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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is ready to step down in two or three years’ time if Congress would be able to lay the groundwork for a federal system of government. As a matter of fact, he said, he is even ready to leave office anytime if the people truly would not want him to continue as President. In his speech during the awarding ceremonies for the Ten Outstanding Young […]
(Eagle News)– House leaders filed on Monday (December 12) an ethics complaint against Senator Leila De Lima for violating the rules of Congress when she advised her former driver-bodyguard, Ronnie Dayan, to skip an inquiry via text message. House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, and House Committee on Justice chairman and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali filed the complaint before the office of Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III, chairman of the Senate Committee […]
(Eagle News)– Ten Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed during a clash with government troops in Patikul, Sulu over the weekend, Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Major Filemon Tan said Monday (December 12). Troops of the 35th Infantry Battalion under the Joint Task Force Sulu led by Lt. Col. Vladimir Lenos Villanueva were conducting military operations when they encountered at least 150 ASG bandits in the area. The heavy firefight also hurt 21 soldiers,19 of […]
(Eagle News)– The government peace panel on Monday (December 12) lauded the willingness of the National Democratic Front (NDF) to sign a bilateral ceasefire agreement before the release of political prisoners. “The willingness of the NDF to sign the bilateral ceasefire agreement is indeed a welcome development as this bodes well to a positive atmosphere when we meet again for the third round of talks in January,” government panel chairman and Labor Secretary Silvestre […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appointed former Quezon City Branch 79 RTC Judge Bernelito R. Fernandez to the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan. In the transmittal letter of Executive Salvador Medialdea to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, President Duterte appointed the new magistrate to replace retired Associate Justice Teresita Diaz-Baldoz. Three positions in the anti-graft court will soon be vacated with the retirement of Associate Justices Jose Hernandez, and early retirement of Napoleon Inoturan and Rolando […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday (December 12) urged Senator Richard Gordon to create a subcommittee that will tackle the reimposition of the death penalty on ‘heinous crimes.’ “My suggestion is for him to appoint or create a subcommittee who’s willing to defend the bill on the floor and even conduct committee hearings,” Lacson said. Senator Gordon, who chairs the Committee on Justice handling the revival of the capital punishment, is against the […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have been placed under red alert status for the holiday season. The National Capital Region Police Office was also put on full alert for the Miss Universe pageant. NCRPO director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde said that the full alert status was enforced as some Miss Universe candidates started arriving on Friday, December 9. The Philippines is set to host […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson said Senator Leila De Lima promised to return to the country after her trips to the United States and Germany before she left the country on Sunday. Lacson said there is no reason to bar De Lima from leaving since there is no warrant arrest issued against her. De Lima on Sunday, December 11, leave the country to went to the US to receive an award by the […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Leila De Lima flew to United States (US) on Sunday (December 11) despite a lookout bulletin issued to her by the Department of Justice (DOJ). She is set to receive an award in the US, and speak at the Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, Germany after. The senator will be abroad until Dec. 22. A lookout bulletin was filed against her in connection with the alleged proliferation of illegal drugs […]
MANILA, Dec.12 –Total merchandise trade grew by 5 percent in October 2016, supported by growth in both imports and exports, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Based on a report by the Philippine Statistics Authority, total trade grew to US$11.7 billion in October 2016, with imports growing by 5.9 percent and exports, 3.7 percent. “Total trade was boosted by higher exports and imports to and from Asia and other major markets. For […]
MANILA – The Commission on Elections directs all Offices of the Election Officers (OEO) to strictly follow the mandated registration hours, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, for the ongoing voter registration period which started last November 7, 2016. The OEOs are further required to conduct widespread information dissemination down to the barangay level for the early registration of qualified registrants without waiting for the last day of registration. “In exceptional situations wherein there is a large […]
(Reuters) — Grace Fonollera sat beside the coffin of her 18-year-old son, Ace Bacorro, at a funeral set up across their shanty home in Manila. Her son, along with his friend Rondolph Droyon, were killed on December 6 when unidentified gunmen shot them while they were out drinking. Closed circuit television footage by the local village showed men riding on two motorcycles firing at the group in the early morning. Fonollera said her son […]
