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(Eagle News) — The grenades which police found in the house of Arnold Padilla were “planted,” his lawyer said on Friday, Aug. 24. “This is just an opinion, but for now, yun lang po yung masasabi naming abogado na hindi po si Arnold Padilla ang may-ari ng mga granadang ito,” Raymond Fortun said in an interview over radio dzbb. As for the guns, he said the two that were found by the police in his […]
(Eagle News) — “We all serve at the pleasure of the President.” Secretary Martin Andanar had this to say on Friday, Aug. 24, after a news website reported he may be replaced as PCOO head soon. The news website Politiko report that said former broadcaster Jay Sonza was being eyed as the new PCOO head came amid errors in several press releases and posts made by the government’s media arm. Quoting a source, Politiko said Sonza […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara on Friday, Aug. 24, expressed dismay over what he said was the delay in the implementation of the free Wi-Fi project in state universities and colleges. According to Angara, based on information from the Department of Information and Communications Technology, as of July, only two of the 112 SUCs have been given free Internet connectivity under the DICT’s Pipol Konek! Free Wi-Fi Project. He said this was despite the fact […]
By Moira Encina Eagle New Service The Judicial and Bar Council on Friday, Aug. 24, shortlisted three Supreme Court associate justices for the post of Chief Justice. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, JBC voting member, Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro got six votes; Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, six; and Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin, five. Associate Justice Andres Reyes, Jr. and Davao court Judge Virginia Tejano-Ang were dropped from the shortlist. The shortlisting of De Castro, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Aug. 24, expressed confidence the impeachment complaints filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted for the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice will be dismissed. “Naniniwala po kami na walang merito iyan at inaasahan namin na mababasura kaagad iyan ng Committee on Justice,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview over radio dzRH. According to Roque, it was the SC’s mandate to act […]
(Eagle News) — The man who was seen confronting traffic enforcers who had only flagged him down for a traffic violation has been arrested but over what police said were unlicensed guns. Arnold Padilla was nabbed on Friday, Aug. 24, after a police raid in his house and apartment unit in Magallanes Village, Makati City, yielded firearms and at least two grenades. In a radio interview, National Capital Region Police Office Chief Guillermo Eleazar said Padilla […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied detained Senator Leila de Lima’s appeal she be allowed to personally represent herself in oral arguments on the petition she and several others filed against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In denying De Lima’s appeal, the SC en banc, voting 10-2, said her motion for reconsideration presented no new argument that warrants a reversal of the High Court’s earlier decision. In its earlier […]
(Eagle News)–Classes were suspended in some areas on Friday, Aug. 24, due to bad weather. Below is a list: Abra – Pre-school to High School; public/private Atok, Benguet – Pre-school to High school; public/private Buguias, Benguet- Pre-school to elementary Kapangan, Benguet – Pre-school to Elementary School Baguio City, Benguet- all levels; public/private Itogon, Benguet – all levels; public/private Bokod, Benguet- Pre-school to Elementary Kibungan, Benguet – Pre-school to High School La Trinidad, Benguet- Pre-school to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 23, said three members of the US Cabinet have written him to offer the country military equipment. Duterte said US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Defense Secretary James Mattis all signed the letter, the contents of which President Duterte shared with the audience during celebrations of the 12th Anniversary of the Eastern Mindanao Command. The letter was also reportedly […]
(Eagle News) — Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos and Senator Bam Aquino may both be included in the Nationalist People’s Coalition senatorial lineup for 2019. This is according to Senate President Tito Sotto, who spoke to reporters on Thursday, Aug. 23, when asked if the party would back only one of the two. The Marcoses are known political rivals of the Aquinos. “I cannot answer that. There is a possibility na kung magusap-usap kaming members ng […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, Aug. 23, said authorities were exerting all efforts to locate Peter Lim and arrest him. “The police, the NBI, and other law enforcement agencies are exerting all efforts..,” Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, based on Bureau of Immigration records, Lim has not left the country since March. On Aug. 14, Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 65 Acting Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos issued a warrant for the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the impeachment complaints filed against four candidates vying for the Chief Justice post have no effect on their nomination. In issuing the statement, Guevarra, also a member of the Judicial and Bar Council, contradicted Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, who said Supreme Court Justices Lucas Bersamin, Teresita De Castro, Diosdado Peralta and Andres Reyes Jr. would be disqualified from vying for the post left vacated […]
