24, as it moves west northwest toward Taiwan. As of 1 a.m., the eye of “Paeng,” as it is locally called, was located 1100 kilometers east of Tuguegarao. The typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 170 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 210 kilometers per hour, moving at 20 kilometers per hour. It may exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on […]
(Eagle News)—-Seventy-eight percent of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The second quarter 2018 survey conducted from June 27 to 30 showed only 13% were dissatisfied with the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs, yielding a net satisfaction rating of +65, classified by SWS as very good. SWS said this was 1 point above the +64 (75% satisfied, 12% dissatisfied) in March 2018, also classified as very […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Trami” entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, but has no direct effect so far on the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Trami,” which is now called “Paeng,” entered PAR at 10:30 a.m. As of 4 p.m., its eye was located 1290 kilometers east of Tuguegarao. “Paeng” is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 125 to 155 kilometers per hour, and is moving west at 20 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday, Sept. 23, welcomed former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s filing of libel cases against him. According to Trillanes, it would be “an opportunity to call Polong as a hostile witness, so he would be compelled to show his tattoo on his back to prove that he is a member of a Chinese triad drug syndicate.” “It would also be an opportunity for me to have his bank accounts […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippines on Saturday, Sept. 23, condoled with Tanzania following the sinking of an overloaded ferry in Lake Victoria that left more than a hundred people dead. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs conveyed the country’s sympathies and expressed hope that more survivors would be found. Ambassador to Kenya Norman Garibay told Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano the Philippine Embassy in Nairobi continues to monitor the search and rescue efforts. Garibay said […]
