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(Eagle News) — Employees of PhilHealth on Monday, June 4, accused former interim president Celestina Dela Serna of incompetence and of exercising an “abusive and insensitive” brand of leadership. According to the employees, the “incompetent management and lack of direction” of Dela Serna, who has been relieved by President Rodrigo Duterte, has led to a “dismal 53 percent corporate performance rating” of PhilHealth in 2017. They said this was way lower compared to the more […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte removed Celestina Ma. Jude Dela Serna as interim chief of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Chief following accusations of excessive travels against her. PhilHealth Board Member Roy Ferrer was named acting chief of the agency by the President, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said in a letter. dated June 1. De la Serna incurred at least P627,000 worth of trips to and from Bohol and hotel stays even after only a year […]
(Eagle News)~Former President Benigno Aquino III appeared at the Department of Justice’s preliminary inquiry into the Dengvaxia mess on Monday, June 4. Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and former Budget Secretary Butch Abad also made an appearance after they were required to subscribe to their affidavits. Also present were former and current officials of the DOH. The preliminary probe stems from the criminal charges filed by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption against the three […]
(Eagle News)~The Department of Foreign Affairs has extended its condolences to the kin of an Overseas Filipino Worker who was killed while defending two women who were being harassed in Slovakia. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of our kababayan Henry John Acorda,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement. “We mourn the loss of another of our own who by all accounts is a hero who came to the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, said he was considering looking for helicopters in South Korea. The President made the comment during a speech before members of the Filipino community in the Asian country, after the Philippine government scrapped a $233-million deal to acquire 16 helicopters from Canada. Duterte ordered the deal for the acquisition of the Bell 412EP helicopters scrapped in February, after Canada ordered a review of the same amid […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, said the fate of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law was up to Congress. “I leave it to Congress to decide whether or not to amend, or suspend, or modify the law,” the President said in a speech prior to his departure to South Korea at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The President, however, added that money was needed to fund government programs […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, again defended Solicitor General Jose Calida over the allegations of conflict of interest against him. Speaking to Filipinos in South Korea, Duterte said Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency Inc. was a business “inherited” by Calida from his father long before he was appointed as SolGen. “Why should I fire him?…Basta may bidding lahat, anything in government basta may bidding ka, walang problema, okay ‘yan. Kung siya […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, issued an apology to Kuwait for the “harsh language” he said he used at the height of the strained relations between the two countries. “That was a result of an emotional outburst, but I’d like to apologize now. I’m sorry for the language that I was using..,” he said in a speech before Filipinos in South Korea. According to the President, he was “very satisfied […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday, June 3, urged the Senate to look into the influx of Chinese nationals in the Philippines. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 751, De Lima said that such an influx leads to a “steal(ing)” of “jobs away from ordinary Filipinos. She said the Department of Labor and Employment “noted an increase of 33.4 percent in the Alien Employment Permit (AEP) granted to foreign nationals intending to engage […]
(Eagle News)~PBA player Jeron Teng and two former La Salle players were stabbed early Sunday, June 3, in Taguig City. A police report said the Alaska Aces player, his former teammates Norbert Torres and Thomas Torres were walking outside the Early Night Club at the Fort Strip in Bonifacio Global City when the incident took place at 2:30 am. The report said a group got “their attention that resulted (in) a heated argument and a brawl.” […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP)– A Chinese general on Saturday, June 2, lashed out at “irresponsible comments” on Beijing’s military build-up in the South China Sea after the US defense chief accused China of intimidation and coercion in the disputed waters. “Any irresponsible comments from other countries cannot be accepted,” Lieutenant General He Lei said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. It came just hours after US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the security summit that China’s […]
(Eagle News) — A former senator and a nun have asked the Supreme Court to make the Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of the justices available to the public. Former lawmaker Rene Saguisag and Mary John Mananzan said such was, after all, a “justified and a necessary consequence of the Supreme Court’s majority decision on the quo warranto petition against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.” “Since the majority of the Court has ruled […]
