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(Eagle News) – The head of the Philippine National Police expressed deep shame that those involved in the abduction-slay of a Korean businessmen were members of his police force and that the victim was even killed inside the police’s national headquarters. PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said he wanted to disappear from the face of the Earth after learning of the crime that happened right inside PNP’s Camp Crame in Quezon City.. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Teresita Ang See of the Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order (MRPO) revealed that the case of ‘Tokhang for Ransom’ is not a new thing. This has happened even before the controversial abduction-slay of Korean-National Jee-Ick-Joo . Jee-Ick-Joo was abducted by a group of armed men in Angeles City, Pampanga last year. Suspects demanded P5-million ransom money from Joo’s wife, in exchange for his life. But the suspects apparently had already […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice is recommending the filing of a kidnapping for ransom with homicide case in court against three police officers involved in the abduction and killing of Korean national Jee Ick Joo last year. Assistant State Prosecutor Olivia Laroza Torrevillas found probable cause to charge SPO3 Ricky Sta Isabel, Ramon Yalung and two other police officers for the October 18, 2016 abduction and killing of Korean businessman Ji Ick […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) will use as evidence the golf set owned by the Korean-National Jee Ick Joo to the crime committed by police suspects. The golf set was recovered inside Gream Funeral Service in Caloocan, where the dead body was brought. Choi Kyung Jin, wife of Joo came at the PNP office to identify the recovered evidence. She also confirmed that the golf set was owned by […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Matapos magpahayag ng pagkabahala ang Pilipinas sa paglalagay ng mga weapon system ng China sa mga artipisyal na isla sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea, nagpulong sina Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin at Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Malacanañg. Hindi na idinetalye pa ng mga opisyal ng Palasyo ang napag-usapan sa nasabing pagpupulong. Pero ayon kay Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, mismong ang Chinese official ang nag-request ng pakikipagkita sa Pangulo. […]
(Eagle News) – Masayang tinanggap ng Malacañang ang positibong pagtaya ng International Monetary Fund (IMF) sa takbo ng ekonomiya ng bansa ngayong taon. Una nang inihayag ni IMF Resident Representative to the Philippines Shanaka Jayanath Peiris na naniniwala silang makakamit ng Pilipinas ang target nitong Gross Domestic Product (GDP) na 6.8% ngayong 2017 dahil sa matatag na fiscal spending ng bansa. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernersto Abella, magiging posible ito sa pamamagitan ng mas pinalakas […]
(Eagle News) — Iginiit ng China na lehitimo at legal ang paglalagay nila ng mga military facility sa mga artipisyal na isla sa South China Sea. Ayon kay Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, may karapatan ang China na magtayo ng mga pasilidad lalo’t may soberenya sila sa mga ito. Gayunman, nangako ang China na makikipagtulungan sila para resolbahin sa mapayapa at maayos na pamamaraan ang mga hindi pagkakaunawaan ng mga bansang may claim sa […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Posibleng hindi na alisin ang panukalang exemption ng Value Added Tax (VAT) sa mga senior citizen at persons with disability (PWDs). Ito ay batay sa House Bill 4774 na inihain ni House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dakila Carlo Cua. Nakasaad sa nasabing panukala na hindi na itutuloy ang pagsusulong nang pag-aalis ng VAT exemption sa mga senior citizen at PWD’S, taliwas sa orihinal na proposal ng Department Of Finance […]
(Eagle News) — Ibinunyag ni Justice Seceretary Vitaliano Aguirre II na may ilang matataas na opisyal ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang dawit umano sa pagdukot sa dating executive ng Hanjin Shipping Firm na si Jee Ick Joo. Ayon kay Aguirre, tinukoy na ni SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel ang mga opisyal ng pulis na kasangkot sa pagdukot kay Jee noong October 18, 2016. Bukod pa aniya ito sa walong kakuntsaba umano ni Sta. Isabel na […]
(Eagle News) — Ibinasura ng Court of Appeals (CA) ang dismissal order na inilabas ng Office of the Ombudsman laban kay Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian dahil sa kasong may kinalaman sa sunog sa factory sa lungsod na ikinasawi ng 74 empleyado. Nahatulang guilty si Gatchalian sa kasong “grave misconduct” at “gross neglect of duty” dahil pinayagan umano niya na magpatuloy sa operasyon ang Kentex Manufacturing Corp. na pabrika ng tsinelas, kahit na wala itong […]
(Eagle News) — Idineklara ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), na mapanganib at isa sa mga pinakamalubhang uri ng child labor ang ilan pang mga trabaho na may kaugnayan sa pagsasaka. Ito ay alinsunod sa Department Order No. 149-A ni Labor secretary Silvestre Bello III, na nagpapalawig sa employment ban sa mga menor de edad sa sektor ng agrikultura at livestock farming. Partikular na tinukoy ng DOLE, ang mga plant propagation activities gaya ng […]
(Eagle News) — The South Korean government is asking the Philippine government for an explanation regarding the murder of one of its nationals who was apparently a kidnap for ransom victim, by certain police officers under the Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal Drugs Group. This came about as Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said other PNP officers could be involved in the kidnapping. But he refused to name these officers. The South Korean Foreign Minister Yun […]
