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(Eagle News) – Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa retired from the police force on Thursday, April 19, after 36 years of “unsullied years of dedication” saying that he had tried his best to fulfill the mandate given to him to fight crime and illegal drugs. Dela Rosa, who was President Rodrigo Duterte’s police chief when he was still the mayor of Davao City, tearfully surrendered his badge as he became “citizen […]
(Eagle News) — The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission has a new commissioner. This time, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed the same lawyer who sought his disqualification from the presidential race in 2016. The appointment paper of Manuelito Luna Jr. of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption signed by President Duterte was dated April 17. The copy, however, was only made available to the media on Thursday, April 19. Luna represented Rizalito David when he sought for the […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Koko Pimentel on Thursday, April 19, released a list of individuals being considered for the senatorial ticket of ruling party PDP-Laban for the 2019 midterm elections. Among those being considered, Pimentel said, were re-electionist Senators Sonny Angara, Grace Poe, Cynthia Villar, JV Ejercito and Nancy Binay. Also being considered were Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Reps. Ace Barbers, Albie Benitez, Carlo Nograles, Geraldine Roman, Rey Umali and Pia Cayetano. […]
(Eagle News) — Newly installed Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde wants police provincial and city directors to conduct surprise inspections in the police stations within their areas of jurisdiction. “As much as I enjoy conducting surprise inspections, I may not be able to reach all of our 2,766 police stations nationwide,” Albayalde said during PNP change of command ceremonies on Thursday, April 19. He said he “expect(s) our Provincial and City Directors to conduct […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Health Secretary Francisco Duque III was named a respondent in a new criminal case filed in connection with the Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Duque, named respondents in the cases filed for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and for violation of the anti-torture law by Ariel Hedia of Barangay Bayanan, Muntinlupa City were former Health Secretary Janette Garin, over 30 Department of Health officials and officers of Sanofi Pasteur, the drug manufacturer; […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named Court of Appeals Justice Socorro Inting commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Inting, who replaced Commissioner Arthur Lim who retired in February, will serve until February 2, 2025. Inting, who was also a prosecutor, comes from Davao, like the President. Inting’s appointment comes as the Comelec gears up for the May barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
(Eagle News) — Ang legal services industry ang top-paying job para sa mga fresh graduate sa bansa noong nakaraang taon. Batay sa report ng online employment platform na JobStreet Philippines, ang mga fresh graduate sa legal services industry na kinabibilangan ng legal researchers, legal secretaries at paralegals ay nakakatanggap ng sahod na Php 27,355 pesos kada buwan. Sinundan ito ng Public Relations o Communications jobs at ikatlo ang Journalism. Kabilang din sa iba pang top-paying […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer sign an executive order that will end contractualization, the Palace said on Thursday, April 19. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President was adopting Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s position that the matter be left up to Congress instead. Labor groups waiting for the EO to be signed have threatened to hold protests on Labor Day. Earlier, Roque said the President wanted an EO that would […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila de Lima reiterated on Thursday, April 18, that the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno should be quashed for lack of jurisdiction. In their four-page manifestation filed before the Supreme Court, Trillanes and De Lima, through their lawyers, said the “hostile environment for adjudicating the present case has clouded the jurisdictional issue they raised in their opposition-in-intervention.” On April 4, Trillanes and […]
(Eagle News) — Nagkaloob ang Iglesia Ni Cristo ng libreng serbisyong medical at dental sa mga inmate ng Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) sa lalawigan ng Catanduanes. Partikular na rito ang Virac at San Andres District Jails. Ang mga inmate ay napagkalooban ng libreng konsultasyon at binigyan din sila ng mga libreng gamot gaya ng vitamins upang maiwasan ang pagkakasakit sa loob ng bilangguan. Ang ilang inmate ay nagpabunot din ng ngipin sa […]
(Eagle News) – “The call to impeach the Chief Justice did not originate from the Executive.” This was how Malacanang rebuked the move of various lawyers’ groups to submit a report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego Sayan, complaining about President Rodrigo’s remarks against Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., also noted that Sereno’s fellow justices in the Supreme Court […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has appealed the Presidential Electoral Tribunal’s decision to use the 50 percent threshold in the manual recount of 2016 vice presidential votes in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest. Robredo said in her April 18 urgent motion for reconsideration that the PET’s resolution dated April 10 “should be reversed and set aside” as the tribunal was “aware” of the 25 percent […]
