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(Eagle News) – Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is taking a “wellness leave” starting Thursday, March 1, and Malacanang is advising the chief magistrate to take this as an “opportunity to reflect on her time and legacy at the Supreme Court.” The decision of Sereno to go on a “wellness leave” was relayed to the media by her spokesperson, Atty. Jojo Lacanilao who said that this leave will be used by the Chief […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umakyat na sa tatlumpu’t siyam (39) ang bilang ng mga nasawi matapos mabakunahan ng dengvaxia vaccine. Sa pagdinig ng House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, sinabi ni Health Sec. Francisco Duque na sa kasalukuyan ay iniimbestigahan na ng Department of Health (DOH) ang dahilan ng pagkamatay ng mga ito. Hindi pa naman matiyak ng kalihim kung direktang may kaugnayan sa dengvaxia ang pagkamatay ng mga ito dahil […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Malacañang na tuloy ang Barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections sa Mayo ng taong ito. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, kinakailangang sang-ayunan ng dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso ang anumang panukalang batas na muling magpapaliban sa Barangay at SK elections. Malabo aniyang umusad ang mga panukalang batas sa mababang kapulungan para sa muling pagpapaliban ng eleksyon dahil wala naman itong suporta ng Senado. Matatandaang dalawang petisyon ang inihain […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to locate the recruiter of deceased overseas Filipino worker Joanna Demafelis. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President wants to locate the recruiters of Demafelis in order to ascertain whether they have criminal, civil and administrative liabilities. “PRRD asked NBI to summon them,” Roque said. The order came after the employers of Demafelis were arrested on Friday night. […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation opened its doors to the public again on Saturday, February 24, so they could avail of public services offered by several government agencies. The public service event, organized by EBC’s AM station, Radyo Agila, was conducted in cooperation with different government agencies like Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), PAG-IBIG and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Hundreds of people trooped to the EBC’s main […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the Philippines would receive 5,000 firearms from a “friendly country.” In a speech during the inauguration of a shooting range in Davao, Duterte did not say which country this was, but said the firearms would be received “in the next few days.” “We will survive and we will win this pocket wars. And we will be a great nation someday,” the President said. In October, Russia […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has ordered the arrest of former Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista. Senator Francis Escudero said Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Jose Balajadia signed the warrant issued against the former COMELEC chair for his failure to attend Escudero’s committee hearings on Bautista’s alleged unexplained wealth, last Wednesday. Escudero, the chair of the committee on banks, financial institutions and currencies, said the warrants would be forwarded to Bautista’s residences. […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Monday said he sees no reason to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls slated in May. Pimentel made the pronouncement after Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali and Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel filed separate bills seeking the postponement of these elections. Umali said the polls should be held in May 2019, while the Surigao del Sur representative said they should be held in October […]
(Eagle News) — The vice-president of Sanofi Pasteur on Monday, February 26, admitted that the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine has not yet been approved by the European Medicines Agency EMA), the European Union agency which evaluates the safety of medicinal products for the EU. Thomas Triomphe, Sanofi Pasteur Asia Pacifi head, said that Sanofi cannot distribute nor sell the Dengvaxia within the European Union as it had not yet passed the requirements needed for its […]
(Eagle News) — President Benigno Aquino III on Monday said it should be the Judicial and Bar Council that should explain why Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was deemed qualified for the post despite her failure to submit all her Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth, among others. “Sila (JBC) magbibigay ng listahan na ‘di puwedeng pakialamanan, lalo na ng presidente, lalo na iyong nasa listahan, tapos doon ka lang mamimili….Sila (JBC) dapat sumagot no’n […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has leads on the location of the recruiters of Overseas Filipino Worker Joanna Demafelis. This is according to PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa, who spoke in a press conference on Monday. Dela Rosa, however, refused to elaborate what information the Criminal Investigation of Detection Group had for fear disclosing such would disrupt police operations. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has said the recruiters of Demafelis, who was found […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the possible liabilities of the agency that recruited Overseas Filipino Worker Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait. Aguirre gave the order to probe Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Global E-Human Resources Inc. through Department Order 102 issued on Monday. “…The (NBI), through Director Dante A. Gierran, is hereby […]
