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By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has fined the parties and lawyers of Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Bongbong Marcos P50,000 each. In a Twitter post, the PET said this was for violation of the sub judice rule in connection with the ongoing manual recount. The recount stems from the electoral protest filed by Marcos against Robredo, whom he accused of cheating in the 2016 vice presidential elections. In […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would consult the Cabinet on his proposal to arm barangay chairpersons and tanods. “..Pero ang aking proposal no heavy firearm, shotgun lang..O mga tanod siguro ninyo, .22. Basta may panlaban lang,” Duterte said in a speech in Zamboanga del Sur. According to Duterte, the idea was to give the officials on the ground a role in the fight against criminality. “Kung bibigyan ko kayo ng armas, fight […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde has relieved two police officials following the misencounter in Samar that left at least six policemen dead. Relieved were Supt. Glen Oliver Cinco, officer-in-charge of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 8 and Chief Inspector Don Archie Suspeñe, commander of the 805th Mobile Company, RMFB 8. P01 Wyndell Noromor, PO1 Edwin Ebrado, PO1 Phil Rey Mendigo, PO1 Julius Suarez, PO1 Rowell Reyes, and PO1 Julie Escalo were killed […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 25, reiterated he had no intention of staying in power. The President made the pronouncement amid his critics’ allegations he was planning to extend his term with his push for changes in the Constitution. According to Duterte, “wala akong hinihingi sa inyong additional power..” Duterte said that in the first place, “I’ve lived with power all my life.” He noted that he was mayor of Davao for 23 […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 25, urged the police to continue following his order against loiterers, including minors. “That is my order. And you continue to frisk people who are there doon sa daan,” Duterte said in a speech before newly-elected barangay chairmen of Northern Mindanao in Cagayan de Oro. According to Duterte, the President “can order, the mayor can order the barangay, issue regulations to protect public health, public safety, public order and to […]
by Stuart Williams with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday celebrated winning sweeping new powers in a decisive election victory, as his main rival accepted the outcome despite complaints over an unequal campaign that alarmed the EU. A night of triumph for Erdogan saw the man who has dominated Turkey for the last 15 years declared winner of Sunday’s presidential poll without needing a second […]
by Nina Negron Agence France-Presse BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina ground to a halt Monday as public service unions blocked road, rail and air transport with a nationwide 24-hour strike in protest at the government’s latest deal with the International Monetary Fund. In a massive show of force against the center-right government of President Mauricio Macri, organizers said at least one million workers were taking part in the industrial action which halted trains, subways, buses […]
(Eagle News) — A tenth complaint has been filed in connection with the Dengvaxia brouhaha. Fredeswinda Jajalla-Nimura filed the charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and for violation of the Anti-Torture Act against former Health Secretary Janette Garin, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, and several others before the Department of Justice, following the death of her daughter Naomi. According to Nimura, this came seven days after her daughter received a dose of Dengvaxia on Nov. […]
(Eagle News) –Senator Risa Hontiveros lashed out at Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, as she called on the government to heed the calls of 38 states for the Philippines to put an end to drug killings and to collaborate in a United Nations probe into the drug war. “I find Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s remark, saying that the 38 countries are simply biased and misinformed, ridiculous. So ibig sabihin biased ang Montenegro […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde reiterated on Monday, June 25, that there was never any “misinterpretation” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s order against loiterers. According to Albayalde, only those who violated ordinances and other laws were arrested, a statement President Rodrigo Duterte himself said in a recent speech in Davao. Albayalde said only “a small percentage” of those who were caught were charged and detained. “There is no violation known as tambay. […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, June 25, junked the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposal to drug-test students aged 10 years old and older. “We take the side of (Education) Secretary (Leonor) Briones invoking that in the United States, what has been upheld as being constitutional is only random testing for high school,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Briones had said the PDEA’s proposal would require the amendment of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bam Aquino is seeking a Senate probe into the government’s policy against loiterers, following the death of Genesis Argoncillo while he was detained at the Novaliches police station. According to Aquino, Argoncillo would not have died if not for the “polisiya na nakatarget ang mahihirap.” “There is a need to assess whether the (Philippine National Police’s) anti-tambay campaign, as well as the local ordinances on which they are supposedly based, are […]
