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(Eagle News)– A wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City to celebrate the 153rd birthday of Andres Bonifacio on Wednesday (November 30). The program began with the raising of the Philippine flag followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag. Attendees then offered flowers to the monument. President Rodrigo Duterte and the local government of Caloocan City sent flowers to the event. The event was led by several Caloocan […]
(Eagle News)– Ronnie Dayan, the former bodyguard and driver of Senator Leila De Lima, did not appear on Tuesday (November 29) at the Department of Justice (DOJ) where he was expected to apply for state protection due to his supposed knowledge on the illegal drug trade inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said they have not received any word from Dayan or the police assigned to him if he would go […]
(Eagle News) — Police have already arrested the suspect who planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near the United States Embassy. The suspect was identified as 34-year old Rayson Kilala also known as Rashid Kilala of Barangay Bagumbayan in Bulacan. He was arrested by combined operatives of the Manila Police District and the Bulacan provincial office around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday (November 30) in Bulacan, just a day after police released computer generated sketch of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would push through with his planned trip to Marawi City in Lanao del Sur even after the ambush on his advance party Wednesday where seven of his aides from the Presidential Security Group and two soldiers were wounded. Duterte said he would also take the same route taken by his aides, going against the advice of his top men not to push through with the trip […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines criticized Tuesday as “irresponsible and alarming” a UN envoy’s warning that life sentences meted out to two ex-Khmer Rouge leaders should serve as a warning to Manila over human rights abuses. Last week, a United Nations-backed court in Cambodia upheld life sentences for crimes against humanity for two senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, which was responsible for the death of up to two million Cambodians from 1975-1979. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Seven military bodyguards of President Rodrigo Duterte and two other soldiers were wounded Tuesday in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants on the eve of his planned visit to the southern Philippines, the military and president said. Military spokesmen said a bomb hit the soldiers’ convoy as it drove on a road in a southern region where an armed group which had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group operated, […]
(Eagle News)– Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday (November 29) said leaders of both legislative chambers met Monday night to discuss conditions amid the issuance of show cause order against Senator Leila De Lima. “We will respect any moves of their committees for show cause order as long as it is not directed towards the Senate itself,” said Sotto. “It will be up to Sen. De Lima if she will answer or not,” […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima had admitted to texting the daughter of her former bodyguard and lover, Ronnie Dayan, not to attend the hearing at the House inquiry on the illegal drug trade at the national penitentiary last October. But the senator qualified that this was not “obstruction of justice,” but “obstruction of persecution.” “They’re imputing disrespect on my part. Aren’t they the ones disrespecting me all this time? So what do […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives issued a “show cause order” against Senator Leila De Lima and is set to serve this with the Senate today, Tuesday, November 29. House members have agreed to just ask the Senate to “discipline” one of its members for interfering in the House hearing by preventing her former bodyguard and lover, Ronnie Dayan, from testifying last October. Lawmakers agreed not to issue an arrest warrant anymore against […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Naghain ng supplemental complaint sa Korte Suprema ang Voluteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) para sa disbarment case na isinampa nito laban kay Senadora Leila De Lima dahil sa pakiki-pagrelasyon sa isang may-asawa na. Idinagdag ng VACC sa kanilang disbarment complaint ang pag-amin ni Dayan sa pagdinig ng Kamara na nagkaroon sila ng pitong-taong relasyon ni De Lima. Nais rin ng grupong VACC na agad suspendihin ng Office of the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi raw pinagtatakpan at pino-protektahan ng liderato ng Senado si Senador Leila De Lima. Ito ang iginiit ni Senate President Aquilino Pimentel sa harap ng mga depensa na hindi maaring sumunod si De Lima sa inisyung show cause para magpaliwanag sa umanoy pagpigil na mapaharap ang kanilang imbestigasyon si Ronnie Dayan. Iginiit ni Pimentel na may sariling patakaran sa pagdisiplina ang Senado batay sa itinatakda ng saligang batas.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Malacañang ang kaligtasan ng publiko kaugnay ng posibleng pag-atake ng mga terroristang grupo sa Metro Manila at iba pang lugar sa bansa. Sinabi ni Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, kontrolado ng pamahalaan ang seguridad sa buong kapuluan matapos matuklasan ang improvised explosive device Sa Roxas Boulevard malapit sa US Embassy sa lungsod ng Maynila. Ayon kay andanar hindi dapat maalarma ang publiko dahil nakatutok ang security agencies ng […]
