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(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox on Friday, May 25, appealed the Bureau of Immigration order that affirmed the forfeiture of her missionary visa. Fox filed the appeal before the Department of Justice even if the BI said she only had one day to leave the Philippines following the issuance of the order. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said, however, that Fox could still file an appeal in the justice department. In its May order, the BI […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will visit South Korea from June 3 to 5. A statement from South Korea’s Blue House said its president Moon Jae-In and Duterte will have a summit on June 4. This would have been President Duterte’s first visit to South Korea, which only last month held a very successful summit with North Korea. During the summit, the two Koreas agreed to, among others, put an end to the Korea War which […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will sign into law a proposed national ID system. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who held a press conference on Friday, May 25. “This landmark bill is part of the legislative priority agenda of the Duterte administration to improve the delivery of government services; thus, once ratified, the President will sign this into law,” Roque said. The bicameral conference committee has approved a measure seeking for the same. […]
(Eagle News)–The commander of the Presidential Security Group has a new post. Brig. Gen. Lope Dagoy assumed the position as brigade commander of the 802nd Brigade based in Leyte. He replaced Brig. Gen. Francisco Mendoza Jr. The PSG is tasked to protect the President.
PARIS, France (AFP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that he was rolling out the privacy controls demanded by European regulators to Facebook users worldwide because “everyone cares about privacy”. Speaking at the VivaTech trade fair in Paris a day before new European data protection rules come into force Zuckerberg said Europe’s history had made its citizens particularly wary when it comes to data collection. “There are specific points about history in Europe. If […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Bam Aquino on Friday, May 25, urged the government to suspend the excise tax imposed on petroleum products. Aquino made the statement amid what he said was the surge in prices of goods, and after the Department of Energy said this was possible under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law. The DOE said, however, that such a suspension would only cover the excise taxes due for 2019. It was only possible, it […]
(Eagle News) — Tutuparin ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) ang layunin nitong tuluyan nang mawala ang iligal na droga sa taong 2022 bilang pagtalima sa utos ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino, apat na lalawigan pa lamang ang idineklara ng PDEA na ‘drug cleared,’ kasama rito ang Batanes, Biliran, Bohol at Southern Leyte. Ipinangako naman ni Aquino, bagaman mahihirapan ay tiniyak nya sa publiko na mayroon silang plano upang […]
(Eagle News)–National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said he “has a “reason to be optimistic” about the resumption of peace talks. He said this was “on the basis of the hard and productive work that the panels have already done in the form of back that the panels have already done in the form of back channel consultations, consensus building and bilateral drafting, unless the Duterte regime is once more […]
(Eagle News) — Naniniwala ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na hindi pa napapanahon na alisin ang martial law sa Mindanao, isang taon mula nang maganap ang Marawi siege. Ayon kay AFP Chief of Staff General Carlito Galvez Jr., hindi pa kailangang alisin ang Martial Law hangga’t hindi pa nahuhuli ang mga natitirang rebelde at nakukumpiska ang mga loose firearm. Sa ngayon, nasa 6,000 iligal na armas pa lamang ang naisusuko sa kanila, at […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa halos limangdaang (500) pribadong eskwelahan ang nakaambang magtaas ng kanilang matrikula para sa darating na School Year 2018-2019. Ayon kay Education Undersecretary Jesus Mateo, pwede pa itong madagdagan dahil sa ngayon ay anim na rehiyon pa lang ang nagbigay ng kanilang report kasama ang National Capital Region, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Caraga, Region 10 at Region 12. Samantala, hindi matiyak ni Mateo kung magkano ang idadagdag sa matrikula. Una nang sinabi ng DepEd […]
(Eagle News) — A career officer at the Department of Tourism was named as the officer-in-charge of the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) after the resignation of its chief operating officer actor Cesar Montano. Arnold Gonzales was unanimously chosen as OIC of the Tourism Promotions Board, a government-owned corporation attached to the Department of Tourism tasked to market and promote the Philippines domestically and internationally as a world-class tourism and MICE destination. Gonzales is a […]
(Eagle New) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned that he “might fire” another government official as soon as he got back from his Davao trip where he led the inauguration of Davao River Bridge widening project. He also mentioned that he had just fired Transportation Assistant Secretary Mark Tolentino for approaching his sister about a government project. “Sinabi ko naman sa inyo noon and people — baka hindi nila ako kilala, hindi taga-Davao, sinabi ko […]
