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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has already summoned Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh but failed to talk to him as he was already recalled by the Kuwaiti government. The DFA said that it had served a “diplomatic note” to the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Manila only to learn that Kuwaiti Ambassador had been “recalled to his capital for consultations.” In a statement, the DFA said it conveyed […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III bared on Thursday, April 26, the candidates the Nationalist People’s Coalition was likely to support in the 2019 elections. Included in the initial list were Senators Grace Poe, Nancy Binay, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Angara and Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetno. Also included were Senate President Koko Pimentel, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte and Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Sotto said Senator Bam Aquino would […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa mahigit na 2,700 na college students ng New Era University mula sa iba’t ibang kurso at NEU branch ng Batangas at Pampanga ang sumalang sa graduation ceremony nitong Miyerkules, Abril 25, na ginanap sa Philippine Arena sa Ciudad De Victoria sa Bulacan. Aypn kay Atty. Danilo Concepcion, presidente ng University of the Philippines, ang pagtatapos ng pag-aaral ay hindi ordinaryong yugto sa buhay ng isang tao. Ito aniya ang araw kung […]
(Eagle News) — A graduate from the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod topped the 2017 bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced on Thursday, April 26. Mark John Simondo garnered a rating of 91.05%, the highest among the 6759 who took the test in November. Only 25.5 percent, or 1724, passed the gruelling exams, the SC said. In second place was Christianne Mae Balili of the University of San Carlos (90.80%); in third, Camille Remorosa […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs will ask the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Philippines to explain why the Kuwaiti government is expelling Philippine ambassador Renato Villa who was declared as “unacceptable” in Kuwait. The DFA said this action by the State of Kuwait was “deeply disturbing” as it was allegedly “inconsistent with the assurances” given by Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during his meeting DFA secretary Alan Peter Cayetano in Manila […]
(Eagle News) — Handang-handa na umanong magtrabaho ang unang batch ng Senior High School na nagtapos ngayong Miyerkules, Abril 24 mula sa New Era University. Nasa 2,181 ang grumaduate ng Senior High School sa 43rd Commencement Exercises ng NEU na idinaos sa Philippine Arena sa Ciudad De Victoria. Sa mga grumaduate, 67 ay galing ng Lipa, Batangas branch habang 168 ang graduate ng Pampanga branch. Mahigit 1000 naman, o 1,946, ang nagtapos sa main branch […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Department of Justice to deny businessman Peter Lim’s motion seeking for the reinstatement of the Department of Justice’s panel of prosecutors’ resolution that dismissed the drug complaint against him and several others. The OSG, which represents the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, made the request in a comment to Lim’s motion for reconsideration of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s order “vacating” […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Only 25.55 percent out of more than 6,000 law graduates who took the 2017 Bar Exam have passed. According to court sources, only 1724 passed the 2017 bar exams taken by 6759 individuals. The sources said the top 1 of the bar exams got a 91.05 % rating, while the one in tenth place got an 88.4 % rating. The names of those who passed will be released around […]
(Eagle News) — Russia is being eyed as a new destination for Overseas Filipino Workers. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the statement on Wednesday, April 26. “Negotiations with (the) Russian Federation are ongoing….,” he said, noting that a technical working group was already looking at Russia’s labor market policies. Members of the TWG, Bello said, will meet to hopefully come up with a pact on the deployment of OFWs in Russia, where the labor […]
(Eagle News) — “Uncalled for and unwarranted.” This was how Senator Chiz Escudero described Kuwait’s moves to expel Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa, and to recall its Manila representative. In a statement on Thursday, April 26, Escudero said this was because they took place after President Rodrigo Duterte himself issued an apology over the rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers which Kuwait deemed illegal. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy administrator Arnel Ignacio said the rescue was a […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa was expelled from the Middle Eastern country because the Philippine embassy did not respond to the Kuwaiti government’s request that the names of the Filipinos who had “committed the offense of smuggling Filipina workers in three months” be delivered, a report said. The act of smuggling cited by the report published on KUNA was apparently made in reference to the Philippine embassy’s rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers […]
