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(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday, July 17, said there was a lack of due process in the National Bureau of Investigation’s filing of a technical malversation complaint against him and several others over the Dengvaxia mess. “Ang punto lang dito, to give your evidence on a certain investigation…pero ‘di mo matukoy sa pinadalang subpoena ano ‘yung nirereklamo sa’yo para masagot mo,” Aquino, who filed his rejoinder to the complaint also […]
(Eagle News) — “Henry” has intensified into a tropical storm and is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Although signal number one has been lifted over the Babuyan Group of Islands and the northern portion of Ilocos Norte, the southwest monsoon will bring monsoon rains over Metro Manila, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Provinces, Palawan and Western Visayas, and scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over the rest of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the P3-billion Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, charged with graft before the Ombudsman were former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad and officials of the French firm Sanofi Pasteur, Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health. In filing the charges the NBI said there were irregularities in the issuance of the certificate of product registration, among others. […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Work in the Senate has been cancelled due to continuous rains. Senator Gregorio Honasan, officer in charge of the Senate, employees were told to go home because of flooded areas. The scheduled hearing by the Senate committee on constitutional amendments on the draft federal constitution has also been cancelled. The bicameral conference committee has yet to say if the vote on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law will push through today. […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to disregard the Solicitor General’s stance that the 50 percent ballot shading threshold be used in the ongoing manual recount. The manual recount stems from the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Robredo, who was declared the winner in the vice presidential polls. In a July 13 plea, Romulo Macalintal, Robredo’s lawyer, called the OSG’s conclusion that […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Monday, July 16, reiterated his proposal the elections in 2019 be postponed to supposedly ensure a smooth transition to the federal type of government. According to Alvarez, this could be done either through the passage of a law or a constitutional amendment via a people’s initiative done by supporters of federalism. The Constitution has a provision that requires that polls be held every three years. “That can be done. […]
(Eagle News) — An alleged Maute bomb expert was killed in an inter-agency operation in General Santos on Monday, July 16. Najib Calimba Pundog alias Najib Hussein, was killed after he resisted and fought authorities who were serving a warrant for his arrest for murder, serious illegal detention and kidnapping, Eastern Mindanao Command spokesperson Major Ezra Balagtey said. Balagtey said the operation, which saw PO3 Jerry Feo injured, took place at 2:15 a.m. in Barangay Fatima. A hand […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday, July 16, vowed to stop any “Cha-cha express,” saying the “product” of the Constitutional Commission, a “document as important as the basic law,” should be “rigorously studied, and not railroaded.” “I will block any Cha-cha express, especially one driven by people with expiring terms and fuelled by selfish interest,” she said in a statement. According to Poe, she took the “centrist view of giving the Con-com’s product the courtesy […]
(Eagle News)– Tropical Depression “Henry” has intensified slightly as it moved closer to northern Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Monday, July 16. In its 5 p.m. advisory, PAGASA said that as of 4 p.m., the center of “Henry” was located 180 kilometers east southeast of Calayan, Cagayan. The tropical depression is packing maximum sustained winds of 60 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 75 […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III will not attend President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 23. “President Aquino already sent regrets,” the Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Special Affairs Bureau (IPRSAB) of the House of Representatives said in a text message. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said it was Aquino’s decision. It will have been the third time Aquino skips Duterte’s SONA. Vice President Leni Robredo and former […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police has identified the alleged mastermind in the killing of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote. In a press conference, Chief Supt. Amador Corpus, director of PNP Region 3, said it was one Christian Saquilabon, a “contractor,” who ordered Florencio Suarez and Robert Gumatay to do the hit on Bote for P25,000, based on Suarez’s and Gumatay’s statements. Suarez and Gumatay were earlier arrested in […]
(Eagle News) — Expect rains in several parts of the country as Tropical Depression “Henry” reaches the vicinity of the Babuyan Group of Islands on Monday night, July 16. In its 11 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 10 a.m. “Henry” was located 415 kilometers east of Calayan, Cagayan, packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center, and with gustiness of up to 65 […]
