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VMMC to open its gates to ease heavy traffic

(Eagle News)– The Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) will open the gates of Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City to the public as part of the solutions to heavy traffic during the holiday season. “Ito’y makakaginhawa nang husto sa ating mga kababayan lalo na ‘yung napakabigat na North at Mindanao Avenue,” Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Thomas Orbos said. Once opened, vehicles passing North Avenue may enter the main gate of […]

Senate to conduct Charter change hearings outside Metro Manila

(Eagle News)– Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon said the Senate constitutional amendments committee will conduct hearings on Charter change (Cha-cha) in other localities outside Metro Manila. The Senate committee, which Drilon chairs, plans to hold hearings in Baguio, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro “to get as wide a spectrum as possible of our people’s views.” The Senate panel held on Thursday its first hearing on proposals to amend some provisions in the 1987 Constitution. […]

Senate panel: No proof of state-sponsored slays, DDS in Duterte’s drug war

(Eagle News)– Eleven senators have signed the committee report saying there was no proof of government-sanctioned killings related with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs. The report also said the committee saw no evidence to prove the existence of Davao Death Squad (DDS). The report was principally drafted by Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate committees on justice and human rights, and public order and dangerous drugs, which jointly held […]

“Yellow” senators refute plans to oust Duterte

(Eagle News) — Liberal Party (LP) senators Franklin Drilon and Leila de Lima have dismissed allegations from President Rodrigo Duterte that his “yellow” critics are plotting his impeachment. “Walang katotohanan yan. We have not discussed any plot to change the President. We respect the mandate of the people,” Drilon told reporters. De Lima, a staunch critic of Duterte, said LP stalwarts were just making their voices be heard when they opposed the so-called extrajudicial killings, reimposing of death penalty, […]

Pamimigay ng bigas sa 4Ps beneficiaries, hindi tuloy – DSWD

Eagle News – Sa year-end conference sa Boracay kamakailan lamang, kinumpirma ng Department of Social Welfare and Development o DSWD na hindi maibibigay ngayong 2016 ang ipinangako ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na 20 kilo ng bigas na ibibigay sa bawat benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program o 4Ps. Kaugnay nito, ayon kay Beverly Salazar, focal person ng 4Ps, patuloy pa rin umanong inaalam ng DSWD central office kung bigas ba o cash na lamang ang […]

Second tranche ng financial assistance, ibibigay na sa mga benepisyaryo kung maisusumite na ang liquidation

Eagle News – Naglabas na ng memorandum na nag-uutos sa mga division at regional offices ng Department of Education na magsumite na ng liquidation requirements upang maibigay na ang ikalawang bahagi ng pondo para sa mga tauhan ng naturang ahensya na nasalanta ng Bagyong Yolanda at ng magnitude 7.2 na lindol sa Bohol. Inisyu ni DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones ang naturang memorandum na naglalayong maibigay na ang financial assistance sa mahigit 45,000 na tauhan ng […]

New witness vs. Duterte to back up Matobato’s claims, says lawyer

(Eagle News)– Jude Sabio, legal counsel of alleged hitman Edgar Matobato, on Friday (December 9) announced they will produce a new witness to support his client’s claims against President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Sabio, the witness allegedly saw Duterte shoot a person in Davao City in May 2012. Before this announcement, Sabio filed complaints on behalf of Matobato against the President and 27 others over their alleged involvement with the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS). […]

US warship named after Philippine hero, Bonifacio, arrives in Manila

(Eagle News)– The Del Pilar-class Frigate BRP FF17 Andres Bonifacio, a United States Navy warship, arrived in Manila on Friday (December 9). Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim joined Philippine Navy in welcoming the ship and its sailors. The new vessel was named after Bonifacio for his “heroism as a Filipino revolutionary leader and the president of the Tagalog Republic,” a press release said. Before arriving in the country, […]

Second IED, a more “destructive” bomb, found in Bulacan – PNP Chief

(Eagle News) — The fourth suspect in the foiled bombing near the United States Embassy in Manila on November 28 is now in the custody of the Philippine National Police (PNP) as another improvised explosive device (IED) was found in Bulacan on Wednesday, December 8. In a press briefing, PNP Chief Director General Roland “Bato” Dela Rosa presented the IED, an artillery that could have killed as many as 300 people in a radius of […]

Duterte pledges at UNCAC: No corruption

MANILA, Philippines (PIA)– President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his commitment Wednesday to eliminate corruption in government and put an end to decades long abuses in the bureaucracy. Filipinos are fed up with corruption and this is the reason why he was elected president due to his strong stance against it as well as illegal drugs and criminality. “I will give you a respite of this so many generations of corruption in this country. We are like […]