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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagpaliwanag si Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre kung bakit pinayagan ang electronic gadgets sa mga bilanggo na nasa kustodiya ng AFP Custodial Center. Ginawa niya raw ito dahil bukod sa maliit na kuwarto, masyado raw mainit ang pasilidad para sa mga bilanggo. Pagtiyak ni Aguirre, may ginagawa na silang imbestigasyon sa umano’y special privileges ng mga high profile inmate. https://youtu.be/vBIhTnj2lTM
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Department of Justice ang seguridad ni Senator Leila De Lima sakaling ipa-aresto siya ng korte sa kasong may kaugnayan sa iligal na droga. Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, titiyakin nila ang kaligtasan ng mambabatas at hindi ito magiging biktima ng umano’y kaso ng extra judicial killings gaya ng kaniyang pinangangambahan. Pero hindi masabi ni Aguirre kung saang pasilidad ilalagay si De Lima dahil batay pa ito sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isang bumbero ang nasugatan habang rumeresponde sa naganap na sunog sa barangay Pasong Tamo sa Quezon City. Dahil sa mabilis n pagkalat ng apoy, agad itinaas sa ikaapat na alarma ang sunog. Isangdaan at dalawamapung pamilya ang naapektuhan ng sunog at tinatayang humigit kumulang kalahating milyon ang halaga ng napinsala ng sunog. Wala namang naitalang sugatan mula sa mga residente pero sa kasagsagan ng pag-apula ng apoy isang bumbero […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Binatikos naman ng ilang mambabatas ang Department of Justice dahil sa anila’y pagpapa-aresto kay Senadora Leila De Lima sa isyu ng illegal drug trade sa New Bilibid Prison. Anila wala sa DOJ ang hurisdiksyon ni De Lima kundi sa Office of the Ombudsman. https://youtu.be/9H2RwtwaA2M
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has lost a long fight to reclaim jewels confiscated when her husband, the late President Ferdinand Marcos, was ousted, with the Supreme Court ruling she acquired them illegally. The items worth $150,000 are now the property of the state, the court ruled, paving the way for the possible sale of a much larger collection of Marcos jewellery that could net the government millions. “Petitioners failed to satisfactorily […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Manny Pacquiao said controversial retired police officer Wally Sombero had told him the real story on the alleged P50-million immigration bribery scandal. Sombero allegedly told Pacquiao that it was actually the former Immigration Deputy Commissioners Michael Robles and Al Argosino who had asked for Php 50 million from Chinese online gambling tycoon through him. This was allegedly in exchange for freeing the arrested Chinese nationals illegally working at […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang on Wednesday (February 15) reiterated that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is not asking for financial donations for the victims of the earthquake that struck Surigao City. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the DSWD has enough funds for such matters. Abella also reminded local government officials to not wait for President Rodrigo Duterte before starting relief operations as the President has made it clear […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News ) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre denied that he had cleared Wally Sombero in the P50-million controversy involving two former immigration officials. In denying Sombero’s earlier claim the justice secretary himself had told him he had been cleared in the controversy, Aguirre said that the National Prosecution Services was still conducting its investigation. The Department of Justice chief said he has yet to receive the results of the inquiry. Sombero […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Department of Finance (DOF) to give minimum wage earners a tax refund from July – December 2008 as provided by the Republic Act 9504 exempting minimum wage earners from personal income tax, including their bonuses, overtime pay and night shift differentials. Eagle News Service
(Eagle News) — The military condemned the attack of members of the New People’s Army on a composite platoon of armed forces and other disaster relief units with non-government units who were distributing quake relief assistance in the vicinity of Sitio Huwat Baboy, Barangay Linonganan, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte on Tuesday, February 14 . Fourth Infantry Division commander Major Gen. Benjamin Madrigal said that the platoon was the civil-military operations platoon of the 30th […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — In preparation for the upcoming construction of the proposed Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Railway Transit (LRT) station, some congressmen inspected the venue on Wednesday to check the project’s feasibility. “Based on our inspection, building a temporary station is very feasible since the MRT structure in North Avenue is ready for construction. This will benefit the 30,000 train riders, at no cost to the government,” Congressman Cesar Sarmiento […]
TAGUIG CITY — In the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Surigao and nearby environs as well as the typhoons that regularly hit the Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) has come up with suggested power tips to ensure the safety of all the people, households and facilities. These tips include what needs to be done during calamities. DOE said that for households and buildings, the main switch or the circuit breaker must be switched […]
