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(Eagle News) — Over 1,000 successful bar candidates are set to take their oath as new lawyers at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Friday, June 1. The 1,719 who will be sworn in are composed of those who passed the 2016 bar exams but were unable to take their oath last year, and some of those who passed the 2017 bar exams. Over 1000, or 1,724 out of 6,748 law graduates passed […]
(Eagle News) — Nanindigan si National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon na hindi na kailangan pang maghain ng diplomatic protest ang Pilipinas laban sa China. Kamakailan, napaulat ang paglapag ng long range bomber ng China sa Woody Island na nasa West Philippine Sea na nagdulot ng pangamba sa ilan. Ayon kay Esperon, hindi dapat maalarma ang publiko dahil bahagi lamang umano ng drill ang ginawa ng China. Pero giit ng opisyal, hindi ibig sabihin na wala […]
(Eagle News) — Inilunsad ng Bureau of Treasury ang makabagong paraan ng pag-iinvest sa tinatawag na Retail Treasury Bonds (RTB). Ito na ang dalawampu’t isang issuance ng RTB ng Philippine government at kauna-unahan ito ngayong 2018. Sa halagang P5,000 pesos maaari nang makapag-invest ang sinuman. Bukod sa pansariling kapakanan na investment ay malaking tulong din anila ang RTB dahil nakakatulong ang isang investor sa mga pangunahing proyekto ng gobyerno tulad na lamang ng infrastructure program. […]
(Eagle News) — “Why should I?” Solicitor General Jose Calida had this to say amid calls for him to resign over alleged conflict of interest stemming from his family’s security company bagging ₱261.39 million worth of contracts with various government agencies. “Did I commit graft? No, I did not,” Calida said in an interview on CNN Philippines aired on Thursday, May 31. According to Calida, he resigned as president and chairman of Vigilant Investigative and Security […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police will deploy Special Action Force mobile training teams who will train new police recruits to regional police offices. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said this was if the SAF training school in Sta. Rosa, Laguna could no longer accommodate the police recruits who are now required to undergo the basic internal security operation course. It was Albayalde himself who made the training compulsory for […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras on Thursday, May 31, said he was considering filing charges against Akbayan party-list Rep. Tom Villarin. Paras made the statement after Villarin urged his fellow lawmakers to ban Paras from the premises of the Lower House. Villarin made the call after accusing Paras of stealing his cellphone within the House premises in March, allegedly to get information from the gadget that could be used against Senator Risa Hontiveros. […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, May 31, lauded the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. “We are pleased that both houses passed their respective versions of the BBL. The certification was a signal that the President considers the BBL as absolutely indispensable in the search for peace in Mindanao,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He said Malacanang was also “pleased that both houses of Congress […]
(Eagle News) — “A big fat lie.” This was how Solicitor General Jose Calida described the allegations he had a mistress and diverted 1.8 million in public funds to her. Speaking to CNN Philippines, Calida said the complainant herself has admitted the she has no evidence to back up any of her claims. He was apparently referring to Jocelyn Marie Acosta Niperos, who filed a complaint for graft, malversation of funds and misconduct before the […]
(Eagle News) — Former PhilHealth president Alex Padilla on Thursday, May 31, denied he diverted P10.69 billion intended for senior citizens. In an interview over GMA’s News to Go, Padilla said his August 2015 request for the release of the same to fund the construction of rural health facilities instead was not acted upon by the Department of Budget and Management then headed by Secretary Butch Abad in the first place. In fact, he said […]
(Eagle News) — Inaasahang sa 3rd quarter ng taon isasagawa ang susunod na Bilateral Consultative Mechanism sa pagitan ng China at Pilipinas. Ayon kay Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago Sta. Romana, wala pang eksaktong petsa pero posible aniyang isagawa ito sa Agosto o Setyembre. Inaasahan aniyang mapag-uusapan ng dalawang bansa ang progress report ng resulta sa panel study hinggil sa gas cooperation sa West Philippine Sea. Noong Pebrero nang isagawa ng Pilipinas at China […]
(Eagle News)- Pinag-aaralan ngayon ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at ng Department of Agriculture (DA) ang posibilidad ng paglalagay ng suggested retail prices o SRPs sa mga pangunahing produktong agrikultural. Ayon kay Agriculture Undersecretary Ariel Cayanan, ang paglalagay ng SRPs sa mga nasabing produkto ay pinagsamang inisyatiba ni Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez at ni Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol. Layunin ng inisyatibang ito na protektahan ang mga mamimili laban sa mga nagpapatubo at sa […]
(Eagle News) — Tumatanggap na ang Social Security System (SSS) ng online retirement application mula sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) at voluntary members na sisenta (60) anyos pataas sa pamamagitan ng kanilang website www.sss.gov.ph . Sinabi ni SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Dooc na simula Mayo 10, 2018 ay maaari nang gamitin ng mga OFW at voluntary members ang online web facility para mas mapabilis at mapadali ang pagsusumite ng kanilang retirement […]
