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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang on Thursday, February 16 said that it may release the transaction history of President Rodrigo Duterte after Senator Antonio Trillanes opened the revival of the issue that the President has Php 2 billion in his bank accounts. According to Presidential Spokeperson Ernesto Abella, they will do this if really necessary. “Not in response to grandstanding. If necessary and within the right context, due process but not just to respond to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Senator Richard Gordon said that the Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing into the alleged bribery scandal in the Bureau of Immigration had produced many revelations, which may lead to other immigration employees to be filed cases in connection to it. During the hearing, Gordon said that it was clear that former BI Deputy Commissioners Al Argosino and Mike Flores had accepted money from the Macau-based gaming tycoon Jack Lam […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Special Sixth Division of the Court of Appeals has dismissed Senator Leila De Lima’s petition for a temporary restraining order against the investigation conducted by the Department of Justice on the criminal charges against her in connection with her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. In a resolution dated February 10, the CA Special Sixth Division refused to issue a temporary restraining […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed three separate drug-related charges against Senator Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court for her alleged participation in the illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP). The charges filed on Friday, February 17, were for violation of Republic Act No. 9165 or Dangerous Drugs Act, Section 5, penalizing the “sale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation” of illegal drugs. […]
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), affirmed its earlier declaration that the electoral protest of former senator and then vice-presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos was “sufficient in form and substance.” With this decision, the PET junked the poll protest case filed by Marcos’ rival, Vice-President Leni Robredo, and would likely proceed to recount the votes cast in the very controversial and hotly contested May 2016 vice-presidential race. […]
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Feb. 17 (PIA) — The state weather bureau PAGASA has been recording a drop of temperature due to the Amihan the past days which caused some vegetable-producing towns in the province to experience frost locally termed as “andap.” Atok Mayor Peter Alos and Mankayan Mayor Materno Luspian clarified that the reported occurrence of frost in their municipalities has no effect on the supply and prices of vegetables. Alos said there were reports […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential daughter and Davao City mayor Sara Duterte and presidential son, Davao City vice-mayor Paolo Duterte, flatly denied allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on their alleged illegally acquired bank accounts. Mayor Sara Dutetre, in a statement,flatly denied she has P121 million presently or that her bank accounts were illegal as claimed by the senator. If Trillanes can prove it, she said, he can get them all and she would […]
(Eagle News) — Pinagtibay ng Korte Suprema na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) ang nauna nitong deklarasyon na may sapat na porma at substansya ang election protest ni dating Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos laban kay Vice President Leni Robredo. Sa walong pahinang resolusyon ng PET noong Enero 24, 2017, Ibinasura nito ang mosyon ni Robredo na magsagawa ng preliminary hearing kaugnay sa isyu ng form and substance ng poll protest ni Marcos at ang […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa halos pitungdaang milyong piso (Php 700M) na ang tinatayang pinsala ng 6.7 magnitude na lindol sa Surigao Del Norte. Ito ang lumabas na report ng Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management (RDRRMC) operations center na patuloy na nagmo-monitor sa pinsala ng lindol. Walo naman ang namatay sa lindol at higit dalawangdaan (200) ang sugatan. Hanggang ngayon ay umiiral ang red alert status sa RDRRMC. Kanselado pa rin ang flight sa lalawigan […]
(Eagle News) — Nakahanda umanong ipamigay ni Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte ang umano’y 121 million pesos kung mapapatunayang totoo ang alegasyon ni Senador Antonio Trillanes. Sa inilabas na statement, inihayag ng alkalde na nakahanda siyang ipamahagi sa publiko ang pera kung maituturo ni Trillanes kung saan ito matatagpuan. Iginiit din ni Mayor Sara na kung ano ang nakikita sa kaniya ng publiko ay iyon ang totoong siya at hindi ito nagpapanggap. Ipinasa-kamay naman niya […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinabala ng Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) na posibleng bumagsak ng hanggang limampung porsyento (50%) ang halaga ng produksyon ng metallic mineral ngayong taon. Ayon kay Ronald Recidoro, Vice President for Legal and Policy ng COMP, ito’y bunsod ng pagsasara at pagkaka-suspinde ng operasyon ng tinatayang dalawampu’t walong (28) mining companies sa bansa. Giit ni Recidoro, itinuturing ang nickel bilang “best performer” kaya’t maaaring maapektuhan ang metallic minerals […]
By Ailly Mill Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tinutulan ng ilang grupong nagsusulong sa karapatan ng mga kabataan ang planong ibaba ang minimum age sa criminal liability. Ang minimum age sa criminal liability ay ang pinakamababang edad kung saan ang isang tao ay maaaring sampahan ng kaso sa korte at makulong. Dito sa Pilipinas, batay sa ilalim ng Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 na inamyendahan ng Republic Act 10630 ang […]
