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PHL intensifies ties with Russia as Cayetano meets with Russian FM Lavrov in Moscow

  (Eagle News) – The Philippines further intensified its ties with Russia with the holding of a bilateral meeting between Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, May 15, in Moscow. Cayetano thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Foreign Minister for valuing better relations with the Philippines. “We thank President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for attaching great importance to our relations and for […]

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SC allows P5-million civil suit vs Trillanes over “Hacienda Binay dummy” remark vs businessman

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied Senator Antonio Trillanes’ bid for the dismissal of a P5-million civil suit filed against him by a businessman he had called a “dummy” owner of what he called the “Hacienda Binay” estate in Batangas. In denying Trillanes’ petition for certiorari,  the High Court’s first division effectively affirmed the orders of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 101 Judge Evangeline Castillo-Marigomen that allowed businessman Antonio Tiu to file the suit against Trillanes, who […]

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Duterte on Bello application for Ombudsman post: “I will assign him as labor attaché to Kuwait”

(Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III can probably expect another assignment from President Rodrigo Duterte. But apparently not as Ombudsman, a post Bello has said he was interested in. “I will assign him as labor attache sa Kuwait,” Duterte said when asked to comment on Bello’s application for the post, which would be left vacant with Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales’ retirement in July. The President did not elaborate. Other candidates for the post are […]

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President Duterte orders suspension of several gov’t officials over corruption allegations

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 16, suspended several government officials pending an investigation into corruption allegations against them. President Duterte identified those suspended as Atty. Ambrosi Basman; Atty. Rohani Basman; Amisa Lumontod; Amilquir Macabando; an ex-mayor of Marawi City; Atty. Samina Sanpaco Macabando Usman, Department of Justice prosecutor; Inquest Prosecutor Clemente Villanueva; Assistant Prosecutor Florenzo dela Cruz; Ninoy Aquino International Airport Customs district collector Ramon Anquilan; Justice Assistant  Secretary Moslemen Macarambon […]

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UPDATED: 13 senators sign draft reso urging SC to review decision vs Sereno

Thirteen senators have signed a draft resolution urging the Supreme Court to review its decision nullifying the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. The opposition senators who signed the draft resolution were Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino, Francis Pangilinan and Leila de Lima. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, Senators Francis Escudero, Sherwin Gatchalian,  Grace Poe, Juan Edgardo Angara, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto and Senator […]

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Opposition senators ask Supreme Court to declare PHL withdrawal from ICC “invalid”

(Eagle News) –Opposition senators on Wednesday, May 16, asked the Supreme Court to declare the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court as “invalid or ineffective.” In a 17-page petition for certiorari and mandamus, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila De Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV also asked the High Court to compel the executive department, through the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations, […]

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OSG asks SC for 60-day extension to submit documents on drug war

(Eagle News)–The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court for a 60-day extension for the government to comply with the High Court’s ordered submission of documents pertaining to the war on drugs. The OSG made the request to extend the deadline from April 26, 2018 to  June 25, 2018,  even if it submitted over 20 case folders in compliance with the SC April 3 directive. The directive stemmed from the  two petitions filed before […]

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Palace lauds House committees’ approval of report on admin version of BBL

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, May 16, hailed the joint House committees’ approval of the panel report on the administration’s version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. “The President has expressed his support and commitment to the Bangsamoro Basic Law as a significant step towards our quest for real and lasting peace in Mindanao,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement a day after the approval of the report on House Bill 6475 by […]

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Comelec: Almost all winners in 2018 barangay, SK polls already proclaimed

(Eagle News) — Almost all the winners in the 2018 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections have been proclaimed. According to Commission on Elections Acting Chairman Al Parreño, who held a press conference on Tuesday night, May 15, 99.81 percent have already been declared winners. He, however, said that the proclamation of approximately 729 candidates has been suspended pending a review of whether or not they exceeded the age requirement of SK officers, and whether or not they […]

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Senator Aquino slams House move to abolish PCGG

(Eagle News) – Opposition senator Bam Aquino said Wednesday, May 16, that the government “should work to strengthen” the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) if it was “serious in eradicating corruption.” Aquino, whose aunt former President Cory Aquino established the PCGG, made the statement a day after the House of Representatives, voting 162-10, approved House Bill No. 7376, which seeks to abolish the PCGG and transfer the commission’s powers to the Office of the Solicitor […]

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Japan, PHL sign agreement for P970-million grant for Marawi rehab

(Eagle News) – Japan and the Philippines on Tuesday, May 15, signed an agreement that would allow for a P970-million grant to support ongoing rehabilitation efforts in Marawi. In a statement, the Department of Finance said that the agreement, which will cover “infrastructure projects, particularly the construction of transcentral roads that need to be rebuilt immediately in the war-ravaged communities,” was signed by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) chief representative in […]

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Duterte: China’s Xi gave assurance he would not allow my ouster

(Eagle News) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has given the assurance he would not allow the ouster of President Rodrigo Duterte. This is according to Duterte himself, who spoke to the press during send-off ceremonies of around 50 Filipino scientists to the Philippine Rise on Tuesday, May 15. Duterte did not say when Xi made the statement. He said, however, that the assurance was “very encouraging.” “(Xi said) we will not..allow you to be taken […]

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