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(Eagle News) — Peace negotiations between the government and the Communist rebels may resume in July. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke before newly elected barangay captains in Central Visayas on Thursday, June 7. A media report quoted Communist Party of the Philippines Founding Chairman Jose Maria Sison as saying, however, that the talks were expected to resume on June 28 in Oslo, Norway. A resumption of peace talks, though, would be a […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara on Friday, June 8, said there was a need to pass a law to institutionalize the 20 percent student fare discount. In a statement, Angara said this was because there was always the possibility that the discount, which is enforced based on a Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board circular, was not enforced effectively. The LTFRB circular issued in October last year says that “students can avail of the […]
(Eagle News) – Siyamnapu’t anim na panukalang batas ang naisabatas ng House of Representatives mula nang magbukas ang 17th Congress noong July 2016. Batay sa accomplishment report na isinumite ni Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas kay Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, nakasaad na 2,929 na panukalang batas ang naisalang ng mababang kapulungan. Mayroon aniya itong average na 16 na panukala ang naisasalang sa kada sesyon. Kabilang sa mga mahahalagang panukala na naging batas ay ang Republic Act No. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 7, denied he had plans of imposing martial law in the country. Duterte made the remark amid speculations over his comment he would resort to “radical” measures to arrest rising criminality. “Martial law is not feasible. It won’t work. It’s going to divide the nation. [I] might think of something else,” he said. He noted that when martial law was imposed by then-President Ferdinand Marcos, “what […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi magtataas ng presyo ng bigas ang National Food Authority. Ayon kay NFA Spokesperson Rex Estoperez, ang presyo ng NFA rice ay mananatili sa 27 at 32 pesos kada kilo, batay na rin sa direktiba ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na huwag magtaas ng presyo ng bigas na galing sa ahensya. Sa ngayon, pinaghahandaan na nila ang panahon ng tag-ulan dahil kinakailangan nilang punuan ang buffer stock na magagamit sa mga apektado ng […]
Pimentel urges Filipinos to reconsider plastic use By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, June 7, vowed to back a measure that will seek to ban the use of single-use plastics in the country. Zubiri made the statement following reports the Philippines was one of the major sources of plastic that ends up in the oceans and waterways. Among those he said he wished to ban were the […]
(Eagle News) — Resigned Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday, June 7, said the Supreme Court decision that denied with finality detained Senator Leila de Lima’s plea for the arrest warrant issued against her to be nullified only shows that her case was “not of political persecution” as some claimed. “The SC’s decision on the motion for reconsideration of Senator Leila de Lima affirmed what we all knew along. Her arrest on drug charges indeed […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, June 7, invited representatives from the global think tank Institute for Economics and Peace to the Philippines to know the situation on the ground. Albayalde made the statement after the Australian-based group said in its Global Peace Index 2018 study that the Philippines was still one of the least peaceful countries in the world. The country ranked 137th out of the 163 […]
(Eagle News) — The signed agreement on the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) between the Philippines and South Korea will help the conservation of forests in the country. “Makakatulong ang bansang South Korea sa mga ASEAN members natin at bansang Pilipinas kung papaano mapapalawig ang ating kagubatan in terms of knowledge, technical knowhow and even resources,” DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones said in a phone patch interview. Aside from this, Leones said that the Philippine government […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, June 7, revealed there were “political clans” that wanted to derail the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. He said as soon as Congress approves the measure and President Rodrigo Duterte signs it into law, several groups will therefore question its legality before the Supreme Court. “There are certain groups that don’t want to see this approved because this would change […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Go Lim has asked the Supreme Court to put a stop to the Department of Justice’s reinvestigation into the drug charges filed against him. In seeking for a temporary restraining order and/or a writ of preliminary injunction on the preliminary probe conducted by a second panel of prosecutors, Lim, in his 48-page petition for certiorari, argued that the March 19 DOJ order that […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday, June 6, warned of heavy rainfall in several parts of the country as “‘Domeng” continues to move. In an advisory issued before lunch, PAGASA said the heavy rains with lightning and strong winds over Zambales, Bulacan, Pampanga, and Cavite within the next one to two hours are due to thunderstorms. So far, these conditions are being experienced in Metro Manila, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal (Taytay, Cainta) and Quezon (Tiaong,Candelaria), […]
