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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, July 6, said he would hold Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar accountable if there was any delay or failure in the government’s infrastructure projects, noting the need to eliminate corruption for the country to progress. “So I would like to call the attention of the secretaries, especially Secretary Villar, that if there is any slippage of any work of any kind by the national government. If you […]
by Dario THUBURN Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Theresa May won agreement Friday from her warring cabinet to pursue “a UK-EU free trade area” after Brexit, as she bids to unblock negotiations with the bloc amid warnings time is running out to get a deal. The proposal would create “a common rule book for industrial goods and agricultural products”, May said in a statement following a day of talks at Chequers, […]
by Douglas Gillison / with Ryan MCMORROW in Beijing Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – China on Friday struck back against US President Donald Trump’s trade offensive, intensifying the expanding and unpredictable dispute between the world’s two largest economies. Late Friday, China announced it was expanding its existing complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization, hours after the countries slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars of cross-border trade. Beijing called the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, July 6, dared his critics to make the proposal that his term be limited even before the federal form of government was in place. “I suggest to (former Chief Justice) Reynato Puno and I would like Congress to approve that proposal to make a final change that my term be limited until 2019,” Duterte said in a speech at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay. The President was apparently […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has denied former policeman Wally Sombero’s bid for the dismissal of the plunder charges filed against him in connection with the P50-million bribery scandal at the Bureau of Immigration. The sixth division dismissed the plea of Sombero, the alleged middleman of Chinese businessman Jack Lam, for lack of merit. In junking Sombero’s plea, the anti-graft court said the prosecution had established that Sombero’s act of delivering P50 million–P20 million around […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to uphold its earlier decision junking Vice President Leni Robredo’s bid for the use of a 25-percent ballot threshold in the ongoing manual recount. In asking the PET to uphold its April 10 decision, the OSG, acting as the people’s tribunal, noted that it was the PET that was the “sole authority […]
(Eagle News) — Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Friday, July 6, lashed out at Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison for his comment he and his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, were the “biggest protectors of illegal drugs in the country.” “Joma Sison’s accusation….confirms that the founder of the oldest terror group in Southeast Asia is completely losing it,” the younger Duterte said in a Facebook post. According to the presidential son, […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to order the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos to reveal the names of those who supposedly knew about the use of plastic magnifying lens, a supposedly banned item, inside the manual recount venue. In an urgent ex-parte motion filed on Thursday, July 5, Robredo lawyer Romulo Macalintal said Vic Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, should reveal […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto has asked Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde to allow Senator Leila de Lima to conduct hearings inside the PNP Custodial Center, where she is detained on drug charges. In seeking for the same, Sotto said it was “vital” for De Lima to hold the hearings as there were “relevant measures” currently pending in the Senate committee on social justice, welfare and rural development which she chairs. If […]
(Eagle News) — The temporary P9 minimum fare in jeepneys plying selected areas is now in effect. This was after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board formally released the order on the provisional hike in the National Capital Region, Region 3 and Region 4. The order was signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra III, LTFRB Board Member Ronaldo Corpus and LTFRB executive director Samuel Jardin. The LTFRB said that the provisional hike, which will […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has no plans of staying in office “a second longer” after his term expires in 2022. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who issued a statement after Julio Teehankee, chair of the Constitutional Commission’s sub-panel on political reforms, said Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo were allowed to seek reelection under a proposed federal government. The Con-Com is tasked to review the 1987 Constitution. “(The President) has repeatedly said: not […]
