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Aquino faces graft complaint over his appointment of Sereno as top magistrate

Three others, including Sereno, also charged   By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service A graft complaint has been filed against former President Benigno Aquino III in connection with his appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as top magistrate. Manuelito Luna of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and suspended lawyer Eligio Mallari filed the complaint also against Sereno, Judicial and Bar Council executive director Annaliza Ty-Capacite and the JBC’s chief of office of selection and nomination […]

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Ex-President Aquino, Garin, Abad attend Dengvaxia hearing in Congress; defend mass vaccination program

(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III attended the continuation of the hearings in Congress about the mass vaccination of Sanofi Pasteur’s Dengvaxia vaccine that was implemented during his administration. In the hearing on Monday, February 26, Aquino again defended his decision to use the anti-dengue vaccine during his administration saying this was done to save lives as there was an increasing number of dengue infections at the time. Aquino claimed that in 1995, […]

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PHL officials meet OFWs in Kuwait amid labor row

KUWAIT CiTY, Kuwait (AFP)–A delegation of Philippine labor officials were in Kuwait City Sunday to assess the impact of a new ban on Filipinos working in the emirate, a source of much-needed remittances.  President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month announced a departure ban for Filipinos planning to work in Kuwait, after the murder there of  29-year-old Joanna Demafelis. Her body was found in a freezer and a Lebanese-Syrian couple suspected of her murder have been […]

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President Duterte hopes People Power will “foster unity and solidarity”; says opposition rallies to be respected

(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte hopes the 32nd anniversary of the February 25 “People Power Revolution” would be an occasion to “foster unity and solidarity” as he instructed officials to allow and respect even rallies staged by the opposition and critical groups. The President, however, did not attend the People Power commemorative rites held at the People Power Monument in EDSA, Quezon City. The Palace said Duterte was in his home province in Davao […]

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Garin couple sue former Health Secretary Ubial for libel

(Eagle News)– Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and her husband Iloilo Rep. Oscar Garin Jr. have filed separate libel complaints against former Health secretary Paulyn Ubial. The complaints were filed in connection with Ubial’s statements to the media that linked  the couple to the Dengvaxia mess. Garin’s complaint was filed before the Iloilo Prosecutors Office on Friday, while her husband’s was  filed on Jan. 28. In a Senate panel hearing on the controversy, Ubial had […]

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Roque to De Lima: Happy first year in detention

(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque greeted Senator Leila de Lima a “happy anniversary” as she marks her first year in detention in Camp Crame. In a statement, Roque said the senator’s “incarceration shows that the criminal justice system in the Philippines is alive, effective and working.” “Senator De Lima has been detained because of drug charges. She is the mother of all drug lords by allowing the illegal drug trade to proliferate inside the National Bilibid Prison […]

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Aquino, others visit De Lima on her first year in detention

(Eagle News)– Former President Benigno Aquino III and several others trooped to Camp Crame on Saturday to mark Senator Leila de Lima’s first anniversary in detention. Apart from Aquino, Senator Franklin Drilon and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas visited De Lima, who is detained on drug-related charges in connection with her alleged role  in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary. On Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque greeted De Lima […]

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Pimentel: PDP-Laban members linked to drugs to be expelled if allegations proven true

(Eagle News)– Members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan  tagged in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list will not be tolerated. PDP-Laban President and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III issued the statement following reports several new members of the party have been included in the list. “As the President and our chairman said, if you are unfairly linked to the drug trade, you will be given the chance to clear your name. However, no help will […]

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Couple in Kuwait murder of Demafelis already arrested, says Lebanese official

  BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The employers of a Filipina maid found dead in a freezer in Kuwait were both arrested in the Syrian capital Damascus, a Lebanese judicial official said on Saturday. Syrian authorities surrendered Nader Essam Assaf to Beirut on Friday because of his Lebanese citizenship but his Syrian wife Mona remains in custody in Damascus, the official said. The murder of Joanna Demafelis sparked outrage in the Philippines and prompted President Rodrigo […]

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Dunkin Donuts PHL franchisee: Our tax liabilities for 2007 have been settled as of 2012

(Eagle News)—-The Philippine franchisee of  Dunkin Donuts that was charged by the Bureau of Internal Revenue with tax evasion has denied all the charges against it. In a statement, Golden Donuts, Inc. said its  tax liabilities for 2007 had been settled with the BIR as of 2012. On the allegation there was underdeclaration  of sales by 39 percent, the franchisee owned by the Prieto family said “all GDI franchisees are business entities separate from GDI […]

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Coalition opposes proposed dismantling of NFA; proposes revision of agency functions instead

(Eagle News)– A coalition of industry groups is opposing the proposed dismantling of the National Food Authority despite its alleged failure to stabilize the prices of rice in the market. In a joint statement, the National Farmer Federation, Katipunan ng Bagong Pilipina, Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Samahan sa Kanayunan, Pangisda, Amma-K, Makabayan, Aktib,  Pambansang Katipunan ng Makabayang Magbubukid, Integrated Rural Development Foundation and the Pambansang Kaisahan ng Magbubukid sa Pilipinas said those who make the proposal “under a […]

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Bello: Demafelis’ recruiters to be held liable “civilly, administratively”

(Eagle News)—The agency that recruited Joanna Demafelis will be held liable, the labor chief said a day after the Department of Foreign Affairs announced the arrest of her employer in Lebanon. In an interview over dzbb on Saturday, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Demafelis’ recruiters  would be held accountable “civilly or administratively.” He said this was “unless Kuwaiti police have evidence to link them to the violent death of Joanna.” “Hahanapin natin yun,” he […]

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