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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea within his term, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Friday, May 18. Roque made the statement after the President failed to “jet ski” in the Philippine Rise reportedly to assert the country’s rights over the Philippines’ extended continental shelf. Roque had said the trip to the Philippine Rise was “not feasible,” given the fact that it was underwater. Presidential […]
(Eagle News) — Two Muntinlupa courts have deferred the arraignment of Senator Leila de Lima for drug-related cases. Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206 Judge Lorna Navarro-Domingo reset the senator’s arraignment to June 22 after her camp filed a motion to quash. The filing came after the court denied her camp’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s decision to allow the prosecution’s amendment of the information filed against De Lima—from illegal drug trading to conspiracy to […]
(Eagle News) — A supporter of Maria Lourdes Sereno is accusing Solicitor General Jose Calida of having a “conflict of interest” over what she said was his and his family’s stake in a company that provides security services to four government agencies. The accusations of Jocelyn Acosta were contained in a letter to the Solicitor General, who was the same person who filed the quo warranto petition that resulted in a Supreme Court decision that […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Palace on Friday, May 18, said it respects the “rights” of senators to choose their own leader in the Upper House. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the comment following reports 14 senators have signed a draft resolution calling for a change in the Senate leadership, with Senate Majority Leader Tito Sotto hoping to take the helm from Senate President Koko Pimentel. The draft resolution aimed at naming Pimentel’s […]
Opposition is “doomed,” Roque adds (Eagle News) — For Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the opposition is “really desperate.” “Naghahanap sila ng isang rallying figure at ang napili po nila ay si Chief Justice,” Roque said, referring to Maria Lourdes Sereno whose appointment as Chief Justice has been nullified by the Supreme Court. According to Roque, this was a “mistake.” He said if they believe in all surveys, “hindi po pinagkakatiwalaan si Chief Justice, at napakababa […]
(Eagle News)— Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Friday, May 18, said the eight Supreme Court justices who voted to grant the quo warranto petition nullifying the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice “deserve to be impeached.” In a statement, Lagman said this was the rule “if magistrates who are sworn to uphold the Constitution, subvert the very fundamental law by arrogating jurisdiction over an impeachable official.” In this case, he said he believes Associate Justices […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, May 18, lashed out at Maria Lourdes Sereno, following her comments President Rodrigo Duterte was behind the Supreme Court decision nullifying her appointment. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the scathing comment a day after he refused to dignify her claims. “..The former top magistrate has been engaged in grandstanding and seeking media coverage, pointing an accusing finger at President Duterte for the result of the quo warranto petition […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace has refused to dignify Maria Lourdes Sereno’s call for President Rodrigo Duterte to resign for what she claimed was his role behind the Supreme Court decision nullifying her appointment as Chief Justice. “Ayaw ko na po magkomento diyan at tingin ko po ang Presidente ayaw na ring magkomento,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a radio interview. In making the call for the resignation during a forum organized by her […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service ON BOARD BRP DAVAO DEL SUR — The Armed Forces of the Philippines said it wants to build a naval base in Casiguran, Aurora to ensure that the Philippine Rise was protected against intrusions. “We are just here to implement the desire of our president, the desire of our nation to create a public awareness that this place, the Philippine Rise, is ours,” Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Salamat, chief of the […]
by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted from its summit early Thursday, shooting a huge plume of ash miles into the sky and prompting authorities to urge area residents to take cover. The Hawaii Volcano Observatory said the explosion within Kilauea’s Halemaumau crater had produced a volcanic cloud that reached as high as 30,000 feet (9,000 meters) and was drifting downwind to the northeast. The Observatory […]
(Eagle News)– Senators are poised to name Tito Sotto as their new leader, after a draft resolution “expressing the sense of the Senate to reorganize its leadership and electing” him as such was signed by 13 senators, or more than half of the 24 lawmakers in the Upper House. The draft resolution aimed at naming Senate President Koko Pimentel’s successor was signed by Senators Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay, JV Ejercito, Chiz Escudero, Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel denied there would be a change in Senate leadership on Monday, May 21. “It is not true..,” Pimentel said in a statement. He issued the statement after a report said 14 senators had signed a resolution seeking for the change. According to the report, those who signed the resolution were Senators Nancy Binay, Juan Edgardo Angara, JV Ejercito, Sherwin Gatchalian, Francis Escudero, Richard Gordon, Gregorio Honasan II, Ping Lacson, Loren […]
