Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News)—-Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Wednesday, Aug. 29, said Xiamen Air should also pay for the cost of opportunities lost after one of its airplanes skidded off a Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway, prompting flight cancellations. “Ang amin hong posisyon hindi lang ang danyos na aktuwal, kailangan kagaya po ng sabi ni Madam chair (Senator Grace Poe) isama ang lost opportunities,” Tugade said in a hearing by the Senate committee on transportation and public […]
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives on Wednesday, Aug. 29, approved the proposed P6.773 billion 2019 budget of the Office of the President–in less than ten minutes. It was Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman who made the motion to approve the budget after representatives of the OP made their presentation. Rep. Prospero Pichay seconded the motion. The proposed 2019 budget of the OP is higher than its P6-billion appropriation in 2018.
Count of injured now at 39 (Eagle News)—The death toll in the bomb explosion in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday night has risen to two, the police said. The number of those injured was also now at 39, the police said, as they looked for those responsible behind the incident in Isulan. In a television interview Wednesday, Isulan police chief Supt. Celestino Daniel dismissed reports the Islamic State had a hand in the explosion. “Hindi pa po […]
Two other bombs reportedly defused in area (Eagle News)–One person was killed and 36 others were injured after an improvised explosive device went off during a town festival in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday night. The explosion took place at 8:34 p.m. near a gas station in Barangay Kalawag 3, as activities were ongoing in commemoration of the town’s 61st founding anniversary. Authorities said the IED had been placed inside a motorcycle that had been […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Aug. 28, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to bring retired police and military officials with him in his trip to Israel in September. “For security personnel, a trip to Israel would entail collaborating and mingling with security forces of Israel in order for our men in uniform to benefit from the experience of Israel, particularly in their drive against extremism and terrorism,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Earlier, President […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, Aug. 28, expressed support for Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio replacing Teresita Leonardo-De Castro once she retires as Chief Justice in October. In the first place, he said based on his understanding, “the President did not close the door to future nominations of Carpio as next Chief Justice.” “In fact, the President’s statement that seniority is his major and principal consideration in appointing individuals to the […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday, Aug. 28, approved on second reading a measure seeking to increase the paid maternity leaves of workers in the private and public sectors to 100. House Bill 4113 was approved via viva voce voting. It needs to be approved on third reading before it is subjected to scrutiny in a bicameral conference committee. Last year, the Senate approved Senate Bill 1305 that aims to provide female workers 120-day […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, Aug. 28, urged newly-appointed Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro to inhibit herself from “politically charged cases” brought before the Supreme Court. In a statement, he said this was “to uphold the integrity of the decision that the Supreme Court may make during her short tenure.” “All questions, issues, and doubts surrounding (her) appointment…, particularly with regard to her impartiality, can only be addressed if the newly-appointed chief […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made new appointments in the National Youth Commission and the Energy Regulatory Commission. Duterte signed the appointment of Ronald Gian Cardema as chair of the NYC on Aug. 23. He also appointed lawyer Alexis Lumbatan as ERC member. Lumbatan replaces Gloria Victoria Taruc, who retired on July 10. Lumbatan’s term will end in July 2025.
(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court is holding today, Tuesday, Aug. 28, oral arguments on the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Two petitions against the planned withdrawal were filed separately—one by opposition senators Kiko Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV; and the other by the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court led by former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales. Earlier, the SC denied […]
Palace unfazed; says the communication “does not mean anything” (Eagle News) — Relatives of drug suspects killed in police operations have filed a communication against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court. In filing the communication before the ICC on Tuesday, Aug. 28, Rise Up for Life and Rights, which includes critics of Duterte’s drug war, said the President violated Article 7 of the Rome Statute for “widespread and systematic attacks in the form […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro on Tuesday, Aug. 28, took her oath as the country’s new Chief Justice. SC administrator Midas Marquez confirmed De Castro , who arrived in the SC around 8 a.m., took her oath in front of the Supreme Court en banc led by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. After the oath-taking, De Castro presided over the en banc session. She is also expected to preside over the oral […]
