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(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Sunday, May 13, that it has remitted P548.3 million to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) that will help augment the funds needed for the implementation of government priority projects. The amount, which came from the excess verification fee and interest collected by the 29 Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs), was an increase of P110.044 million from the 2017 remittance of P438.256 million, said DOLE’s Financial […]
(Eagle News) — Umakyat na sa 33 ang bilang ng mga namamatay ngayong panahon ng eleksyon. Ito ang inanunsyo ni Philippine National Polcie Chief Oscar Albayalde sa isinagawang news briefing sa Camp Crame nitong Lunez, ika-14 ng Mayo. Inihayag naman ng opisyal na nakapagtala na ng 36 na election-related violent incident mula ng magsimula ang election period. Pito aniya rito ang kumpirmadong election-related violent incidents. “This is lower compared to the 2013 elections of 109 […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigpit na seguridad ang ipinatutupad sa loob at labas ng Daniel R. Aguinaldo High School sa Matina, Davao City kung saan boboto ngayong araw si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ito ang tiniyak ng principal ng eskuwelahan na si Arlene Pernes, dahil sa inaasahang pagdagsa ng mga tao upang masilayan si Pangulong Duterte. Ayon kay Pernes, nakahanda na ang crowd control sa oras na dumating na ang Pangulo para bumoto. Inilabas na rin ang […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 14, said there were no reports of poll hitches in Metro Manila so far. “But we are continuing to monitor all of the other places,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a press briefing at the Comelec command center in Manila. According to Jimenez, so far, in Maguindanao, “we are good.” All polling centers were also open in Basilan and Sulu. As for Regions 1, Caraga […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reminded employers to strictly observe “pay rules” for workers for the May 14 special non-working holiday. The reminder was contained in Labor Advisory No. 8 Series of 2018 issued by DOLE Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad. If an employee did not work, the “no work, no pay” principle shall apply unless there is a company policy granting payment on a special day, DOLE said. If working […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has condemned the suicide bomb attacks at three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia on Sunday, May 13 that killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens. “The Philippines strongly condemns these criminal acts that were carried out against innocent churchgoers,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement. “We join the people of Indonesia in mourning those who lost their lives in the terrorist bombings of several churches in Surabaya […]
(Eagle News)—-Precincts across the country opened on Monday, May 14, to allow Filipinos to vote in the twice-delayed Sangguniang Kabataan and barangay elections. The Commission on Elections said the precincts opened around 7 a.m. The New Era Elementary School in Dasmariñas, Cavite opened its doors around that time to voters who were eagerly waiting to cast their votes. At the Las Piñas City Science High School, a huge board containing the list of precincts and […]
(Eagle News)—Former Senate President Edgardo Angara passed away on Sunday, May 13. He was 83 years old. According to his son, Senator Sonny Angara, his father died of an “apparent heart attack.” “We are still arranging funeral arrangements for my father, but will keep everyone posted too,” he said. The older Angara served as Senate President from 1993 to 1995, during the administration of then-President Fidel Ramos. Under the Duterte administration, he was appointed […]
(Eagle News)–House justice committee chair Rep. Rey Umali said he would move to stop impeachment proceedings against Maria Lourdes Sereno. “Ako, ‘yan ang posisyon na ibibigay ko sa Rules Committee na tuldukan na natin ito,” Umali said in an interview over dzbb on Sunday, May 13. According to Umali, it would be “worse” if there would be a vote in the House on the committee report and articles of impeachment against Sereno, and if these […]
(Eagle News) — In its landmark decision against Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Supreme Court explained when a quo warranto petition can be resorted to against public officials, and made a distinction between the legal resort and impeachment, which some have argued was the only constitutional way to remove an impeachable official like the Chief Justice. In its 153-page decision, the Supreme Court said a quo warranto petition “as a remedy to oust a public official” […]
(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Samuel Martires denied Maria Lourdes Sereno’s allegations he “faith-shamed” her during oral arguments on the quo warranto petition filed against her. “Basahin man nang pabali-baliktad ang mga tanong ko noong oral argument, maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw na wala akong sinabi na o binigkas na salita na nagpapahiwatig na ‘baliw’ si Gng. Sereno dahil sa kaniyang masidhing paniniwala sa Panginoon,” Martires said in his 47-page concurring opinion. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Saturday, May 12, said there could be a “constitutional crisis” with the Supreme Court decision to declare the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice nullified. According to Pimentel, this would happen if “in the eyes of the SC,” Sereno was no longer the Chief Justice, but in the eyes of Congress, this was not the case. He said the next steps of the House of […]
