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Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Iba ang karaniwang eksena sa headquarters ng AFP reserve command sa Kampo Aguinaldo tuwing araw ng Sabado. Ito kasi ang itinakdang araw ng kanilang training bilang mga laang kawal o reserve force ng AFP. Kasama na rito ang Basic Citizen Military Training at Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response. Sumasailalim din sila sa Combat Lifesaver course na ginagawa ng mga regular na sundalo. Sa kasalukuyan aabot sa 300,000 ang miyembro ng […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on finance, gave the assurance that the proposed P1.16 billion supplemental budget for Dengvaxia vaccinees would be passed before Congress adjourns this week. She said this was after the proposal was transmitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate. “Bago matapos ang session at mag-adjourn, magkakaroon tayo ng P1.16 billion para sa mga biktima ng Dengvaxia vaccine,” she told reporters, noting that the […]
(Eagle News) –The camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Monday, May 28, asked the Supreme Court sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to deny Vice President Leni Robredo’s request to for the manual vote recount to follow a 25 percent ballot shading threshold. In a two-page comment to Robredo’s petition, Marcos said it was “incumbent” upon the PET to “obey and abide by its own rules of procedure which mandate the application of […]
(Eagle News) — Binuksan na ng Judicial and Bar Council ang aplikasyon at nominasyon para sa mga bakanteng pwesto sa Court of Appeals at mga hukuman sa NCR, Region 6 at Region 8. Sa apat na pahinang abiso na ipinalabas ni Supreme Court Clerk of Court at JBC ex-officio Secretary Edgar Aricheta, may isang bakanteng pwesto para sa pagka-mahistrado ng Court of Appeals dahil sa pagkakatalaga kay dating CA Associate Justice Socorro Inting bilang Comelec […]
(Eagle News) — Tatanggap ang Department of Education (DepEd) ng karagdagang 75,000 na guro para maiwasan ang pagsisikip ng classrooms sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa darating na pasukan. Sinabi ni Education Undersecretary Jesus Mateo na ang kasalukuyang average teacher-student ratio ay 1:31 sa Elementary at Senior High School habang 1:36 naman sa Junior High School. Ipinunto rin ni Mateo na mas mataas pa ang teacher-student ratio sa mga paaralan sa urban areas tulad ng Metro […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday that it had received no reports of Filipinos casualties after a powerful storm hit Oman on Saturday, May 26. There were also no Filipinos listed among the missing, the DFA said. The Philippine Embassy in Muscat continues to monitor the situation in Salalah, Oman’s second largest city, and is in touch with members of the Filipino Community there, a department release said. Ambassador Narciso […]
(Eagle News) – United States ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Kim, was called up from his assignment in the country to lead the US delegation to the border truce village in Panmunjom between North and South Korea on Sunday, May 28, in preparation for the planned historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. This was according to a report by the Washington Post. Sung Kim, a former […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the suspension of three Pasay prosecutors for the release of suspects in the alleged smuggling of P3 million worth of jewelry at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Apart from the 60-day suspension, charges for gross neglect of duty, gross incompetence and inefficiency could be filed against Pasay Prosecutors Office officer in charge Benjamin Lanto, Inquest Prosecutor Clementine Villanueva, and Assistant Prosecutor Florencio dela Cruz. Deputy city prosecutor Dolores […]
(Eagle News)–Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Sunday, May 27, said he has ordered wage boards to study the effects of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law on workers in general. Bello made the announcement amid what some say was a surge in the prices of commodities and services as a result of the imposition of excise tax on fuel under the law in particular. “With or without petition, I gave an instruction or […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has started repairing a runway on Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea, a United States thinktank said on Saturday, May 26. According to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (Amti) of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, based on satellite images on May 17, there were two barges located at the island’s airstrip constructed years ago. “It appears that a grab dredger, consisting of a crane with a clamshell bucket, is installed […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Energy on Saturday, May 26, said it would recommend the suspension of excise tax on fuel if its price reaches $80 per barrel for three consecutive months. Energy Undersecretary Donato Marcos said in a radio dzbb interview that the recommendation, should it push through, would be given to the Department of Finance. In the meantime, he said they were monitoring gasoline stations, and were now requiring them to give a detailed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte may accept sacked Transportation Assistant Secretary Mark Tolentino’s public apology for violating the chief executive’s directive his name nor those of the members of his family should not be used for leverage, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. But according to Roque, the President “still needs to stand by” his order to sack Tolentino, a fraternity brother. “Siguro po ay mapapatawad niya kung humingi tawad, pero kinakailangan po na manindigan […]
