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(Eagle News) — Peace negotiations between the government and the Communist rebels may resume in July. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke before newly elected barangay captains in Central Visayas on Thursday, June 7. A media report quoted Communist Party of the Philippines Founding Chairman Jose Maria Sison as saying, however, that the talks were expected to resume on June 28 in Oslo, Norway. A resumption of peace talks, though, would be a […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara on Friday, June 8, said there was a need to pass a law to institutionalize the 20 percent student fare discount. In a statement, Angara said this was because there was always the possibility that the discount, which is enforced based on a Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board circular, was not enforced effectively. The LTFRB circular issued in October last year says that “students can avail of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 7, denied he had plans of imposing martial law in the country. Duterte made the remark amid speculations over his comment he would resort to “radical” measures to arrest rising criminality. “Martial law is not feasible. It won’t work. It’s going to divide the nation. [I] might think of something else,” he said. He noted that when martial law was imposed by then-President Ferdinand Marcos, “what […]
Pimentel urges Filipinos to reconsider plastic use By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, June 7, vowed to back a measure that will seek to ban the use of single-use plastics in the country. Zubiri made the statement following reports the Philippines was one of the major sources of plastic that ends up in the oceans and waterways. Among those he said he wished to ban were the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 7, graced the inauguration of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Terminal 2. “I am extra proud to be a citizen of this country and most proud to be a worker of government and it has produced something very beautiful and good for the people,” he said in his speech during the inauguration of the terminal the government touted as the world’s “first resort airport.” The 65,500-square-meter MCIA […]
(Eagle News) — Resigned Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday, June 7, said the Supreme Court decision that denied with finality detained Senator Leila de Lima’s plea for the arrest warrant issued against her to be nullified only shows that her case was “not of political persecution” as some claimed. “The SC’s decision on the motion for reconsideration of Senator Leila de Lima affirmed what we all knew along. Her arrest on drug charges indeed […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, June 7, invited representatives from the global think tank Institute for Economics and Peace to the Philippines to know the situation on the ground. Albayalde made the statement after the Australian-based group said in its Global Peace Index 2018 study that the Philippines was still one of the least peaceful countries in the world. The country ranked 137th out of the 163 […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, June 7, revealed there were “political clans” that wanted to derail the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. He said as soon as Congress approves the measure and President Rodrigo Duterte signs it into law, several groups will therefore question its legality before the Supreme Court. “There are certain groups that don’t want to see this approved because this would change […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Go Lim has asked the Supreme Court to put a stop to the Department of Justice’s reinvestigation into the drug charges filed against him. In seeking for a temporary restraining order and/or a writ of preliminary injunction on the preliminary probe conducted by a second panel of prosecutors, Lim, in his 48-page petition for certiorari, argued that the March 19 DOJ order that […]
(Eagle News) — The combined effects of “Domeng” and the monsoon trough are expected to bring moderate to occasional heavy rains over Southern Luzon and Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Thursday, June 7. According to PAGASA, while landfall remains less likely to occur, the tropical depression is expected to enhance the southwest monsoon, which will result in moderate to heavy monsoon rains over Mimaropa and Western Visayas, “with gradual northward progression […]
Other appointments announced (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made new appointments. Tourism Undersecretary Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña is now an undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture, taking the post left vacant by Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, who is now head of the tourism department. La Viña was Social Security System commissioner before he was transferred to the Department of Tourism amid allegations of corruption against him. He has denied the allegations, saying they were part […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the situation in Guatemala following the eruption of Volcán de Fuego. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy situated in Mexico was in touch with leaders of the Filipino community to determine if any of the 200 Filipinos living and working in the Central American country needed assistance. The DFA said the Philippine Consulate in Guatemala also urged Filipinos to donate to help those […]
