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(Eagle News) — Chief Justice-on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno said she has sought the inhibition of Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro from the quo warranto case filed against her. Sereno made the revelation in a statement on Friday, April 6, two days after she already filed a motion for inhibition against Associate Justices Noel Tijam, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Francis Jardeleza. According to Sereno, in the 30-page motion filed through her lawyers […]
(Eagle News) – The plunder case filed against former immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles, and retired police officer Wenceslao “Wally” Sombero Jr. was re-raffled to the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division on Friday, April 6. This was after the Sandiganbayan en banc approved on Thursday the inhibition from the case of Fourth Division chairperson Associate Justice Alex Quiroz. Quiroz made the move after admitting one of the accused was an “acquaintance.” The Sixth Division […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping are slated to hold a bilateral meeting when he visits China. According to Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for International Economic Affairs Manuel Antonio Teehankee, the meeting is slated on April 10. The President is slated to leave for China to attend the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan province on April 9. “At the bilateral meeting, this may come up as well,” Teehankee said when asked if the South China […]
(Eagle News) — “Bring back” the justice department’s “dignified image.” This, according to incoming Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, was the instruction given to him by President Rodrigo Duterte. Guevarra made the revelation in a text message to reporters on Friday. “The President seldom sees me, yet he entrusts such a sensitive position to me. I’m overwhelmed with such confidence,” Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, he would “wind up for a few days” in the Office […]
(Eagle News) –Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for the “trust and confidence” he said he gave him during his stint as justice secretary in his first-ever statement after his resignation was announced by the chief executive. Aguirre was, however, mum about why he resigned in the first place. Instead, he thanked the “undersecretaries, assistant secretaries and the other officials of the DOJ and all of the agencies under the DOJ family for welcoming […]
(Eagle News) — Aegis Juris fraternity member John Paul Solano has pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against him in connection with the death of University of Sto. Tomas law freshman Horacio Castillo III in September last year. The Department of Justice said Solano gave the plea for the perjury and obstruction of justice charges during his arraignment in the Manila Metropolitan Trial Branch 14 on March 21. It was Solano who said he […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Incoming Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said he would focus on internal cleansing in the PNP once he assumes the post on April 18. In a television interview on Friday, Albayalde said he would “put responsibility on the ground” so that if commanders did not discipline their men, “merong kalalagyan sila.” “Mangilan ngilan lang naman sila (police scalawags),” Albayalde said. So far, he said he does not have […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inanunsyo ng Department of Education ang pagpapalawig ng senior high school voucher program application para sa susunod na School Year. Layon nitong bigyang-daan ang mga nais makahabol sa pagsusumite ng mga kaukulang dokumento ng mga estudyanteng nakakumpleto ng Grade 10 at nais magtuloy sa Senior High School level. Hinimok nila ang lahat ng mga interesado na maaaring magsumite sa pamamagitan ng kanilang website na ovap.deped.gov.ph hanggang Abril 27.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Wala umanong dahilan para mag-inhibit ang apat na mahistrado ng Korte Suprema sa gagawing oral arguments ukol sa inihaing quo warranto case laban kay Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Ayon kay Attorney Larry Gadon, complainant sa impeachment laban kay Sereno, walang grounds para mag-inhibit sina Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Francis Jardeleza, Noel Tijam at Lucas Bersamin na sinasabing hindi magiging patas sa pagdedesisyon sa usapin. Una rito hiniling ng kampo […]
(Eagle News) — The United States Embassy and its affiliate offices will be closed to the public on Monday, April 9. The US Embassy said this was in observance of Araw ng Kagitingan. The embassy and its affiliate offices will resume services on Tuesday, April 10.
Duterte also asked traders to bring down price of rice sold in market, source says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the abolition of the National Food Authority Council. Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said in a radio interview on Friday that the President gave the order in a meeting with rice traders on Thursday. According to Piñol, the NFA and other agencies that have to do with agriculture will be transferred to the […]
If abuses are committed, they “cannot claim immunity from having to account for them,” Poe says (Eagle News) — Three senators hailed Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s resignation, with one saying it only proves no one is safe in President Rodrigo Duterte’s official family. “Pwede kang ma-endo anytime by the President…Whether the exit was graceful or unceremonious, one thing is also certain — the actions undertaken by the resigned official while in office can be assessed […]
