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(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte warned the terrorist Maute group not to set conditions on the Philippine government after it demanded that the military stop its attacks. Duterte said on Monday (December 12) that the Maute Group has threatened to burn Marawi City if the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) would not stop its attacks on their forces. “Itong Maute… It was carried by a Moro ambassador, former, sabi niya na, ‘Maghinto sila basta […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Anumang araw ngayong linggo ay nakatakda na ang paglipat ni Kerwin Espinosa mula Kampo Crame patungong NBI sa Maynila. Ayon kay Attorney John Ungab, wala nang balakid sa paglipat ni Kerwin makaraang makapasok ito sa provisional coverage ng Witness Protection Program ng Department of Justice. Gayunman tumanggi ang abogado na tukuyin ang eksaktong araw na paglipat sa kanyang kliyente ngayong linggo dahil na rin sa usaping pangseguridad. Inihayag pa ni […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Maaaring umanong masibak sa puwesto si Senadora Leila De Lima sakaling madiin sa inihaing ethics complaint ng House of Representatives sa Senado. Ayon kay House Justice Committee Chairman Reynaldo Umali, mabigat na kasalanan ang “grave misconduct.” Binigyan diin pa ni Umali na maaaring naiwasan sana ang pagsasampa niya at iba pang lider ng kamara ng ethics complaint laban kay De Lima kung sumunod lamang ito sa patakaran ng Kongreso. Kaugnay […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Catherine Manahan, chief of the legislative division of the Office of the Senate President, as new magistrate of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA). Manahan will assume the post following the retirement of CTA Justice Amelia Colangco-Manalastas. Manahan was chosen from six candidates for the post. The other five candidates include a tax lawyer and four local court judges. She was an officer of the University of the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Leila De Lima has been cited by the influential Foreign Policy magazine as one of the leading global thinkers for 2016 for standing up to President Rodrigo Duterte and for her efforts to investigate the spate of extra-judicial killings in the country. The former chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights and the former justice secretary was honored “for standing up to an extremist leader” as one of the 13 […]
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) — Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines have freed two Indonesian hostages, the military said on Monday, as the army mounted an offensive against the Islamist kidnapping group. The two were among seven crew seized from a tugboat off the southern Philippines in June. The others have already been released. They were undergoing medical checks and would later be turned over to Indonesian government representatives, the military said in a […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee has approved the proposed P3.350 trillion national budget for 2017 following the consolidation of the respective versions of the Senate and House of Representatives. Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance announced this on Tuesday, December 13, as she stated that the budget was “in line with the President’s 10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda.” She said that they have ensured that it would fund the […]
(Eagle News) – A day after filing an ethics complaint with the Senate against Senator Leila De Lima, House leaders today filed a criminal complaint against her with the Department of Justice for snubbing the House inquiry on the illegal drug trade and for instructing her driver-bodyguard to hide and do the same. The House leaders who filed the criminal complaint were House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, House Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Farinas and House […]
(Eagle News)– Kabayan part-list has formed a panel that will investigate its representative Harry Roque over his alleged improper manner of questioning Ronnie Dayan, the former driver-bodyguard of Senator Leila De Lima, during a House inquiry on November 24. The three-person panel would probe Roque for concentrating his inquiry on the details of Dayan’s past relationship with De Lima instead of his alleged involvement with drug lords inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP). “We can ignore […]
(Eagle News)– Chairman of the ethics committee and Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III assured on Monday (December 12) an impartial probe on the ethics complaint filed by House leaders against Senator Leila De Lima. “I’ve said that before, I will say it again. I will always be impartial. If you cannot be impartial, and chair [the] ethics [panel], better resign,” Sotto told reporters in an interview. Sotto, along with ethics panel vice-chairman Senator Panfilo […]
TARLAC CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte visited soldiers at Camp Servillano Aquino on Dec. 11, Sunday in a display of continuing support to the military. He also announced he is giving his presents for them this Yuletide season. In a speech before the soldiers, he said they have a president who gives all-out support to the military, adding that he believes in a strong police and military. Filipinos are grateful with their armed forces and […]
Mariing itinanggi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na mga pulis at militar ang nasa likod ng umano’y extra judicial killings sa libo- libong katao na napapaslang mula nang maupo ito sa pwesto noong buwan ng Hulyo. Sa kanyang talumpati sa isang pagtitipon sa Tarlac, mariing itinanggi ng pangulo ang mga aksusayong ipinupukol dito. Sa tala ng Philippine National Police, dalawang libo at apat- katao na ang napapaslang ng mga pulis sa gitna ng operasyon kontra droga […]
