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(Eagle News) — The ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers stays despite a Kuwait court conviction of a couple believed responsible for the death of Joanna Demafelis. This is according to Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who held a press conference on Monday, a day after the court sentenced Nader Essam Assaf and his Syrian wife to death by hanging for the crime that has led to a souring of diplomatic relations […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Former Senator Bongbong Marcos said ballots from four clustered precincts of Bato, Camarines Sur were “wet,” which meant someone could have opened the boxes recently. “Basa. So hindi magamit. Hindi namin maintindihan papano, imposible naman siguro na dalawang taong basa yan…Palagay ko, kailangan talaga pag aralan kung paano nangyari yan,” Marcos said after visiting the site where the initial recount of ballots from three pilot provinces— Camarines Sur, Iloilo […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Seven people have been killed in anti-drug operations conducted from March 28 to April 1. Based on Philippine National Police records, four were killed in Region 3, one in Region 4A, one in Region 12 and another in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Over 800, or 811, were arrested during the 505 operations conducted, with 333 arrests coming from the National Capital Region Police Office. During the holidays, […]
(Eagle News)—A group of youth leaders called for the removal of Assistant Communications Secretary Mocha Uson, calling her a “threat to the security” of those opposed to the government. Student leaders of Akbayan Youth— Samantha Julia Eala, Raymond John Naguit, Misha Borbon, Roman Romero, Basilio Enrique Claudio, Jonathan Austria, Angel Ruben Roxas, Hernan Delizo, Kisha Beringuela, among others—filed charges of grave misconduct, serious dishonesty and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service against Uson […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagtipun-tipon ang mga tagasuporta ni Dating Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., sa harap ng Korte Suprema na tumatayong Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) para sa unang araw ng manual recount ng election protest laban kay Vice President Leni Robredo. Hindi bababa sa 200 tagasuporta ni Marcos ang nagtungo sa harap ng gate ng Supreme Court suot ang pulang t-shirt. Bukod sa mga tagasuporta naroon din si Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos […]
(Eagle News) — Pinatututukan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) sa mga magulang ang mga aktibidad ng kanilang mga anak lalo na ngayong bakasyon. Sinabi ni PNP Spokesman Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao na mayroong napapaulat na student organizations na konektado sa Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). Ginagamit aniya ng mga rebelde ang mga summer activities sa pag-recruit ng mga estudyante. Ayon sa PNP, namataan ang ilang college students na kasama ng mga miyembro […]
(Eagle News)–The State Prosecutors and Prosecution Attorneys Association Inc. (SPPAAI) expressed “alarm” over the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission’s request to place under preventive suspension the prosecutors who dismissed the charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others. In a statement, the group said the act of requesting to also file administrative charges against Assistant State Prosecutor Michael John Humarang, officer in charge-Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Rassendel Rex Gingoyon, Acting Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan, and former Assistant State Prosecutor […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inalerto ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ang mga local financial institutions kasunod ng cyber attack sa Malaysian Central Bank. Ayon kay BSP Governor Nestor Espenilla, inilabas nila ang isang general alert reminder matapos na makatanggap sila ng advisory mula sa Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) na kailangan maging mas maingat sa long holiday sa bansa. Iginiit ni Espenilla na ang “information sharing” na ito ay bahagi ng kanilang pinaigting na […]
(Eagle News)– Vice President Leni Robredo’s camp on Sunday expressed confidence the results of the manual recount that is slated to start on Monday will only affirm that she was the winner in the 2016 vice presidential elections. “Kumpiyansa kami at walang dapat ikatakot sa magiging resulta ng recount dahil walang dudang si (Robredo) naman talaga ang nanalo noong 2016 elections,” lawyer Romulo Macalintal said in a statement. He said the recount would also prove […]
(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has filed a bill to ensure the protection of what she said were the rights of “human rights defenders.” De Lima said Senate Bill 1699 was filed after the “obsessive attacks against” the “concepts and principles”of “human rights defenders” like herself, “led by no less than the President himself.” Under the measure, she said the rights of these “defenders” include their right to seek and receive information, their […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — A Kuwaiti court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death by hanging over the murder of a Filipina maid, a judicial source said. The court issued the sentence in the first hearing in the case of Joanna Demafelis, the 29-year-old maid whose body was found in a freezer in Kuwait earlier this year. The sentencing can still be appealed if the couple returns to […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is open to resuming peace talks with the communist rebels, Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Zarate said on Sunday. In a radio interview, Zarate said the President made the pronouncement during a meeting with officials of the Royal Norwegian Government, the third party in the negotiations, in Davao. He said this was after members of the House committee on peace, reconciliation and unity met with Idun Tvedt, the new special envoy for […]
