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Admin complaints filed vs second batch of barangay chairs for alleged failure to set up anti-drug council

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Thursday, May 3, filed a second batch of cases against barangay officials who allegedly failed to set up a Barangay Anti-Drug-Abuse Council as required by the law. Charged with misconduct of office and dereliction of duty before the Office of the Ombudsman were Talabaan chairperson Luna Gracio; Mariposa chairperson Charles Guya; Lanang chairperson Caesar Castillo; Gumahang chairperson Rodolfo Tolero; Bagauma chairperson Emerson Fajel; Bulalacao chairperson Lourdes Arguilles; San Isidro chairperson […]

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President Duterte formally appoints Dela Rosa as new BuCor chief, Guerrero as new MARINA administrator

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has formally appointed retired Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa and retired Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Rey Leonardo Guerrero to new posts in government. Dela Rosa was appointed the new director general of the Bureau of Corrections, while Guerrero was appointed as the Maritime Industry Authority’s new administrator. Their terms will last until July 2022, appointment papers released by the Palace on Thursday, May 3, said. […]

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Palace sees no reason for Cayetano to resign

Roque says Cayetano “still enjoys trust, confidence” of President Duterte (Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, May 3, said there was no need for Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano to resign. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Cayetano, after all, “still enjoys the trust and confidence” of President Rodrigo Duterte. He said it should be Cayetano who should address the calls for resignation. “(But) as far as the Palace is concerned, there is no […]

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Lacson: Sotto to replace Pimentel as Senate president possibly within the year

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service There will be a new Senate president possibly within the year, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, May 3. In a press conference at the weekly Kapihan sa Senado, Lacson said Senate President Koko Pimentel would eventually replace Senate President Koko Pimentel, who has already said he was to make preparations for his Senate run in the 2019 elections. “I understand that there’s already an agreement or understanding between […]

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Valenzuela court dismisses cases vs suspects in P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess

(Eagle News)– A Valenzuela court has junked the drug cases filed against nine people in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. In dismissing the case for transportation and delivery of dangerous drugs against self-confessed fixer Mark Taguba II; alleged middlemen Manny Li and Kenneth Dong; import company owner Eirene May Tatad; Customs broker Teejay Marcellana; and  businessmen Chen I-Min, Jhu Ming Jhun, and Chen Rong Huan, Chen Ju Long, Judge Arthur Melicor of Branch 284  […]

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Comelec, pinaalalahanan ang mga botante na maging maingat sa pagsusulat sa balota

(Eagle News) — Nagpaalala ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa mga botante na maging ma-ingat sa pagboto sa barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections sa Mayo 14. Ayon kay Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez, marapat na tignang mabuti ng mga botante ang balota na kanilang gagamitin sa araw ng pagboto. Kasunod ito ng mga nakitang pagkakamali sa poll simulation na isinagawa noong Abril, kung saan ilan rito ang pagsusulat ng pangalan ng kandidato sa SK sa balota […]

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Cayetano rejects calls for him to resign; Calls just part of “politics,” he says

(Eagle News) – Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, May 2, dismissed calls for him to resign, saying they were only part of “politics.” “So the calls are normal, you know — politics — but I think kayo na mag- in this last year whether we stepped up or we’ve slacked off in taking care of concerns of our OFWs,” Cayetano told reporters after welcoming at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait […]

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Malacanang declares May 14 as special non-working holiday

(Eagle News) – Malacanang has declared May 14, the day of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, as a special non-working holiday. Based on the issued proclamation number 479 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, the special non-working holiday was declared  to give the public an opportunity to vote. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already submitted a request to the presidential office for election day to be declared a holiday.

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“Karaming madre diyan,” Duterte says on CBCP’s request for Australian nun Fox to be allowed to stay in PHL

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to have rejected the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ call for Australian nun Patricia Fox to be allowed to stay in the country. “Karaming madre diyan. May mga madre pa sa bukid,”  Duterte said on Wednesday, May 2, after he was reported to have met with lawyers from his alma mater San Beda College. The lawyers were allegedly asked by the CBCP to appeal the Bureau of Immigration’s […]

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Bong Go: Communications Secretary Andanar among those probed for questioned P60-million ad project

(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar will be among those being investigated in connection with the P60-million Department of Tourism advertisements placed in the PTV program of the brothers of Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo. This is according to Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, who spoke in a radio interview on Wednesday. “Sa ngayon po, inaalam pa po ng Malacañang iyong buong istorya at nag-aantay ho kami ng report dito, hindi naman masasabing […]

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Seguridad sa 51st ADB meeting, hinigpitan; PNP nagdeploy ng mahigit sa 7,000 na pulis

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magpapatupad ng mahigpit na seguridad ang Philippine National Police, kasabay ng annual meeting ng Asian Development Bank na isasagawa sa bansa. Ito na ang ikalimang pagkakataon na pangungunahan ng Pilipinas ang nasabing event, kung saan libu-libong delegado mula sa 67 na bansa ang inaasahang dadalo. Inaasahang tatagal ito ng apat na araw na magsisimula ngayon at matatapos sa Linggo, Mayo 6. Ayon kay PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde, nasa 7,500 na mga […]

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Expelled Ambassador to Kuwait Villa arrives in PHL

(Eagle News) — Ambassador Renato Villa returned to the Philippines on Wednesday, May 2. This was after he was expelled by the Kuwaiti government in protest of the Philippine embassy’s rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers there. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy administrator Arnel Ignacio said Kuwait deems the move illegal since Kuwaiti authorities were not informed about the same. According to Villa, he looked forward to the two countries working together “in securing and providing […]

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