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(Eagle News) — The Manila Regional Trial Court on Friday ordered the transfer of Customs broker Mark Ruben Taguba to the Philippine National Police Custodial Center, citing security reasons. Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa also moved the arraignment of Taguba and Eirene Mae Tatad to April 6. Taguba and Tatad have pending motions that sought the dismissal of cases against them. They are among several charged with drug importation in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipaprayoridad ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ang pinauwing Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) para sa libreng technical vocational courses. Inatasan ni Director General Guiling Mamondiong ang lahat ng director na magbigay ng re-training assistance sa pinauwing OFWs. Kabilang dito ang libreng training, assessment, support fund, pagkain at transportation allowance na 100 piso kada-araw. Nitong Disyembre 2017, mahigit 2000 OFW at kanilang dependent ang nabigyan ng technical assistance ng […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinasa ng Malacañang sa hukuman ang desisyon sa resolusyon ng minority senators na palayain na si Senadora Leila De Lima Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Secretary Harry Roque na nasa kamay ng hukuman kung ano ang magiging desposisyon sa kaso niya. Ayon kay Roque, nakakulong sa PNP Custodial Center sa Kampo Crame si De Lima dahil sa kasong may kaugnayan sa ilegal na droga. Inihayag ni Roque na sana hindi iniimpluwensyahan […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte personally extended his condolences to the family of Joanna Demafelis, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was killed in Kuwait, when he visited the latter’s wake in Sara, Iloilo. The President also gave Joanna’s family half a million pesos in financial and burial assistance, and also promised the parents of the slain OFW that he will be the one to shoulder the expenses needed to complete the reconstruction of […]
(Eagle News) — Uber Philippines has paid the government over P41 million in value added tax deficiencies to avoid suspension or closure of its operations. In a statement, the Bureau of Internal Revenue said the P41.15 million the company paid represents arrears accumulated from July 1 to December 31, 2016. The BIR said this came about after an audit found that while Uber had been paying on time, it declared its sales of P413.85 million as […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa to form five more battalions that can help in the fight against terrorism. Dela Rosa said he received the instruction on Wednesday night. “So we will be adding …more battalions of Special Action Force,” Dela Rosa said, noting that one SAF battalion was composed of 500 people. According to the PNP chief, the additional men were apart […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several senators have expressed their opposition to the absolute divorce bill that has already been approved in a House of Representatives panel. According to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, several lawmakers do not believe that divorce should be allowed in the Philippines. He said that the sanctity of marriage should be recognized. “In any case I don’t believe in drive-through divorce kasi sa America, marriage is like drive through.,” Gatchalian said. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday stood by the order to ban Rappler reporter Pia Ranada from covering Malacanang events, saying her organization was “not a legitimate agency according to the (Securities and Exchange Commission)” in the first place. The President was referring to the SEC’s January decision that revoked Rappler’s license on the grounds it violated the constitutional provision that bars foreign ownership of media, among others. “So I am now invoking […]
Defends Davao mayor’s creation of a regional party, though (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday took a hands-off stance in the “rift” between his daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, and Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, even as he defended her move to create a regional party. When asked about the issue after his visit to the wake of Joanna Demafelis in Sara, Iloilo, Duterte said: “Puro sila abogado. Hayaan mo.” “Inday wanted to just.may group […]
(Eagle News) — Alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has again asked the Supreme Court that she be allowed provisional liberty while standing trial for plunder before the Sandiganbayan. In asking for the same in her Feb 13 supplemental petition for bail in the plunder case with co-accused Bong Revilla, Napoles invoked the so-called Arroyo doctrine that enabled the acquittal of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for plunder over the allegedly anomalous disbursement of P366 million […]
(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Thursday slammed Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez after he supposedly called her part of the opposition, and emphasized that he could impeach a President. “Ano sabi mo in a crowd, ‘President iba siya, Speaker ako, I can always impeach him!” And you call me opposition? Somebody should really tell the President about the truth,” she said in a Twitter post. She added: “Kung as*h*le ka sa Congress, don’t bring […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has issued a gag order for Senator Bongbong Marcos, Vice President Leni Robredo and their lawyers to prevent them from discussing the merits of the vice presidential electoral protest. The order dated Feb. 13 was issued after the two camps repeatedly engaged in a word war in the media. Their most recent exchange involved what Marcos said were the “mysterious” squares on ballot […]
