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(Eagle News) –Lawyer Larry Gadon on Thursday threatened to file charges against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and other Supreme Court officials who played a role in what he said were her questionable acts as top magistrate if she did not resign by March 1. “I’m urging you to resign by March 1, because if you will not resign by March 1, I will file (the) cases,” Gadon, who filed the impeachment complaint against Sereno, […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday called for a review of all labor policies of the government in countries where there are Overseas Filipino Workers. Gatchalian made the call a day after it was revealed in a joint Senate panel hearing that 196 Filipinos had died in Kuwait in the last three years. The hearing was held by the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, and Committee […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nananawagan ang Department of Education (DepEd) sa mga magulang at mag-aaral na lahukan ang early registration para sa school year 2018 to 2019 na magtatapos sa February 28. Gayunman, nilinaw ng ahensya na ang sakop lamang ng maagang pagpaparehistro sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa buong bansa ay ang mga incoming na kindergarten, Grades 1, 7, at 11 dahil ang ibang grade levels ay itinuturing nang pre-registered. Layunin ng maagang […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sa publiko sa pagpasok ng bagong uri ng iligal na droga sa bansa. Ayon sa NBI, nag-iisip ng iba pang illegal drugs ang mga sindikato na wala o hindi pa kasama sa listahan ng itinuturing na ipinagbabawal na gamot sa bansa gaya ng kush o high grade marijuana na diskubre ng NBI Special Action Unit matapos isagawa ang isang buy-bust operation sa Las […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 New People’s Army rebel-returnees met with President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday. The 241 from Davao Del Norte and Compostela Valley boarded two Philippine Air Force C-130s at Davao City International Airport for the meeting in Malacanang. The meeting was, however, not open for media coverage. The rebel-returnees will be given a tour of Luneta Park and Intramuros. Duterte has said the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA was a terrorist organization. He made […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has proposed the creation of a “United Nations of Asia” that he said would protect the interests of Asian nations. Alvarez made the proposal in a radio interview on Wednesday night, after slamming the United States for its intelligence group’s report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and pronouncements on a revolutionary government and a nationwide martial law as “regional threats.” “Ngayon, ang para sa akin, ang […]
(Eagle News) — Uber Philippines has filed a petition for a fare hike before the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. The petition, filed on Wednesday, seeks a P12 per kilometer fare instead of the P5 per kilometer fare. In their earlier petition, Grab Philippines sought a fare hike of as much as P15 per kilometer. The LTFRB has said it would hold a hearing for the two petitions. LTFRB chair Martin Delgra has also said the […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to protest a United States intelligence group’s report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, among others, as a regional threat. “Kasi anong pakialam nila sa atin eh sila nga itong maraming kalokohan sa iba’t ibang bansa? Nanghihimasok sila e di naman sila kasali doon,” Alvarez said in a radio interview. Alvarez said the release of the report was indeed […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Ten suspected Islamic militants who were trying to establish a Malaysian cell of the Abu Sayyaf have been arrested in Borneo island, police said Wednesday. The alleged extremists, mostly Filipinos, are also accused of trying to help fighters linked to the Islamic State (IS) group travel to the Philippines to join up with militants there, they said. The southern Philippines has long been a pocket of Islamic militancy. A long […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine officials are headed to Kuwait on Thursday to seek greater protection for migrant workers after a diplomatic row over the alleged mistreatment of Filipinos in the Gulf state. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello told reporters Wednesday one of his deputies would lead the delegation, which is also due to stop in Saudia Arabia and Qatar to urge reforms. Topping the list are demands that Filipino workers be allowed to keep their cellphones and […]
(Eagle News) — A mere “scrap of paper.” This was how the camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno described the petition filed by a suspended lawyer urging the Solicitor General to challenge the top magistrate’s appointment. “We cannot help but view this latest ignorant attempt as part and parcel of the grand plan to harass, malign and humiliate the Chief Justice to force her to resign,” Sereno’s spokesperson Josa Deinla said in a statement after […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Almost 200 Filipinos have died in Kuwait in the past few years. During the Senate labor committee’s hearing on Overseas Filipino Workers abuses, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration head Hans Leo Cacdac said of the 196 who were reported dead, 79 percent were “medical cases,” 7 percent were accidents, 11 percent were suicides, and 3 percent were unidentified cases. He said over 6,000 have also experienced abuse. According to Susan […]
