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(Eagle News) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reminded employers to strictly observe “pay rules” for workers for the May 14 special non-working holiday. The reminder was contained in Labor Advisory No. 8 Series of 2018 issued by DOLE Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad. If an employee did not work, the “no work, no pay” principle shall apply unless there is a company policy granting payment on a special day, DOLE said. If working […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has condemned the suicide bomb attacks at three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia on Sunday, May 13 that killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens. “The Philippines strongly condemns these criminal acts that were carried out against innocent churchgoers,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement. “We join the people of Indonesia in mourning those who lost their lives in the terrorist bombings of several churches in Surabaya […]
(Eagle News)—-Precincts across the country opened on Monday, May 14, to allow Filipinos to vote in the twice-delayed Sangguniang Kabataan and barangay elections. The Commission on Elections said the precincts opened around 7 a.m. The New Era Elementary School in Dasmariñas, Cavite opened its doors around that time to voters who were eagerly waiting to cast their votes. At the Las Piñas City Science High School, a huge board containing the list of precincts and […]
(Eagle News)—Daanbantayan, Cebu Mayor Vicente Loot, who was named a narco-general by President Rodrigo Duterte, survived a strafing incident on Sunday, May 13. The nanny of his grandchild and his two drivers were however wounded when five men carrying high-powered firearms shot at them at a port in Barangay Maya, Daanbantayan. The mayor and his family, who had just arrived from Malapascua around 7 a.m., were unhurt because they were on a pumpboat at that […]
(Eagle News)—Former Senate President Edgardo Angara passed away on Sunday, May 13. He was 83 years old. According to his son, Senator Sonny Angara, his father died of an “apparent heart attack.” “We are still arranging funeral arrangements for my father, but will keep everyone posted too,” he said. The older Angara served as Senate President from 1993 to 1995, during the administration of then-President Fidel Ramos. Under the Duterte administration, he was appointed […]
(Eagle News)–House justice committee chair Rep. Rey Umali said he would move to stop impeachment proceedings against Maria Lourdes Sereno. “Ako, ‘yan ang posisyon na ibibigay ko sa Rules Committee na tuldukan na natin ito,” Umali said in an interview over dzbb on Sunday, May 13. According to Umali, it would be “worse” if there would be a vote in the House on the committee report and articles of impeachment against Sereno, and if these […]
(Eagle News) — In its landmark decision against Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Supreme Court explained when a quo warranto petition can be resorted to against public officials, and made a distinction between the legal resort and impeachment, which some have argued was the only constitutional way to remove an impeachable official like the Chief Justice. In its 153-page decision, the Supreme Court said a quo warranto petition “as a remedy to oust a public official” […]
(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Samuel Martires denied Maria Lourdes Sereno’s allegations he “faith-shamed” her during oral arguments on the quo warranto petition filed against her. “Basahin man nang pabali-baliktad ang mga tanong ko noong oral argument, maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw na wala akong sinabi na o binigkas na salita na nagpapahiwatig na ‘baliw’ si Gng. Sereno dahil sa kaniyang masidhing paniniwala sa Panginoon,” Martires said in his 47-page concurring opinion. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Saturday, May 12, said there could be a “constitutional crisis” with the Supreme Court decision to declare the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice nullified. According to Pimentel, this would happen if “in the eyes of the SC,” Sereno was no longer the Chief Justice, but in the eyes of Congress, this was not the case. He said the next steps of the House of […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Saturday, May 12, said it was “out of character” for President Rodrigo Duterte to intervene in the affairs of a separate branch of government. Panelo made the pronouncement in a radio interview following insinuations by some Duterte had a hand in the Supreme Court decision that nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno’s appointment as Chief Justice. “Unang-una, ni hindi nga siya nakikialam sa kaniyang mga departamento, sa kaniyang […]
(Eagle News) –“Perhaps he likes being called a strongman a bit more than he’s willing to admit.” Ian Bremmer, TIME magazine columnist and editor-at-large who tagged some popular world leaders including President Rodrigo Duterte as “strongmen,” had this to say about Duterte after the chief executive took offense at the tag. Bremmer cited a 2018 report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) which claimed that “(Duterte has) plunged the Philippines into its worst human rights […]
(Eagle News)—Over 2000–2738 to be exact—out of the 7,599 examinees passed the Civil Engineer licensure exams. Bagging the top spot was Renz Rodney Fernandez of Western Mindanao State University with a rating of 93.55 percent. Mapua Institute of Technology-Manila graduate Garret Patrick Baluyot took second place with a rating of 93.25 percent, and fellow Mapua alumnus John Victor Lau took third place with a 93.05 percent rating. The top performing school was the De La […]
