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“If it was a party, the people were fed,” Duterte says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday defended Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Alexander Balutan over allegations he spent a huge amount of money to hold a party for the agency’s employees. The President said in a speech at a League of Municipalities of the Philippines general assembly that he used to dismiss cases lodged against individuals who were accused of stealing […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the Philippines said Wednesday they will cautiously proceed with discussions on joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, further reversing years of tensions over their competing claims to the region. The two states have long been embroiled in a bitter dispute over the waterway — with China claiming nearly the entire sea — but President Rodrigo Duterte has in recent years softened his predecessors’ policy of […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday has finalized the country’s demands for the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait. The President said he wanted the bilateral deal that Philippines and Kuwait will sign to be a “government-to-government“ contract. The Chief Executive also demanded that the agreement should include some mandatory provisions like allowing OFWs to sleep at least seven hours a day and that they should “be fed with nutritious food.” […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Department of Transportation (DOTR) Undersecretary and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) general manager Tim Orbos said that they would also include old trucks in the government’s plan to phase-out dilapidated and smoke-belching vehicles plying the country’s roads. He said this as he clarified that the department had not stopped its “Tanggal Usok, Tanggal Bulok” campaign. This campaign will not only cover old jeepneys for phaseout, but trucks and other […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed cases of plunder and graft against former Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and 33 others, including former and current officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways region 12 and other private individuals. This was in connection with a right-of-way alleged scam in General Santos City that had allegedly defrauded the government of at least […]
(Eagle News) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) said it will proceed with the preliminary examination on the case filed against the Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his officials, even as it had received notice that the country was withdrawing from the Rome Statute. In a statement, the ICC said that it was already officially notified by the United Nations on Monday, March 19, of the Philippines’ written notification of withdrawal, but explained that […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakahanda na ang Philippine National Police sa pagpapatupad ng kanilang Oplan Summer Vacation 2018 na pormal na magsisimula sa March 23 at tatagal hanggang June 13. Kasama sa pinaghahandaan ang inaasahang pagdagsa ng ating mga kababayan sa mga probinsya para samantalahin ang mahabang bakasyon. Pangunahing babantayan ng PNP ang mga pampublikong lugar partikular na yung tinatawag na “areas of convergence,” gaya ng mga bus terminal, pantalan at paliparan kung saan […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday reiterated the need for the creation of a National Transportation Safety Board. Poe renewed her call after a bus fell off a bridge in Occidental Mindoro, resulting in the deaths of 19 people. According to the senator, the body would be in charge of looking into transportation-related incidents—whether on land, by sea, air, railways and pipeline systems—and determine their causes. In pushing for the creation of the board, Poe […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has recommended the filing of charges against former Immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles for their alleged attempt to extort P50 million from gaming tycoon Jack Lam in November 2016. This was after the plenary on Tuesday adopted the report and the recommendations of the blue ribbon committee to file the graft and corruption, plunder and direct bribery charges against them. The panel, led by Senator Richard Gordon, […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, March 20 said that the proposed bill allowing divorce will go through a lengthy debate in the Senate. On Monday, the measure which allows a married couple to divorce passed on third reading with a vote of 134-57 with 2 abstentions in the House of Representatives. Escudero’s statement was made after President Rodrigo Duterte through Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that he does […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been directed to revoke the licenses and permits of mining companies that are “supplying explosives” to communist rebels, and violating rules on the handling of explosives. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who held a press conference on Tuesday, the directive was given by President Rodrigo Duterte himself during the National Security Council Executive Committee Meeting in Malacañang on Monday. In previous speeches, Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said it was now finalizing arrangements for the formal signing of an agreement with the Kuwaiti government on the protection of overseas Filipino workers deployed in the Gulf state. In a statement on Tuesday, March 20, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) may take place in the first week of April. The venue of the signing has […]
