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UPDATED: President Duterte announces PHL’s withdrawal of ratification of Rome Statute

Cites “baseless, unprecedented, outrageous attacks” on his person, administration as reasons for withdrawal from treaty that establishes the ICC (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the Philippines’ withdrawal of its ratification of the Rome Statute. In declaring the country’s withdrawal from the treaty that established the International Criminal Court, Duterte in a statement on Wednesday cited the “baseless, unprecedented and outrageous attacks on my person as against my administration, engineered by the officials […]

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Panukalang maglilimita sa pagvi-videoke tuwing hatinggabi, tinalakay sa House committee

(Eagle News) – Sinimulan nang talakayin ng House Committee on Public Order and Safety ang panukalang naglilimita sa paggamit ng videoke at pagpapatugtog ng malakas sa mga residential area. Layunin ng panukalang batas na iniakda ni Quezon Province 4th district Rep. Angelina Tan na maiwasan ang hindi kanais-nais na ingay sa mga residential area at mahinto ang negatibong social at health effect ng mga nasabing aktibidad. Sa ilalim ng House Bill 1035, ipinagbabawal ang ang […]

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Movement aimed at convincing Bong Go to run for Senate seat in 2019 kicks off

  By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Supporters of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go have launched a movement aimed at convincing him to run for senator in the 2019 elections. The launch of “Ready, Set, Go!” done on Wednesday  in Intramuros, Manila was attended by several members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy director […]

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Marcos’ camp: PET has deferred start of manual recount in three pilot provinces

Recount to be done on April 2 instead of on March 19, Marcos’ spokesperson says (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has deferred the start of the manual recount of votes in three pilot provinces in connection with an electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos. Atty. Victor Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, said the start of the recount in Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental was moved to April […]

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De Lima: Dismissal of drug raps vs Espinosa, others proves I am innocent

(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday said the dismissal by a Department of Justice prosecution panel of the drug charges filed against Kerwin Espinosa and the others only proves that she is innocent of the charges against her. “Lalong napapagtibay (ito ng) aking paniniwala sa simula’t sapul na peke at palpak ang war on drugs ni (President Rodrigo) Duterte,” De Lima said in a statement made from detention in Camp Crame. De […]

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CIDG chief: Espinosa retracted Senate testimony in his answer to drug raps filed vs him before first prosecution panel

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Kerwin Espinosa’s confession he was a drug dealer before a Senate hearing in 2016 could not be submitted to the Department of Justice prosecution panel as evidence against him because he retracted the same during the preliminary investigation. CIDG Director Roel Obusan said Espinosa denied the testimonies he made in his answer submitted to the first prosecution panel tasked to look into the drug charges filed against him,  Peter Lim,  […]

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PNP inapela sa DOJ ang pag-abswelto sa drug cases nina Kerwin Espinosa at Peter Lim

  Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Naghain na ng motion for reconsideration sa Department of Justice ang Philippine National Police para iapela ang pagbasura sa drug case laban sa self- confessed drug lord na si Kerwin Espinosa at sa umanoy drug lord na si Peter Lim. Ayon kay PNP chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, gagawin nila ang lahat ng legal na hakbang para mapanagot ang mga akusado. “We will […]

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Palace lauds China for defending PHL from UNHR chief’s criticism of President Duterte

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang  lauded the Chinese Foreign Ministry for taking the “correct” stand in upholding the right of the Philippine government to combat crimes and illegal drugs, which the Palace said was the proper response of an UN member state. This was after the spokesman of the China’s foreign ministry Lu Kang defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s “positive efforts” to improve the situation in the country, amid comments made by United Nations high commissioner […]

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Aguirre orders NBI to probe DOJ panel that junked drug raps vs Espinosa, others

Fadullon tasked to lead new panel that will look into MR filed by PNP-CIDG By Moira Encina and Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre has instructed the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the possible violations of the law of members of the prosecution panel that junked the drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others. Through Department Order No. 152,  Aguirre gave the directive to NBI Director Dante Gierran days after […]

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Roque says dismissal of charges against Espinosa, Lim and Go not yet final

(Eagle News) — Malacañang said that the dismissal of drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim, Peter Go and others is not yet final and will still be reviewed. “Hindi pa po tapos ang boksing laban kay Peter Lim at Kerwin Espinosa at sisiguraduhin nating tama ang naging desisyon ng ating mga public prosecutors,” Roque said in a news conference in Malacañang. The statement was made after the Department of Justice panel of prosecutors recently […]

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Assessor for DOT says 60-day closure of Boracay will help save island

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — One of the reasons why the situation in the Island of Boracay had worsened was due to the lack of implementation of existing rules and regulations by the local government units in the island. This is according to President and CEO of Healthcore, Ms. Jocelyn “Joyce” Sacao-Alumno, who was one of the national assessors of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in 2015. She is also a staunch advocate of […]

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Remains of 3 missing crew including 2 Filipinos found inside Maersk ship

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The remains of the three out of four missing crew members of the Maersk Line shipping vessel after a fire broke out in the Arabian Sea have been found inside the ship. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that the human remains of three of the four missing crew members after the fire aboard Maersk Honam have been found on board the vessel,” the company said in a […]

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