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Alleged pork barrel scam witness recants testimony vs Revilla

(Eagle News) — Alleged pork barrel scam whistleblower Marina Sula has recanted her earlier statement against former Senator Bong Revilla, saying she was only told by the prosecution to “corroborate” the statements of Benhur Luy, another alleged whistleblower. Under direct examination in the Sandiganbayan, Sula, an employee of alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles’ JLN Corporation, denied she met Revilla for the implementation of projects funded by the Priority Development Assistance Fund. “Sinabihan […]

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Palace: Bello proposal of P200 subsidy for minimum wage earners should be studied

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday, June 29, said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s proposal to give minimum wage earners P200 over a three-month period should be studied. Even then, Roque already showed he was cool to the idea, noting what he said would be the need for higher taxes for the proposal to push through. “Pero kung magbibigay na naman tayo ng benepisyo, ibig sabihin saan natin kukunin ‘yung ibibigay natin […]

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Palace to critics of intensified campaign vs loiterers: Challenge it before Supreme Court

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, June 29, said those who think the intensified campaign against loiterers was not legal should question it before the Supreme Court. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the pronouncement, as he also welcomed a congressional investigation into the same. Roque made the move after Senator Bam Aquino filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the death of Genesis Argoncillo, who critics said was arrested for merely loitering, in […]

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Sereno open to running for Senate seat in 2019

(Eagle News) — Ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is open to running for a Senate seat in 2019. Sereno made the statement in a television interview on Thursday, June 29. According to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, a member of the opposition group Tindig Pilipinas’ selection committee, he personally spoke to Sereno to convince her to run. He said the opposition needed a brave candidate in their slate. “Open siya, pinakikinggan niya the […]

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Sotto visits detained De Lima

(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto paid Senator Leila de Lima a visit in detention on Thursday, June 29. In a statement, Sotto said he visited De Lima, who is detained in Camp Crame on drug-related charges, “para makita ang kaniyang kalagayan.” “Pinagusapan din namin ang mga bills na kanyang sinusulong at kung papaano siya makakasama sa mga hearings,” he said. All in all, his visit lasted 37 minutes. De Lima has been detained […]

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Acting prosecutor general Jorge Catalan Jr. resigns from post

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The acting prosecutor general who approved the dismissal of drug-related charges against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and several others in December last year has resigned from the post. Makati Prosecutors Office head Jorge Catalan Jr., who was designated head of the National Prosecution Office on June 22, 2017,  said that “much as (he) would like to carry on with the parallel arrangement,” he “cannot compromise or sacrifice (his) […]

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SWS: Only one of four Filipinos aware of federal system of gov’t

(Eagle News) — Only one of four Filipinos are aware of the federal system of government, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The survey, done from  March 23 to 27, 2018, also found that 75% only learned about it when the poll was conducted. According to the SWS,  awareness about the federal system of government was highest in Mindanao at 37%, followed by Metro Manila at 28%, Visayas at 22%, and Balance Luzon at 20%. The […]

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After SC sanction, Robredo lawyer says they had to “speak out” vs “lies propagated by Marcos camp”

(Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, June 27, said they had to “speak out” against the “lies propagated by the Marcos camp.” Romulo Macalintal made the statement after the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, fined Robredo’s lawyers and parties P50,000 each for their release of sensitive information on the ongoing manual recount in violation of the sub judice rule. The recount stems from the vice presidential […]

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NUPL lashes out at President Duterte over his statement on loiterers

(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Wednesday, June 27, lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte for his statement on loiterers. In a statement, NUPL president Edre Olalia said “vagrancy, as any freshman law student or lawyer who even perfunctorily listens to sedate Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) classes to ensure that their knowledge of the law is updated, is no longer a crime.” “It was decriminalised in 2012. Any existing ordinance […]

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DILG files raps vs Aklan governor, Malay officials over Boracay mess

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, June 27, filed charges against 17 Aklan and Malay officials for what President Rodrigo Duterte said was the deterioration of the once-pristine Boracay Island. Facing administrative and charges for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act before the Ombudsman were Aklan Gov. Florencio Miraflores, Malay Mayor Ciceron Cawaling, Vice Mayor Abram Sualog, several municipal council members of Malay, among others. The charges were […]

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Davao Mayor Duterte: #Babaeako campaign vs President Duterte “doomed”

(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday, June 27, said the #Babaeako social media campaign against President Rodrigo Duterte was bound to fail. In an Instagram post, the Davao mayor said that in the first place, “what (the President) doesn’t like lies not in the gender, but in the character.” “He has no respect for weakness. And many women and some men are known to be damsels in distress, that #babaeako included,” she said. […]

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De Lima seeks SC approval for appearance in ICC petition oral arguments

(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court for it to allow her to take part in oral arguments for the  opposition lawmakers’ petition questioning the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the Rome Statute. “..This Honorable Court is respectfully asked to take judicial notice of its practice of permitting members of Congress to appear before it and argue their cases,” De Lima, who was among those who filed the petition against the […]

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