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Pangulong Duterte, nakipagpulong sa mga mambabatas at Transition Commission para sa BBL

(Eagle News) — Nakipagpulong si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga mambabatas at sa transition group na gumawa ng panukalang Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, magkahiwalay na kinausap ni Pangulong Duterte sina Senate President Vicente Sotto III, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez at ang Bangsamoro Transition Commission para sa pagtalakay sa proposed measure. Gayunman, hindi na idinetalye ni Roque ang napag-usapan sa nasabing mga pulong. Kasunod ito ng paghimok ng mga mambabatas […]

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DOLE sa Regional Wage Boards: Pag-aralan kung napapanahong itaas ang minimum wage

(Eagle News) — Pinapaaral na ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa mga Regional Wage Board kung napapanahon na ba ang pagtaas sa minimum wage sa lahat ng rehiyon sa bansa. Ito’y sa harap na rin ng pagtaas sa presyo ng mga bilihin. Pero agad dumipensa ang kagawaran na maliit na porsyento lang ang epekto ng Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. Paliwanag ng National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), ang inflation […]

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Duterte signs Ease of Doing Business Act

Also signs measure seeking to convert Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology into a state university into law (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, May 28, signed into law Republic Act No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act. The Palace has yet to release a copy of the law, but Duterte said in a speech it is hoped that the measure will “solve the perennial problem of bureaucratic […]

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PNP nakaalerto na sa pagbubukas ng klase sa Lunes; Insidente ng bullying pwede nang isumbong

(Eagle News)– Puspusan na ang ginagawang pagbabantay ng Philippine National Police (PNP) bilang paghahanda sa nalalapit na pasukan sa susunod na Lunes, Hunyo 4. Ayon sa direktiba ni PNP Chief Dir. Oscar Albayalde, dalawang PNP personnel aniya ang dapat na naka-deploy sa bawat eskwelahan at isang police assistance desk ang nakalagay sa bawat school clusters. Simula pa lamang sa Sabado, Hunyo 2, ay naka-alerto na ang mga kapulisan upang tiyakin ang seguridad ng mga estudyanteng magbabalik […]

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UPDATED: President Duterte fires gov’t corporate counsel Jurado

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has fired government corporate counsel Rudolf Philip Jurado. Duterte made the announcement after the signing of the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act on Monday, May 28. “May I call the Government Corporate Counsel now? Are you in this (room)? Nandito ka? Kasi kung nandito ka, lumabas ka. You are fired,” Duterte said. “So you are just (like) Pagcor operating an independent entity with the same powers. […]

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UPDATED: Muntinlupa court rejects De Lima’s request she be allowed to attend son’s grad rites

(Eagle News) — A Muntinlupa court has rejected Senator Leila de Lima’s request for her to be allowed to attend her son’s graduation on June 3. In rejecting her urgent motion to attend the rites of Vincent Joshua De Lima Bohol, Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz said  the senator, who is facing drug-related charges, could not be treated differently from “other prisoners whose liberty is curtailed, pending the final resolution of their […]

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Amid rise in prices of commodities, NFA says prices of its imported rice to remain unchanged

(Eagle News) — The National Food Authority on Monday, May 28, said the prices of its imported rice that will be delivered to markets by June 5 will remain unchanged. In an interview over Radyo Agila, NFA spokesperson Rex Estoperez said the P27 up to P32 per kilo price range was in compliance with a  directive from President Rodrigo Duterte. He made the statement amid the rising prices in commodities which critics attribute to the […]

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DTI to public: Avail of goods in grocery stores, supermarkets to ensure purchase of products sold at SRPs

(Eagle News) — The Department of Trade and Industry on Monday, May 28, urged the public to avail of basic goods and commodities in grocery stores and supermarkets. In an interview over Radyo Agila, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said these establishments, after all, sell these goods at the suggested retail prices (SRPs) set by the agency. Lopez said this was based on the reports provided by DTI personnel who were deployed to those stores to monitor the prices […]

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BTC members, Congress leaders to meet with President Duterte on BBL

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will meet Congress leaders and members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission to discuss ways on how to reconcile contentious provisions in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law. According to House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, apart from him, Congress leaders to be present in the meeting later on Monday, May 28, were Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Senate President Tito Sotto III and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri. “Yung mga contentious portions, we agreed […]

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DOLE releases list of Top 20 labor-only contracting firms

(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment on Monday, May 28, released its list of Top 20 labor-only contracting companies. According to DOLE, Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) had the most contractual employees, with 14,990 workers. It was followed by Dole Philippines, Inc., with 10,521 workers; the Philippine Long Distance Telephone with 8,310 workers; Philsaga Mining Corporation, with 6,524; and General Tuna Corporation, with 5,216 workers, Sumi Philippines Wiring Systems Corporation was next on the list, with 4,305 […]

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Senator Pangilinan urges Calida to resign over allegations of conflict of interest

(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Pangilinan on Monday, May 28, called for the resignation of Solicitor General Jose Calida amid reports the security agency of his wife bagged contracts in at least four government agencies since he assumed the post in 2016. “If (Tourism) Secretary Wanda Teo resigned because the DoT/PTV 4 favored her Tulfo brothers’ TV production company to the tune of P60 million worth of government contracts(Calida), the lawyer of the government, should […]

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Roque defends Calida; says SolGen does not exercise “management powers” in security agency that bagged contracts with some gov’t agencies

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, May 28, defended Solicitor General Jose Calida from allegations of conflict of interest after the security firm allegedly owned by his wife was reported to have bagged contracts with at least four government agencies after he assumed office in 2016. According to Roque, “I think mere stock ownership is not prohibited for as long as you declare it in your (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net […]

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