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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Several senators defended the plan to have a multi-billion Senate building constructed in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. According to Senator Ping Lacson, chair of the Senate committee on finance, the P127 million per year rental that the Senate is paying the (Government Service Insurance System) for a “subpar legislative building is our main reason for finding a need to look for a new and permanent home.” He said this was […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to South Korea has yielded $4.9 billion worth of investments, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, June 5. He said the amount was apart from the $1 billion worth of Official Development Assistance which the Philippines was slated to receive for the Build, Build, Build projects of the government. The government said among the projects in the pipeline under the ODA are the $50-million project preparation facility […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Tuesday, June 5, said the country’s inflation outlook “continues to be a concern and requires close attention.” This even if BSP Governor Nestor Espenilla said that while the average inflation of 4.1 percent in the first five months of the year was still above the BSP’s 2 to 4 percent target for the year, it was “maybe not going to be as bad as […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The suspect in the killing of Madonna Joy Ednaco-Tanyag on Tuesday, June 5, issued an apology for committing the crime, saying he did not mean to stab the Ombudsman Assistant Special Prosecutor on Monday, June 4. “Aksidente lang po nangyari..Nag-agawan po kami ng kutsilyo kaya ko siya nasaksak..,” Angelito Avenido Jr. said as he was presented to the media on Tuesday, June 5, after his arrest only hours after he […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has set oral arguments for the petition seeking to have the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court declared as invalid. Oral arguments on the petition for certiorari and mandamus filed by Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV were slated on July 24, at 2 p.m., at the SC’s session hall. […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 5, gave Solicitor General Jose Calida five days to respond to Maria Lourdes Sereno’s motion for reconsideration of the High Court decision that nullified her appointment as Chief Justice. It was Calida who filed the quo warranto petition that led to the landmark SC ruling on May 11. During the en banc session, Associate Justice Noel Tijam, who was the ponente, was not […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday, June 5, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to sign into law a proposed bill that seeks to create a retirement benefit system in the Ombudsman. Gordon made the statement following the killing of Ombudsman Assistant Special Prosecutor Madonna Joy Tanyag. Under Senate Bill 1638, the heirs of Tanyag would be entitled to death benefits equivalent to five years’ worth of salary. Death benefits under the bill are also […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano will run for senator in 2019. This was after Alejano accepted the nomination of his party to run for the post. “ I have the duty to prepare and equip myself for the tasks ahead,” Alejano said in a statement on Tuesday, June 5. Alejano thanked his colleagues in the Magdalo party, “especially” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for their nomination. “I submit to the direction and wisdom of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte fired Celestina Dela Serna as interim chief of PhilHealth because of excessive travels, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, June 5. According to Roque, there was also the issue of mismanagement of funds in the agency. He said it was a senior Palace official, whom he did not identify, who made the recommendation to dismiss Dela Serna following an inquiry. “”We need a completely honest PhilHealth if we […]
(Eagle News)-The Philippines and South Korea have inked an agricultural agreement that will ensure the use of technology in the industry. “With the MoU (memorandum of understanding) on Agricultural Cooperation signed today, various activities are now being lined up, including technology transfer on mechanization and irrigation,” Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said in a post. Piñol’s announcement came after President Rodrigo Duterte and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In held a bilateral meeting at the Blue […]
(Eagle News)~President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 4, expressed optimism about denuclearization in the Korean peninsula. “The Philippines is hopeful that positive developments over the past several months will continue and contribute positively toward the goal of denuclearization in [the] Korean peninsula,” Duterte said after bilateral talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Blue House in Seoul. He was apparently referring to the Inter-Korea Summit on April 27, which saw the two […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Monday, June 4, said there was still no proof showing that Dengvaxia had deadly effects. ‘Yung risk, meron ‘yung 0.2 percent na binabanggit na baka magka-severe dengue. (Ang) gain (ay) ‘yung natira sa 100 percent, 99.8 percent ng population, ay nagkakaroon ng proteksyon na at least 30 months,” he said after filing his counter-affidavit to the complaint lodged against him by the Volunteers Against Crime and […]
