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Adds some jobs not appropriate for them (Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, May 24, said he believes in the competence of women. Some jobs, however, he said, are not appropriate for them. “We grew up with a sort of mindset na sometimes prone to violence. Itong mga babae prim and proper man ‘yan. Isang tingin lang sa nanay niyan matunaw na yan tapos gawin mong pulis ipaaway mo dun sa [kriminal],” the President said. […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education has said it was ready for the opening of classes next month. DepEd Undersecretary for Planning and Field Operations Jess Mateo said in an interview over Net25’s Agila Balita on Thursday, May 24, that as early as January of 2018, they already called on parents and students to avail of the early registration for School Year 2018-2019. He said that late applicants can, however, still be accepted. “Pero […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service “Distractions, silly accusations, fake news.” This was how Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, described criticisms he should not hold the post of Senate president because of his alleged lack of qualifications. Sotto replaced Koko Pimentel, who stepped down after 15 senators signed a resolution seeking for a Senate reorganization and electing him as their new leader. Senator Gringo Honasan, who was one of the 15 who signed the […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, reiterated the proposal to revive the death penalty has more chances of being approved in the Upper House if it was to be limited only to those convicted of high-level drug trafficking. He said the same could not be said of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption proposal to include rebellion, terrorism and plunder on the list of crimes penalized by death. […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service House leaders have asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a measure that seeks to provide for a Bangsamoro Basic Law and to abolish the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In asking Duterte to make the certification on House Bill 6475, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and House Majority leader Rodolfo Farinas said they aimed to pass the measure on third reading “before the sine die adjournment of Congress on […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima urged the government to file charges against former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo, former Tourism Promotions Board chief Cesar Montano and some of their officials over “the apparent gross misuse of government funds” in the Department of Tourism. De Lima issued the statement after both Teo and Montano resigned over separate controversies. Teo stepped down after the Commission on Audit red-flagged the DOT’s placement of P60 million worth of […]
(Eagle News) — Inumpisahan na ng Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang paghahanda para sa ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Hulyo. Sinabi ni MMDA Special Operations Group Head Bong Nebrija, maaga nilang sinimulan ang paglilinis sa ilang daanan, kasama rito ang pagpapaluwag ng daan sa IBP road at ilan pang bahagi na maapektuhan ng mabigat na daloy trapiko dahil sa konstruksyon ng MRT-7. Ang nasabing hakbang ay isinagawa upang […]
(Eagle News) — Newly elected Senate President Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, said he wants his predecessor, Koko Pimentel, to head the chamber’s ethics panel. “I was thinking he would take over that committee..,” Sotto said at a weekly forum. According to Sotto, Pimentel “has the stature, his work ethics is impeccable.” He said, however, that he has not talked to Pimentel about the possibility yet. The Senate ethics panel is currently headed by […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbabala sa publiko si House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Karlo Nograles ukol sa mga pekeng Dengvaxia cards. Sa pagdinig kasi ng komite noong Martes, Mayo 22, ay sinabi ng Department of Health (DOH) na maging ang iniisyu nilang Dengvaxia cards ay pinepeke na rin. Ang Dengvaxia cards ay magsisilbing identification cards ng mga nabakunahan ng Dengvaxia at ito ang kanilang ipiprisinta sa mga ospital sakaling magkaroon ng anomang uri ng sakit. Batay […]
(Eagle News) — Progressive lawmakers on Wednesday, May 23, slammed the approval of a measure that seeks to put a national ID system in place. In a statement, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said “the bill might be a tool to “deprive basic social services and discriminate against those who do not have the ID once the law is implemented.” He added that it empowers the government to gather information of an individual that […]
(Eagle News) — Sinabi ni Senador Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Chairman ng Senate Committee on Public Order, na makakatulong ang National Identification Card System para mapadali ang transaksyon sa mga ahensya ng gobyerno. Mapapadali rin aniya ang pagresolba sa mga krimen o pagtugis sa mga kriminal. Pagtitiyak ni Lacson, may inilatag na safeguards ang Kongreso para protektahan ang mga indibidwal. Magiging tagapa- ingat ng mga impormasyon ang Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Nakasaad sa inaprubahang panukala na […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is seeking an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the Marawi siege, and into the status of Marawi City’s rehabilitation. Trillanes filed Senate Resolution 743 and Senate Resolution 742 on Wednesday, May 23, exactly a year after members of Maute and the Abu Sayyaf attacked the capital of Lanao del Sur in an alleged bid to establish an Islamic State caliphate. In filing Senate Resolution 743, Trillanes said […]
