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(Eagle News) – China’s real intention or “grand design” in establishing air and naval bases in the South China Sea is to continue to enforce the nine-dash line, although this was already invalidated by a recent ruling of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This was according to Supreme Court Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio who detailed how China increasingly creeped into territorial waters of other countries, including […]
(Eagle News)–The draft articles of impeachment against Chief Maria Lourdes Sereno will be submitted to the House justice committee next week, Rep. Reynaldo Umali, the panel’s committee chair, said on Tuesday. According to Umali, the submission date–originally slated on Wednesday, March 14—was moved to next Monday or Tuesday due to “disagreements.” “Hindi namin natapos yung articles of impeachment kasi hindi kami magkasundo kung ilan yung isasama. Ang gusto nung iba comprehensive talaga,” Umali said. Lawyer […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two senators on Tuesday said the Department of Justice’s dismissal of drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim and others was a blow to the government’s war on drugs. In a statement, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Lim had been identified by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte as a “big fish” in the drug industry. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian for his part said Espinosa himself confessed to […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Leila de Lima on Monday underwent a CT scan of the liver at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. This was after CT-can results of a routine and periodic medical examination at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital showed an impression of a “liver mass.” “As prescribed by my doctor, the said test is necessary to determine if the liver mass is benign or malignant,” De Lima said in […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has acquired six unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through a grant from the United States. The six ScanEagle UAVs, worth $13.76 million, were inspected by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and US Ambassador Sung Kim at the presidential airlift wing hangar of the Villamor Airbase in Pasay on Tuesday. According to Lorenzana, the UAVs were a big boost to the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities […]
(Eagle News)—-Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Tuesday said the resolution junking the drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others was not final. “Suffice it to say that the current status of the case against the respondents.. does not mean that it is a final exoneration of their respective criminal liabilities,” Aguirre said in a statement. According to Aguirre, “there are possible avenues to review this case, either by a motion for reconsideration, or ultimately, by […]
(Eagle News) — Ozamiz City Police Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido said Tuesday he was puzzled over the Department of Justice’s dismissal of drug cases filed by the police last year against Kerwin Espinosa. Espenido was chief of police of Albuera, Leyte, when Espinosa’s father, Rolando, then the town mayor, was arrested for possession of illegal drugs and illegal possession of fire arms in August 2016. Expressing dismay, the police official said that the Philippine National […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakatakdang i-turn over ngayong buwan ng Japanese Government ang mahigit 20 units ng heavy machinery at iba pang equipment sa Pilipinas. Bahagi ito ng tulong ng Japan para sa reconstruction at rehabilitasyon sa Marawi City. Ayon sa Department of Finance (DOF), 27 heavy machinery at iba pang equipment ang ibibigay ng Japan na bahagi ng tulong nito sa Pilipinas sa ilalim ng Philippine-Japan Economic and Social Development Program. Sa pagtataya […]
“I was astonished, quite upset” the mass immunization program was going forward, Dr. Halstead says By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service A US scientist who has been studying dengue since the 1970s said on Tuesday that there should have been a blood test first before Dengvaxia was administered on a massive scale. Speaking before the Senate blue ribbon and health committees hearing on the Dengvaxia mess, Dr. Scott Halstead said that while the Department of […]
(Eagle News) – Malabong makalulusot sa Senado ang kapapasa pa lamang sa committee level ng Kamara na panukalang pagpapaliban sa barangay at SK elections. Ito ay ayon kay Senate President Koko Pimentel. Ayon sa senador, may limang sesyon na lamang ang natitira bago ang kanilang bakasyon sa Marso 21. Sinabi ni Pimentel na marami pang pagdadaanan ang panukala sakaling i-akyat ito sa Senado. Bago aniya ito madala sa plenary ay kailangan munang magsagawa ng […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magde-deploy sa susunod na buwan ng nasa isandaang (100) bagong immigration officer ang Bureau of Immigration sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at sa iba pang major port sa buong bansa. Ayon kay Chief Personnel Officer Grifton Medina, ito kasi ang magsisilbing on-the-job-training ng mga bagong recruit na immigration officer matapos ang dalawang buwang training sa Philippine Immigration Academy sa Clark, Pampanga noong nakaraang linggo. Sa nasabing training ay itinuro […]
One of those arrested allegedly guarded hostages in 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping Apart from Hood Abdullah, arrested was Jimmy Bla, another Abu Sayyaf suspect, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said. Abdullah is accused of guarding hostages including US citizen Martin Burnham, who was killed and his wife wounded in the crossfire during a botched military rescue attempt in June 2002. “Burnham, an American hostage, was always handcuffed to Abdullah… especially on the move,” Aguirre told reporters. Burnham […]
