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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his stand he was “not prepared to go to war” amid criticisms the Philippines was not doing enough to protect its claims in the South China Sea. “We just don’t have the capability..,” the President said in a speech at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command Headquarters at Camp Lapu-Lapu in Cebu City on May 1, Tuesday. According to Duterte, in the first place, America should […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Richard Gordon denied there was anything “political” in the Senate blue ribbon committee’s Dengvaxia report, which was filed on Monday, April 30. In a statement, Gordon said the aim of his panel’s investigation, after all, “has always been the protection of the children.” “Kaya tayo nag-imbestiga to protect the children and to insulate the DOH (Department of Health) from politics na nakakasama sa kalusugan ng ating bayan,” he said. He noted that […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to junk the petitions seeking a halt in the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law. In its more than 70-page consolidated comment, the OSG said the petitions filed by the Makabayan bloc and Laban Konsyumer Inc. were defective and did not have any merit. “The government and the public in general will greatly suffer […]
(Eagle News)—–Several labor groups called for an end to contractualization on Labor Day. The groups made the move following what they said was the government’s failure to address the issue even when it was one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign promises. On Labor Day, though, President Duterte signed an executive order strengthening the rights of workers to security of tenure, and putting an end to illegal contractualization, among others. He said this was what he […]
(Eagle News) – “Your days are numbered.” President Rodrigo Duterte said this as he ordered the Department of Labor and Employment to submit to him a list of all employers and companies engaged in illegal contractualization and sub-contracting, more popularly known as “endo.” He warned these companies and businesses which are circumventing labor laws through the so-called “endo” or “end of contract system” that government would go after them. “I also directed DOLE to […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate will push through with legislation that will strengthen the rights of workers to security of tenure. According to Senate President Koko Pimentel, who issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order to that effect on Tuesday, May 1, on Labor Day, it will be a priority bill of the Senate when it resumes session on May 15. “The EO, whatever is in there, is a guide […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed on Tuesday, May 1, the call for calm of a Kuwaiti official amid tensions between the Philippines and the Middle Eastern country, saying it would allow both countries to “move forward.” In a statement, Cayetano said Kuwait’s “gesture,” through Deputy Foreign Minister Nasser al-Subaih, “will allow us to hurdle the challenges we face.” Cayetano noted that Kuwait was “a country with which we have a shared history […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order stopping illegal contractualization, more popularly known as “endo,”including sub-contracting of workers, fulfilling a campaign promise to stop contractualization, and at the same time called on Congress to revise the existing Labor Code. Speaking during Labor Day celebrations in Cebu City, Duterte said the E.O. he had signed was what he could do, but stressed that this was “not enough.” “Well, I hope that with all that […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court has dismissed a Makati judge for gross ignorance of the law and gross misconduct when he downgraded the charges of the two men accused of the 2012 killing of a US Marine officer from murder to homicide allegedly without citing legal bases and by ignoring existing jurisprudence. In dismissing him in a 13-page decision, the SC said Judge Winlove Dumayas of the Makati City Regional Trial Court’s Branch 59 “acted with conscious indifference […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait stays until a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the minimum terms and conditions of employment of Philippine nationals in Kuwait is reached or signed. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Philippine and Kuwaiti officials are also continuing negotiations and talks on the matter, as he stressed that the Philippines was still trying to normalize ties with the Gulf […]
A senior Kuwaiti official on Monday sought to calm a crisis with the Philippines over the treatment of domestic workers in the oil-rich Gulf state. President Rodrigo Duterte in February prohibited workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in her employer’s freezer. The resulting row deepened last week after Kuwaiti authorities ordered Manila’s envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee […]
(Eagle News) — Senate officials want to investigate those behind the uploading in social media of the controversial rescue operation of distressed Filipino workers in Kuwait. This came about as some lawmakers said that officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs workers who were behind this should be fired. Senator Nancy Binay said she is planning to file a resolution seeking an investigation on the matter. “Baka maganda sa pagbalik namin sa Senado sa May […]
