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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The guidelines for the deployment of Filipino household service workers to Kuwait will be released next week. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the revelation in a hearing by the Senate committee on labor on Wednesday, May 23, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said he had yet to see “guarantees” on the conditions agreed upon by the Philippines and Kuwait in a signed pact on May 11, before […]
(Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee approved on Tuesday night a bill seeking to put in place a national ID system. Senator Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate committee on public order, expressed hopes the reconciled version would be ratified by both the House of Representatives and the Senate before Monday, May 28. This will hopefully then be transmitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law. According to Lacson, a national ID will […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Kitty, his daughter-in-law and his granddaughter received shots of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said the wife of presidential son Paolo Duterte, Sabina Duterte, issued the clarification herself that apart from Kitty, it was she and her daughter Sabina who were given the shots. It was Go who earlier said that Kitty, Sabina and her brother Uno had been administered the vaccine. […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 23, confirmed the appointment of Sheriff Abas as chair of the Commission on Elections. No one in the plenary dissented to the confirmation of Abas, 39, who replaced Andres Bautista following his resignation over allegations of ill-gotten wealth against him. During questioning by the CA, Abas said that the Comelec was open to the conduct of hybrid elections in 2019, but that so […]
“Why honor” that day Marawi was attacked?, he asks (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend ceremonies to commemorate the first anniversary of the Marawi siege, his aide said on Wednesday, May 23. “Why honor (that day)?” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. According to Go, the President would much rather commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Marawi from terrorists in October. Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte might attend the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has expressed condolences to the family of Jastine Valdez, the 24-year-old Filipino student who was abducted and whose body was recently found in an old mine in Kilternan, south of Dublin, in Ireland. “We grieve with the loved ones of Jastine Valdez, someone so young and so full of promise, who was suddenly taken away from them. We join the rest of the Filipino Community in […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Kitty and his two grandchildren with son Paolo have been administered the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. This was confirmed by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Tuesday, May 21. “May nagtanong kanina kung na-inject raw ba si Kitty at ‘yung dalawang anak ni Paolo, kinonfirm naman po ng mga nanay nila na positive po na-inject po sila,” Go said. Kitty’s mother is Honeylet Avancena, the President’s current partner. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Panfilo Lacson, the former Special Action Force officials who were implicated in the SAF fund mess were only “forced” to return the P37 million of the full amount. “Kung walang threat na magfifile sa Ombudsman, would they even think of returning or distributing? Mukhang hindi,” Lacson said in an interview with reporters on Tuesday, May 22, the same day his panel held a hearing on the controversy. Lacson noted that […]
(Eagle News) — The ten accused in the death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III have been ordered transferred to the Manila City Jail. The order to transfer Arvin Balag, Mhin Wei Chan, Axel Munro Hipe, Oliver John Audrey Onofre, Joshua Joriel Macabali, Ralph Trangia, Robin Ramos, Jose Miguel Salamat, Danielle Hans Mattew Rodrigo, and Marcelino Bagtang was issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 20. The ten have been currently […]
(Eagle News) — Jordan is giving the Philippines two Cobra helicopters. President Rodrigo Duterte made the announcement in a speech during the Philippine Navy’s 120th founding anniversary commemoration on Tuesday, May 22. In April, Duterte announced National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon had advised him to tone down his attacks against United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein because his cousin, Jordan’s King Abdullah, was willing to donate the helicopters. “We can never […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 22, heaped praises on Kuwait, saying the Gulf state “showed courage when it met the Philippines’ “challenge.” But according to Duterte, he would sign the order to lift totally the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait if the conditions were “guaranteed.” Earlier, the labor department already announced the total lifting of the ban, following the signing of an agreement on the protection of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will acquire technology that is capable of determining whether reports China had set up missile installations in South China Sea reefs Manila is claiming are true. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the technology will be procured in August. “It will be delivered within the year,” Roque said. Roque did not elaborate. Reports have described China’s supposed militarization in the South China Sea as “aggressive,” with the Asian giant’s […]
