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MANILA, Philippines– Presidential Communications Secretary, Martin Andanar released a statement about the Cotabato jail attack on January 4, 2017. According to the initial report, around 100 inmates escaped and one jail officer, Jail Officer 1 Excell Ray Vicedo, died after more than a hundred armed men attacked the North Cotabato District Jail in Barangay Amas, Kidapawan City, around 1:15 am on January 4. The firefight lasted for two hours. The North Cotabato District Jail has a […]
(Eagle News) — Balik-trabaho na si Senador JV Ejercito matapos masuspinde dahil sa kinakaharap na kasong graft. Napaaga ang pagbabalik sa Senado ni Ejercito matapos siyang i-abswelto ng Sandiganbayan. At dahil balik na muli sa kaniyang trabaho, uunahin aniya ang nakapending na emergency powers para maresolba ang matinding problema sa traffic. https://youtu.be/nII7V1KQmP8
(Eagle News) — Nakikipagtulungan na ang Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) matapos ang nangyaring jailbreak sa Cotabato District Jail sa Amas, Kidapawan City. Magiging katuwang ng BJMP ang AFP at Special Action Force (SAF) ng PNP sa clearing operations sa palibot ng kulungan at sa mga kalapit lugar. Inilunsad na rin ang manhunt operations sa isandaan at tatlumput dalawang (132) inmate […]
QUEZON CITY (Eagle News) – Simula noong Martes, Enero 3, 2017 ay mahigpit nang ipinagbabawal ang pagpuputol ng puno ng niyog. Ito ay ayon sa Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA). Layunin nito na maingatan ang coconut industry sa bansa dahil higit na mas marami ang napuputol na puno kaysa naitatanim. Noong December 23, 2016, nang lagdaan ni PCA Administrator Billy Andal ang moratorium ukol dito. Ilan sa mga kasamang lumagda ay sina Cabinet Secretary Leoncio “Jun” […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 – With its 24/7 power restoration efforts, the Department of Energy (DOE), together with its private institution partners has resumed electricity supply to 1,003,519 households or about 57% re-energization of Typhoon Nina-affected areas as of 4 January 2017. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said, “After restoring power in town centers and nearby communities, our ground personnel are working round the clock, even double time to bring back the power supply to all […]
MANILA, Jan. 5 – In line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to provide victims of Typhoon Yolanda a conducive and permanent resettlement area, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that water tanks and jetmatic pumps have been installed in all resettlement sites of Yolanda victims. “As promised, all resettlement sites are now provided with water. The Tacloban North Resettlement Site is now equipped with 67 units of 5 cubic meter and […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 – The attainment of the current administration’s goal of reducing poverty in the country is now rolling. Three checks worth P25 million each were released by the Department of Agriculture 12 to provincial local government units (PLGUs) which are identified recipients of the government’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program. Under SAAD, the Agri department will focus on top 10 prioritized poorest provinces, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s thrust […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 -The Bureau of Fisheries and the Philippine Fishports Development Authority, two agencies of government which are under the Department of Agriculture, have come up with a nationwide program to facilitate the distribution of fish straight from the fish ports to the remote towns of the country. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the program called “Isda sa Kabukiran” or Fish in the Rural Areas would entail the direct involvement of the BFAR […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda filed the proposed Expanded Maternity Leave Law (Senate Bill No. 1262) on January 4 to increase the maternity leave of employees in the government and private sector to 100 days. Legarda said that the current maternity leave of 60 days for normal delivery and 78 days in case of caesarean delivery does not even comply with the international labor standards on maternal protection that recommend a minimum of 14 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News)– Senator Leila De Lima denied accusations that she and Senator Antonio Trillanes had a hand in the stabbing of Jaybee Sebastian at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City last September 2016. In a press statement, she said that the accusations against her and Trillanes are in line with the propaganda thrust of the Duterte administration to pin all the blame on them. “If I were responsible for the stabbing, […]
(Eagle News) – It was New Bilibid Prison inmate Tomas Donina who had linked Senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV to the previous attempt to kill controversial inmate Jaybee Sebastian in September last year. This was the clarification of Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II amid denials from De Lima that she was behind any attempt on the life of Sebastian who had earlier linked her to the illegal drug trade […]
SEVEN of the more than 150 inmates who escaped from the Cotabato District Jail in Amas, Kidapawan City have been killed as the manhunt for the escaped inmates is intensified. According to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) spokesman Chief Insp. Xavier Solda, at least six of the inmates have already been recaptured. Five of them surrendered to local officials in Cotabato. The jailbreak happened past 1 a.m. Wednesday (January 4) when […]
