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(Eagle News) — If charges were to be filed against him in connection with the drug war, outgoing Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa said he would face them outright. “Handa ako, as I have said, I may sink or swim with my President, hindi ko siya iiwan,” Dela Rosa said. As of April 13, 19,086 drug offenders were arrested in 12,032 anti-illegal drugs operations since the PNP relaunched the campaign in early December […]
(Eagle News) –Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, April 16, stood by his decision not to sign the blue ribbon committee draft report that recommended the filing of charges against Former President Benigno Aquino III and others over the Dengvaxia mess. This was after Senator Richard Gordon, the panel chair, cited Lacson’s alleged ties with Aquino when asked to comment on Lacson’s opposition to the draft that also recommended the filing of charges against former Health […]
(Eagle News) — Former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre denied ordering his men to shred documents at the Justice department before leaving office. “If any shredding was done, I know nothing about it,” Aguirre said in a statement. In any case, in the first place, he said the shredding of documents was “regularly done in public and private offices.” “We can even surmise that it was done to get rid of unneeded … documents,” he said. […]
There should be a “more partial arbiter of truth,” Roque says (Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, April 16, cried foul over Facebook’s choice of Rappler and Vera Files as fact-checkers tasked to weed out fake news and misleading content in the platform. According to Roque, there should be a “more partial arbiter of truth” that will review stories on Facebook that have been flagged as dubious. In January, the Securities and Exchange Commission revoked […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Liberal Party including Vice President Leni Robredo drew flak from netizens after a picture of them happily posing at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, Germany circulated online. Apart from Robredo, Senator Francis Pangilinan, Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr., Quezon City Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte, Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao, Marikina Rep. Miro Quimbo and former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad were seen smiling at the monument meant to honor those […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs Secretary Francis Tolentino on Monday, April 16 defended the remarks of President Rodrigo Duterte that he will arrest the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the latter will insist in going to the country. In an interview with Net 25’s, “Sa Ganang Mamamayan,” Tolentino said the statement of the President to arrest the ICC official, Fatou Bensouda, has basis. He said that the ICC’s […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte may sign an executive order (EO) against contractualization or “endo” on or before May 1, according to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, April 16. Roque said the President wanted the EO “as soon as possible,” but a “final version” — a tripartite document — has yet to be “agreed upon” by labor, management and the government. “I would think that they would want a significant EO like this to […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring another incident of OFW abuse in Saudi Arabia and is coordinating with the authorities. The case concerns an overseas worker who was forced by her Saudi employer to drink household bleach. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah is closely monitoring the condition of Agnes Mancilla, a household service worker, who remains in serious but stable condition at the King […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakahanda na ang Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) sa pagdagsa ng mga pasahero ngayong bakasyon. Ayon kay Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Ed Monreal, inatasan niya ang mga local airline na bilisan ang pag-proseso sa mga pasahero at tiyakin na walang mangyayaring mahabang pila sa mga check in counter. Dapat din aniyang maglagay ng karagdagan air conditioning units’ para masiguro na komportable ang mga pasahero habang naghihintay ng […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa on Monday, April 16, thanked the police force for its support during his last flag-raising ceremony as the country’s top cop. Dela Rosa couldn’t help but turn emotional as he thanked his men who he said supported him for the past one year and nine months in Camp Crame. According to Dela Rosa even if there were obstacles, the police continued to […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Humiling ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ideklarang special non-working holiday ang May 14 kaugnay ng idaraos na Barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Batay sa inilabas na Resolution 10301, sinabi ng Comelec na dapat mabigyan ng oportunidad ang mga Filipino na magawa ang kanilang karapatan na makaboto. Ang resolusyon ay nilagdaan nina Comelec Acting Chairman Commissioner Al Pareno, at mga commissioners na sina Luie Guia, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Durerte on Saturday, April 14, assured that the government is taking steps to end the abuse on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East countries, after meeting with an overseas Filipino worker who was abused by her employer in Saudi Arabia. President Duterte met with Pahima Alagasi, who was scaled by the mother of her employer with boiling water four years ago. She returned home Friday, after staying […]
