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By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Several senators expressed different opinions about the Bureau of Immigration’s deportation order against Australian nun Patricia Fox. “The general rule is, if you are a foreigner, do not interfere in the domestic politics of the country that you are in…So, including Filipinos who are abroad, ‘wag rin tayong makialam sa mga kilos protesta sa kanilang bansa, kasi I am sure, kahit hindi ko pa nabasa ‘yung batas ng bansang […]
(Eagle News) — “Deeply disturbing.” This was how the Department of Foreign Affairs described Kuwait’s reported move to expel Philippine ambassador Renato Villa, and the recall of the Middle Eastern country’s representative in Manila. In a statement early Thursday, the DFA said “the action taken by the Kuwaiti government,” was, after all, “inconsistent with the assurances given by Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during his meeting with (Foreign Affairs) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano in […]
Also expels ambassador in Manila (Eagle News) –Kuwait is expelling Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa amid tensions arising over the treatment of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle Eastern country. News agency KUNA added Kuwait was also expelling its ambassador in Manila, even after the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs gave its assurance it would respect the country after it protested Philippine Embassy officials’ alleged illegal rescue of OFWs there, and their remarks that allegedly constituted […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte went on a verbal offensive against the West on Wednesday, April 25, before he was slated to leave for Singapore to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. In Maguindanao, the President railed at Western countries he said felt superior, and imposed their own values on ASEAN countries in particular. “Si President Widodo nagko-complain. Si Najib ganun rin. Ang Cambodia, iniipit nila. Prangkahan ko kayo. Sa ASEAN, except maybe Thailand, […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Solicitor General “denied for lack of merit” a request of a private citizen that the OSG also file a quo warranto petition against Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro. Solicitor General Jose Calida said that his office filed the quo warranto petition against Supreme Court Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno based on the evidence discovered during the impeachment hearings against her at the […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate would likely vote whether to push through with the impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court Chief justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno, in the event that the Supreme Court decides to remove her from office in the quo warranto case. Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, April 25, said he will consult the senators on this question – if they would still proceed with the impeachment trial in case of […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) warned the public that there will be an increase in power rates this summer season due to growing electricity demand amid the heat. Meralco said the tight supply of electricity was due to the outage of several large power plants this dry season. The power distributor said this led to an increase in the price of electricity in the wholesale electricity spot market. Last month, electricity rates […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang asked resort owners in Boracay Island to advance the 13th month pay of the employees affected by the six-month Boracay closure. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said he suggested this to establishment owners on their last Cabinet meeting. Roque said some owners had already agreed to the suggestion of giving advance 13th month pay to their employees. Some 35,000 employees will be reportedly affected by the six-month closure and rehabilitation of […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has made new appointments in several government agencies. Former Social Security System Commissioner Jose Gabriel La Viña, who was Duterte’s social media strategist in the 2016 elections, was appointed undersecretary of the Department of Tourism on April 24. La Viña’s stint as SSS chair was not extended by President Duterte in February after he allegedly requested for budgets for an advertising program and a social media project with him as TV host, among […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, April 25, stood by the Bureau of Immigration’s decision to order Australian nun Patricia Fox to leave the country. In a television interview, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said before the decision was made, a process was followed. “Hindi po dapat namumulitika at dahil nag-violate po siya ng terms and condition niya ay dapat siyang umalis ng Pilipinas,” he said. The BI on Wednesday announced the forfeiture of Fox’s visa which […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Australian nun Patricia Fox said it would question the Bureau of Immigration’s decision to forfeit her missionary visa, and order for her to leave. In a television interview, Jobert Pahilga, Fox’s counsel, said they would first file a motion for reconsideration with the BI. If the BI denies their motion, he said they would elevate the issue to the Court of Appeals, and then to the Supreme Court if […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has forfeited the missionary visa of Australian missionary Patricia Fox and ordered her to leave the country. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said this was after the BI’s board of commissioners (BOC), which he chairs, found her “to have engaged in activities that are not allowed under the terms and conditions of her visa.” Associate Commissioners J. Tobias Javier and Aimee Torrefranca -Neri are members of […]
