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JBC says SC acting chief justice Carpio submitted complete SALNs, disproving Sereno’s claim

  (Eagle News) – The Judicial and Bar Council issued a certification that Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio had submitted all the required Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) contrary to the claim of on-leave Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Sereno, in her comment to the quo warranto petition filed against her before the tribunal, claimed that Carpio was among the associate justices and other lawyers who were listed as applicants […]

“I’m very happy,” Castillo’s mother says following surrender of 10 accused in her son’s death

(Eagle News) — The mother of  Horacio Castillo III on Friday welcomed the voluntary surrender of the 10 accused in his death in September last year. ” I’m very happy they surrendered. They are facing the (consequences of) the crime they committed,” she said in an interview over CNN Philippines. According to her, she wanted to see the 10 young men in jail. She said they, after all, “disregarded the life of (her) son.” “You know, […]

Napoles to Sandiganbayan: A BJMP search team harassed me

(Eagle News) — Janet Lim Napoles has accused a raiding team of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of harassment. Napoles made the accusation in an attempt to convince the Sandiganbayan, where she faces a plunder case in connection with the pork barrel scam, that  she needed to be moved to a safehouse from Camp Bagong Diwa where she is detained. According to the undated incident report submitted by Napoles, the incident took place […]

President Duterte approves NFA proposal to import 250,000 metric tons of rice

https://youtu.be/OTpTGHuMY9I QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte gave the green-light signal to the proposal of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council to import 250,000 metric tons of rice. According to Jonas Soriano, Deputy Executive Director of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, the move is to increase the current NFA rice inventory or buffer stock. “Even with the sufficient supply of rice for the entire country to date, the NFA management is […]

Palace open to listen to Vitangcol’s testimony on MRT mess

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that the Palace is open to listen to the testimony of former Metro Rail Transit (MRT) general manager Al Vitangcol III on the allegation of corruption in the controversial P3.8-billion deal for the maintenance of the MRT-line 3. Roque revealed that he had a meeting with undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Procurement Reinier Paul Yebra regarding this. He said that the statement of Vitangcol could help the government to […]

Argosino, Robles indicted over P50-million extort try

(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has  indicted former immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles after they allegedly attempted to extort P50 million from businessman Jack Lam last year. Apart from Argosino and Robles, Wally Sombero faces  one count for violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, direct bribery and Presidential Decree No. 46. PD No. 46 sanctions government officials who receive gifts from private individuals. Argosino and […]

PMO remits over P17 million to national treasury at onset of 2018

(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance (DOF) Privatization and Management Office (PMO) has remitted over P17 million to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) in the first month of 2018. In a statement on Friday, the finance department said the amount of P17,399,864.03 was remitted in the form of a LandBank cheque, based on the report of PMO chief privatization officer Atty. Gerard Chan to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. Of the amount, the DOF […]

10 accused in Castillo’s hazing death were “emotional” when they surrendered — NBI agent

(Eagle News) — The 10 accused in the hazing death of Horacio Castillo III were “emotional” when they were turned over by their parents to National Bureau of Investigation agents in Manila. This is according to Danilo Miany, executive officer of the NBI’s Internal Affairs Division, who facilitated the “voluntary surrender” of Mhin Wei Chan, Jose Miguel Salamat, John Robin G. Ramos, Marcelino Bagtang Jr., Arvin Balag, Ralph Trangia, Axel Munro Hipe, Oliver Onofre, Joshua Joriel […]

IBP asks SC to dismiss quo warranto petition vs Sereno

(Eagle News) — High-ranking officials of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines on Friday asked the Supreme Court for them to be allowed to intervene to ask for the dismissal of the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In seeking for the dismissal of the petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida, the IBP argued that it was  “fatally flawed because the allegations therein are clear that the (Judicial and Bar […]

Andanar orders inquiry into “breach of protocol” following release of media IDs filled with grammatical errors

(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has ordered a probe into the “breach of protocol” that resulted in his office’s release of media IDs that contained grammatical errors and were the subject of ridicule by some sectors. Andanar said he has also ordered a recall of the IDs that were issued by the Presidential Communications Operations Office to media covering the President–the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) and the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines […]

DOH sa publiko: Mag-ingat sa pagkain ng street food ngayong summer

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Muling nanawagan ang Department of Health (DOH) sa publiko na mag-ingat sa pagkain ng street food partikular ngayong summer season. Ito ay dahil kalimitang madaling ma-kontamina ang mga pagkain sa tabi ng daanan. Isang halimbawa na ang pag-dapo ng mga langaw na maaaring pagmulan ng e-coli infection, typhoid fever at hepatitis. Samantala, upang maiwasan ang sakit sa sikmura hindi dapat patagalin ang pagkain bago kainin dahil maaaring mapanis agad dahil […]

UPDATED: Ten accused in Castillo hazing case now in NBI custody

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The accused in Horacio Castillo III’s death are now in National Bureau of Investigation custody following the issuance of an arrest warrant against them. NBI deputy director Ferdinand Lavin confirmed that all 10 ordered arrested by Manila Branch 40 Judge Alfredo Ampuan Jr. on Thursday were “picked up” from one place and brought to the NBI on Friday, around 11 a.m. Mhin Wei Chan, Jose Miguel Salamat, John Robin G. […]