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(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed on Tuesday, May 1, the call for calm of a Kuwaiti official amid tensions between the Philippines and the Middle Eastern country, saying it would allow both countries to “move forward.” In a statement, Cayetano said Kuwait’s “gesture,” through Deputy Foreign Minister Nasser al-Subaih, “will allow us to hurdle the challenges we face.” Cayetano noted that Kuwait was “a country with which we have a shared history […]
A senior Kuwaiti official on Monday sought to calm a crisis with the Philippines over the treatment of domestic workers in the oil-rich Gulf state. President Rodrigo Duterte in February prohibited workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in her employer’s freezer. The resulting row deepened last week after Kuwaiti authorities ordered Manila’s envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee […]
(Eagle News) — The Coalition for Justice on Monday, April 30, urged Solicitor General Jose Calida to resign after he denied a request for him to file a quo warranto petition against Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on the basis she supposedly did not file her complete Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. CFJ, which supports Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno who faces a quo warranto case filed by Calida for her alleged failure […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has submitted additional evidence in the drug case against Kerwin Espinosa and his co-accused. Included among those submitted by the OSG during the second hearing of the preliminary investigation into the charges of conspiracy in relation to the sale of illegal drugs against Espinosa, Peter Lim, Peter Co, Max Miro, Lovely Impal, Lovely Ruel Malindangan, Jun Pepito and others were the sworn statements of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Monday, April 30, defended the dismissal of one of its regional directors for alleged corruption. In a statement, the DOTr said the removal of Jun Abrazaldo from the Bicol regional director post, was upon the order of President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who appointed him. The statement was issued after Abrazaldo filed a complaint against Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Chair Martin Delgra III for alleged abuse […]
(Eagle News) – Senate President Koko Pimentel on Monday, April 30, said Qatar or Saudi Arabia could serve as “intermediaries” between the Philippines and Kuwait. Pimentel made the statement following what appears to be a straining of relations between the Asian country and the Gulf state stemming from the abuse of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle Eastern country. Kuwait has ordered the expulsion of Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa and the recall of its Manila […]
(Eagle News) — Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said on Monday, April 30, that the P60-million payment by People’s Television Network Inc. to Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. for the airing of Department of Tourism advertisements on her brother Ben Tulfo’s program was covered by a “government-to-government contract.” Teo said that she never signed any such contract, which “went through a bidding” and was “reviewed by” the DOT’s legal department. “All checks were made payable to […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, April 30, said it would probe the P60-million payment made by People’s Television Network Inc. (PTNI) to Ben Tulfo’s Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. (BMUI) for the airing of Department of Tourism (DOT) advertisements. The DOT is headed by Tulfo’s sister, Wanda Teo. “Ang alam ko umabot na ‘yung balita (kay Presidente Rodrigo Duterte). I can confirm na meron nang let’s look into this. Gusto niyang malaman ang puno’t […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Monday, April 30, released the validated list of barangay officials allegedly engaged in illegal drug activities. PDEA Chief Aaron Aquino said the names of 207 individuals in the list was validated by four government agencies. Of the 207, 90 were barangay captains and 117 were barangay kagawad. PDEA said the most number of involved barangay officials was in Region 5, with 70. This, PDEA said, was […]
Narco-list not a “hit list,” PDEA chief assures (Eagle News)—The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Monday, April 30, said charges would be filed against barangay officials allegedly engaged in illegal drug activities “in a week or two.” PDEA Chief Aaron Aquino made the statement as he assured the public that the list was not a “hit list.” “We want to be legitimate in our operations, we want our operations to be transparent,” he said. Aquino […]
(Eagle News)–Fewer families experienced involuntary hunger in the first quarter of 2018, the Social Weather Stations said. The SWS said the 9.9 percent of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger at least once from January to March was 6.0 points below the 15.9 percent quarterly hunger survey result in December 2017. “This is only the second time hunger has been in the single-digit range since March 2004,” the SWS said. According to the pollster, the 9.9 percent […]
Moira Encina Eagle News Service Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has directed all Justice undersecretaries and assistant secretaries, except career officials, to tender their courtesy resignation. In a memorandum dated April 24, Guevarra ordered those concerned to submit their resignation letters to President Rodrigo Duterte through him not later than April 30. Among the assistant secretaries and undersecretaries appointed by then-Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre are Erickson Balmes, Reynante Orceo, Raymund Mecate, Antonio Kho and Deo Marco. […]
