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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Leila De Lima is now back in the Philippines, after her trip to United States and Germany. She went to the USA to receive recognition as one of the 100 foreign policy thinkers in Washington D.C. while the senator went to Germany for a speaking engagement. Senator De Lima did not show up before the members of the media who awaited her arrival at the airport. The Qatar […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas released Php 8.25 billion worth or a total of 27 million pieces of new bank notes featuring President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature. The BSP released 100 boxes containing Php 20, Php 50, Php 100, Php 500 and Php 1000 bills. Each denomination has five million pieces released in the National Capital Region, the rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Under Section 53 of Republic Act […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Property tycoon Andrew Tan’s group promised to donate an additional Php 1.2 billion for the construction of additional drug rehabilitation centers in various places around the country. https://youtu.be/hnGK__sH9xU
(Eagle News) – The Department of Justice filed criminal charges against Senator Leila de Lima before a Quezon City court for advising her then driver-bodyguard Ronnie Dayan to ignore the summons of the House of Representatives to its inquiry on the illegal drug trade. The DOJ found probable cause in the complaint filed by House leaders who had earlier recommended that charges for obstruction of justice be filed against the senator. The formal complaint for […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Four crew from a Philippine-flagged fishing vessel have been snatched in waters off the country’s south where Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants have previously taken hostages, the military said Wednesday. A sister vessel found the unmanned FB Ramona 2 in the Celebes Sea early Tuesday, two hours after the crew of both vessels made their last radio contact, regional military spokesman Major Filemon Tan said. Tan told reporters that seamen from the […]
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 15 – As schools get ready for the annual school closedown beginning late next week, a health and environmental watch group reached out to young students to warn them against the hazards of lighting firecrackers during the holidays. Last Wednesday, December 14, the EcoWaste Coalition organized a well-attended awareness-raising drive to encourage the students of the Jacinto Zamora Elementary School (JZES) in Pandacan, Manila to spurn firecrackers and opt for alternative noisemakers to herald the […]
MANILA, Dec. 21 – Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III reiterated his call for private employers for the release of workers’ 13th month pay. “In the spirit of this holiday season, I appeal to employers to give your workers their 13th month pay. Better yet, pay them now,” Bello said. The 13th month pay is a general labor standard. Private sector employers are duty-bound under the law to report their compliance with this worker benefit. Under the law, all employers […]
(Eagle News) — The ambassador of the Russian Federation, His Excellency Igor Anatolyevich Khovaev, visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office on Tuesday morning (December 20) where he made a courtesy call to INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. The Russian ambassador said that Russia is very much open to Filipinos as he pushed for a more cordial and friendly relations between Russia and the Philippines. “We need to explore all possible opportunities […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that the overall crime rate in the country went down during the first five months of the Duterte administration while admitting that the murder rate went up in the same period. The PNP also said that compared to the 81, 000 criminal cases recorded last year, this year only recorded 55, 000. But the murder rate went up by 51% compared to the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to give presidential clemency to elderly and sick prisoners this holiday season. According to Senator Recto, the tradition of freeing prisoners during the holiday season should be kept and that if the administration had set political prisoners free, it should also set free ordinary prisoners.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — In his speech at the recently-held 2016 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas, President Rodrigo Duterte named three more officials who are allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade. They are former Congressman Vicente Belmonte, former Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz and another Mayor named Willy Lim.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is now holding crucial documents from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), including the bank statements of Senator Leila De Lima, as it intensified its investigation of the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. According to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, the NBI now has the statement of accounts of those who are suspected of being involved in the alleged NBP illegal […]
