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(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 […]
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija, Nov. 29 (PIA) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte will inaugurate today, the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) Phase I inside Fort Magsaysay. Highlights of the activity include inspection of model rooms, ceremonial unveiling of project marker, and recognition of DATRC donors including Chinese billionaire Huang Rulun. The President is also expected to deliver a speech. The Mega DATRC in Fort Magsaysay has 10,000 bed capacity wherein Phase I has […]
MANILA, Nov. 29 – Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III has renewed his call for workers’ groups to seek the ‘middle ground’ in the common desire to end illegal contractualization practices by employers. Bello made the appeal as the labor department concluded its nationwide consultative summits on endo and contractualizaton. “While the Department is keen on curbing illegitimate contractualization or ‘endo’ practices as directed by the President, we recognize that there are legitimate forms […]
IN record time, the Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the P 3.35-trillion proposed national budget for 2017, with 20 affirmative votes, no negative vote and no abstention. This was the earliest time the Senate had passed its version of the national budget in recent years. Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, said the Senate version of the 2017 national budget aimed to deliver the changes Filipinos want, […]
(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa on Monday (November 28) said that alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa has revised his accusations against Albuera police Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido. “In fairness to him, dahan dahang binabawi ni Kerwin yung sinasabi niya. Sabi ni Kerwin the other night, kinausap ko, sabi niya ‘Sa totoo lang sir, matino na pulis ‘yang si Espinido,’” Dela Rosa said in a press conference. Dela Rosa added […]
(Eagle News)– Over 54,000 passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) in both elementary and seconday, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Monday (November 28). The PRC said 23,378 elementary teachers out of 77,466 examinees (30.18 percent) and 31,334 secondary teachers out of 92,754 examinees (33.78 percent) passed the LET given in September. Mark Penuliar Castillo of Tarlac State University (Tarlac College of Techology) and Lady Princess Sanguyo Marcelo of UP Diliman topped the list […]
(Eagle News)– Malacañang has directed heightened security in public places after an improvised explosive device (IED) was found near the United States (US) Embassy Monday, November 28. “To ensure public safety in airports, seaports, bus and mass transport terminals, concerned transport agencies are instructed to increase the visibility and presence of uniformed personnel and heighten the screening of persons and luggage as part of our security vigilance,” Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement. […]
