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(Eagle News)– Nasa 10.71 porsyento lamang o 25,602 mula sa 238,966 na kumuha ng pagsusulit ang nakapasa sa Career Service Professional examinations na isinagawa ng Civil Service Commission (CSC) nitong Marso 18. Mas mataas naman ng kaunti ang mga nakapasa sa Career Service Sub-Professional examination na nasa 11.20 porsyento o 4,573 na bilang ng mga pasado mula sa 40,821 na kumuha ng pagsusulit. Ayon sa CSC, ang Cordillera Administrative Region o CAR ang nakasungkit sa […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 23, confirmed the appointment of Sheriff Abas as chair of the Commission on Elections. No one in the plenary dissented to the confirmation of Abas, 39, who replaced Andres Bautista following his resignation over allegations of ill-gotten wealth against him. During questioning by the CA, Abas said that the Comelec was open to the conduct of hybrid elections in 2019, but that so […]
“Why honor” that day Marawi was attacked?, he asks (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend ceremonies to commemorate the first anniversary of the Marawi siege, his aide said on Wednesday, May 23. “Why honor (that day)?” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. According to Go, the President would much rather commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Marawi from terrorists in October. Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte might attend the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has expressed condolences to the family of Jastine Valdez, the 24-year-old Filipino student who was abducted and whose body was recently found in an old mine in Kilternan, south of Dublin, in Ireland. “We grieve with the loved ones of Jastine Valdez, someone so young and so full of promise, who was suddenly taken away from them. We join the rest of the Filipino Community in […]
(Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called on lawmakers to proceed with approving the Duterte administration’s proposed reforms on corporate taxation and the modernization of investment incentives, which comprise the government’s second tax reform package. In pushing for the passage of the next phase of the tax reform law, Dominguez said that TRAIN had been “unfairly blamed for the elevated inflation rate.” He said the impact on prices of the first […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang is satisfied with the progress in the projected rehabilitation and rebuilding of Marawi City as 70 percent of the residents have been given housing units by the government a year after the Marawi siege that devastated the Islamic city. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that so far, President Rodrigo Duterte is satisfied with the work of retired general Eduardo Del Rosario who heads the Task Force Bangon Marawi. “Buo […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Kitty and his two grandchildren with son Paolo have been administered the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. This was confirmed by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Tuesday, May 21. “May nagtanong kanina kung na-inject raw ba si Kitty at ‘yung dalawang anak ni Paolo, kinonfirm naman po ng mga nanay nila na positive po na-inject po sila,” Go said. Kitty’s mother is Honeylet Avancena, the President’s current partner. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Panfilo Lacson, the former Special Action Force officials who were implicated in the SAF fund mess were only “forced” to return the P37 million of the full amount. “Kung walang threat na magfifile sa Ombudsman, would they even think of returning or distributing? Mukhang hindi,” Lacson said in an interview with reporters on Tuesday, May 22, the same day his panel held a hearing on the controversy. Lacson noted that […]
(Eagle News) — The ten accused in the death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III have been ordered transferred to the Manila City Jail. The order to transfer Arvin Balag, Mhin Wei Chan, Axel Munro Hipe, Oliver John Audrey Onofre, Joshua Joriel Macabali, Ralph Trangia, Robin Ramos, Jose Miguel Salamat, Danielle Hans Mattew Rodrigo, and Marcelino Bagtang was issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 20. The ten have been currently […]
(Eagle News) — Jordan is giving the Philippines two Cobra helicopters. President Rodrigo Duterte made the announcement in a speech during the Philippine Navy’s 120th founding anniversary commemoration on Tuesday, May 22. In April, Duterte announced National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon had advised him to tone down his attacks against United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein because his cousin, Jordan’s King Abdullah, was willing to donate the helicopters. “We can never […]
(Eagle News) The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday, May 22, turned over two shipments of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and party drug “ecstasy” to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). The two drug shipments allegedly came from California, United States. They were seized last month at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). One of the drug shipments was discovered on April 23 inside a pillow. The pillow contained 344.50 grams of drugs addressed to a […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the deaths of two Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in a fire accident in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, May 20, expressing the department’s sympathies to their families. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, May 21, identified the two fatalities as Jessie Alata Pacetes and Reynaldo Barroga Castro, heavy equipment drivers and operators. They were killed at a fire in the construction site for road work […]
