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(Eagle News) — Akbayan Party-list Rep. Tom Villarin is slated to file a grave misconduct case against Labor Undersecretary Jing Paras after he allegedly stole the lawmaker’s phone. Villarin said he would file the case before the Office of the Ombudsman. “I think that this attitude, this juvenile act of a public official should not be allowed,” Villarin said. According to Villarin, “filing a case with the Ombudsman would serve also some sort of a […]
(Eagle News)–Controversial Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili was shot dead as he was presiding over the town’s flag ceremony on Monday, July 2. The police said Halili was shot around 8 a.m. A video posted by Gerry Yson Laresma, Tanauan City information officer ,showed Halili standing beside other city officials. A few minutes later, a shot was heard, followed by screams from attendees of the ceremony. The police said Halili was rushed to the CP Reyes […]
(Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan has junked the petition for bail filed by the former chief of staff of ex-Senator Juan Ponce Enrile. In a 16-page resolution, the third division said it denied Gigi Reyes’ plea for lack of merit. According to the division, the evidence of guilt against Reyes was after all strong, citing the testimonies of Marina Sula, Merlina Suñas, Benhur Luy, and Ruby Tuason that she was part of an elaborate scheme to channel millions […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Sunday, July 1, said President Rodrigo Duterte claimed responsibility for the Samar misencounter to “end the blame game.” “Spoken like a true leader. The buck stops with him,” Roque said. Six policemen were killed on Monday after the Philippine Army’s 87th Infantry Battalion shot at members of the 805th Mobile Company, Regional Mobile Force Battalion 8 of the Philippine National Police who were after Communist rebels in Barangay San Roque on […]
(Eagle News)–A majority of Filipinos support the government’s recommendation to close Boracay Island for its rehabilitation, a Social Weather Stations survey said. The March 23 to 27 survey said 64 percent agreed with the suggestion, while 20 percent disagreed. As for the government’s recommendation the island be closed for a year, the SWS said 38 percent strongly agree, 26 percent somewhat agree, 10 percent somewhat disagree and 10 percent strongly disagree. Seventeen percent were undecided. […]
(Eagle News)–The Pasay City Prosecutors Office has approved the filing of a libel case against Thinking Pinoy blogger RJ Nieto. This was after Associate Prosecution lawyer Honey Rose Delgado found the elements of libel under the Cybercrime Prevention Act were present in the post written by Nieto on Facebook in Oct. 2017, as alleged by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. In the post, Nieto quoted US President Donald Trump as saying Trillanes was a “narco,” which […]
(Eagle News)–The precinct commander and three police officers involved in the arrest of Genesis Argoncillo, who died while detained in the Novaliches police station, have been relieved from their post. Quezon City Police District director Chief Supt. Joselito Esquivel Jr. said relieved were PCP 3 Commander Police Senior Inspector Cyril Dagusen, P01 Ruel Tubat, PO1 Paulo Lopez Jr., and PO1 Paul Hector Calderon. A police report said Argoncillo was arrested for alarm and scandal, but […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday, June 29, said the police were “duty-bound” to enforce the law against illegal gambling, including jueteng. Lacson made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte said he would have to find another source of livelihood for people if there was a crackdown on jueteng now. But according to Lacson, the President may have meant “he wanted to prioritize illegal drugs over illegal gambling, if there is compelling reason.” “There can […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, June 29, claimed full responsibility for the misencounter in Samar that left several policemen dead. “I’d like to tell you that the ultimate blame, fault is on me being the commander-in-chief,” Duterte said in a speech before soldiers and policemen in Tacloban. “And so you just say that it’s all my fault,” he added. The President made the pronouncement after he visited Camp Ruperto Kangleon in Palo, Leyte, where he […]
(Eagle News)–Gilas Pilipinas beat Chinese Taipei in the World Cup Qualifiers on Friday, June 29. The Philippine team pulled away from its opponent in the last quarter, finishing with as much as 22 points more. The final score: 93-71.
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ordered President Rodrigo Duterte to comment on the quo warranto petition filed against him by former nuisance presidential candidate Elly Pamatong. The High Court gave the President 10 days to do the same. In filing the 6-page petition for quo warranto, Pamatong, who also ran for president at least two times and was tagged a nuisance candidate in 2016, referred to what he said were Duterte’s public admissions […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to charge a Department of Environment and Natural Resources official over the Canada trash mess. In a statement, the Ombudsman said Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna, who was also found guilty of simple misconduct and ordered suspended without pay for three months, will face charges for violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act after it was found he “acted with gross […]
