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(Reuters) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday (December 8) he would allow Jack Lam, one of Asia’s top casino kingpins, to do business in the country after he had ordered his arrest on charges of economic sabotage and bribery. Duterte said he would allow the casino boss to come back to the Philippines if he settles his liabilities, pays his taxes and apologises for allegedly bribing an official. Lam, from the Chinese […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte challenged Senator Leila De Lima to file impeachment charges against him after his speech defending policemen allegedly involved in the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. “They can go ahead. Bakit pa mas maraming daldal? Sige na, impeach na,” the President said. Duterte in a speech expressed that he would still support policemen who risk their lives in the line of duty and will not allow them […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in its own human rights probe claimed there is no massive human rights violations in the country. “There will be human rights violations. Is it massive or not? Indications based on the case showed that it is not massive… indicatively there is no human rights violations or it is at the barest minimum,” Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing III said Friday (December 9). “We should continue […]
(Eagle News)– Former transportation secretary Joseph Emilio “Jun” Abaya and six other officials of the dissolved Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) are facing graft charges for the purchase of P3.8 billion worth of license plates under the Aquino administration. Former Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) general manager Al Vitangcol led the filing of the case against Abaya at the Department of Justice on Tuesday (December 6). Vitangcol told […]
(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 […]
(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. […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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). […]
(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, […]
