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Sereno: SC Associate Justice Tijam “condemned” me before hearing my side

(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Noel Tijam was already drafting the Supreme Court decision that nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno’s appointment as Chief Justice four days before she submitted comments to the quo warranto petition against her, Sereno herself said on Saturday, June 2. In a statement, Sereno said the information was  based on the footnotes of Tijam’s 153-page ponencia. “Justice Tijam had condemned Respondent before he heard her,” she said. According to Sereno, Tijam also […]

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Alejano hits back at Cayetano

(Eagle News)–Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Saturday, June 2, hit back at Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano after the country’s top diplomat criticized the lawmaker for releasing information about Chinese coastguards harassing Filipino soldiers in Ayungin Shoal on May 11. “Instead of holding the aggressor for its actions, DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano seems more infuriated that the Filipino people was informed of the harassment against our soldiers in Ayungin Shoal,” Alejano, a […]

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Mattis accuses China of ‘intimidation and coercion’ in S. China Sea

  By Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP)–China’s military build-up in the South China Sea and its deployment of high-end weapons systems in the disputed waterway is designed to intimidate and coerce neighbours, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday. Speaking at a high-profile security summit in Singapore, the Pentagon chief also said the US military continues to support diplomats pushing for the “complete, verifiable and irreversible” denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Mattis […]

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OSG: COA report has “no basis”

(Eagle News)–The Office of the Solicitor General has said the Commission on Audit’s flagging of over P10 million in alleged excess allowances of several OSG lawyers, including Solicitor General Jose Calida, had “no basis.” In a statement, OSG spokesperson Hector Calilung said Circular No. 85-25-E cannot prevail over existing laws. He said Republic Act No. 9417 essentially says that OSG lawyers may receive honoraria without any cap to the amount. “To allow COA Circular No. […]

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Duterte makes 911 the PHL emergency hotline number

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has a new emergency hotline number. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order 56 setting telephone number 911 as such. According to the EO, this was because there was a need to  comply with international standards on emergency numbers for public telecommunication networks. The new hotline number replaces the Patrol 117 hotline network which President Duterte earlier launched. All calls made to the 911 hotline will be free of charge. […]

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Palace hits back at UN rapporteur; says it was Sereno who “created her own problems”

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, June 1, slammed United Nations Special Rapporteur Diego Garcia-Sayan after he said  President Rodrigo Duterte’s “vulgar” pronouncements against Maria Lourdes Sereno “constitute direct intimidation” and “a vicious attack on the independence of the judiciary.” “We reiterate that the President’s dislike of the ousted Chief Justice is not an attack on the judiciary or an affront to judicial independence,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. He said the executive “recognizes […]

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COA flags over P10 million worth of “excess allowances” of Calida, other OSG lawyers

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Audit has flagged what it said were the excessive allowances received by Solicitor General Jose Calida and several  lawyers of the Office of the Solicitor General. In its 2017 report, COA said Calida, Henry Angeles, Herman Cimafranca, James Candangan, Renan Ramos, Rex Bernardo Pascual, Bernard Hernandez, Ma. Antonia Edita Dizon, Raymund Rigodon, Danilo Leyva, Lilian Abenojar, John Dale Ballinan, Perfecto Adelfo Chua Cheng, Laney Layug-Delfin, and Gift Mohametano received allowances above […]

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Muntinlupa court denies De Lima’s appeal for her to be allowed to attend son’s grad rites

(Eagle News) — A Muntinlupa court has denied Senator Leila de Lima’s appeal for her to be allowed to attend her son’s graduation rites this weekend. Branch 205 Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz earlier denied De Lima’s request to attend  Vincent Joshua De Lima Bohol’s graduation ceremonies at San Beda College School of Law in Alabang, saying she “cannot be given a different treatment as that of other prisoners whose liberty is curtailed, pending the final resolution of their […]

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Poe asks DOF: Where are vouchers, subsidies for drivers affected by TRAIN law?

(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Friday, June 1, said the government should be giving subsidies to  drivers who were affected by the increase in prices of gasoline. “May mga safeguards diyan katulad ng pagbibigay ng umento at vouchers din sa ating mga drivers para sa gasoline. So nais nating tanungin ang DOF, ano ba ang mga ginagawa nila para matulungan ang mga drivers?” Poe asked. “Masasabi ko sa DOF, ‘nasaan na ang pinangako […]

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“Signaling error” disrupts MRT-3 operations; over 200 passengers unloaded

(Eagle News) — Over 200 passengers had to be unloaded from a Metro Rail Transit-3 train on Friday, June 1. The Department of Transportation-MRT 3 said the around 250 passengers were unloaded at the GMA Kamuning station southbound when the train encountered a “signaling error.” The DoTr-MRT3 said the passengers took the next train that arrived four minutes later. The incident took place after the MRT management announced what they said was a “record-breaking” 28 […]

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China rejects US accusations it seeks hegemony in Asia

  BEIJING, China (AFP)– China has rejected accusations from top US officials that it seeks hegemony in Asia and is pushing militarization in the South China Sea. Outgoing US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, set to become Washington’s ambassador in South Korea, had said on Wednesday that while North Korea posed the most imminent threat to the United States, China’s “dream of hegemony in Asia” was his country’s biggest long-term challenge. The comments were not surprising, […]

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UPDATED: PNP reshuffles key posts; Eleazar now NCRPO director

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Friday, June 1, implemented a reshuffle of key posts in the police force. Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar is replacing Chief Supt. Camilo Cascolan at the helm of the National Capital Region Police Office. Cascolan has been assigned to the Civil Security Group, while Chief Supt. Edward Carranza of the Cordillera region police office will replace Eleazar at the helm of the Calabarzon […]

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