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PAGASA: 13 provinces under signal #1 as TD ‘Marce’ maintains strength

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that thirteen provinces are now under tropical cyclone warning signal (TCWS) No. 1 as the low pressure area east of Mindanao has developed into tropical depression (TD) “Marce” and maintains its strength. In its severe weather bulletin issued 5 AM, Pagasa raised TCWS No. 1 over southern Leyte, Bohol, Cebu, Siquijor, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Surigao Del Norte, Surigao […]

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Dayan: De Lima told me to “hide” and snub hearing; daughter shows senator’s text messages

    (Eagle News) — The controversial former driver and lover of Senator Leila De Lima, Ronnie Dayan, testified that De Lima had told him to “hide” and not appear in the House committee on justice investigating the alleged illegal drug operations at the New Bilibid Prisons, after he consulted her on the subpoena he had received for the hearing. De Lima’s instructions came through two text messages received by Dayan’s daughter, Hannah May, whom […]

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DOLE issues pay rules for Bonifacio Day

MANILA, Nov. 24 – Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III advised employers to observe pay rules for the November 30 regular holiday, Bonifacio Day. Bello made the reminder as the nation marks the 153rd birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio on Wednesday which is a regular non-working holiday. “I urge our private sector employers to observe the pay rules and core labor standards applicable on that day for our workers’ welfare and protection,” said Bello after issuing Labor Advisory […]

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DSWD opens hotline 734-8623 for public to report sightings of street kids in NCR

QUEZON CITY, Nov. 24 – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo appealed to the public to inform the Local Government Units (LGUs) or the DSWD on the presence of street children and street families, especially in major thoroughfares. In the National Capital Region , the DSWD-Field Office here has provided the hotline number, 734-8623, which the public may call to report sightings of street children/street families. Aside from the hotline, […]

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House committee on justice recommends immunity for Ronnie Dayan

  (Eagle News) — The House Committee on Justice recommended the grant of immunity to Ronnie Dayan as it started its inquiry on Thursday morning (November 24) into the alleged proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid prisons. With no member of the House objecting, House committee chair Rep. Rey Umali said they would forward their motion to grant immunity to Dayan, a former bodyguard-driver and lover of Senator Leila de Lima, to House […]

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Emotional PNP Chief Dela Rosa cries over criminal cops

  (Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa on Wednesday (November 23) cried after hearing Senator Miguel Zubiri’s statement of trust for his role in the administration’s war on drugs. “Sa tingin ko, ikaw na lang ang pinagkakatiwalaan namin. Ikaw na lang talaga ang pag-asa namin, because we believe in you,” Zubiri said during the Senate probe on the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. This statement made Dela […]

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Kapatid ni Dayan ang posibleng makakuha ng P1-M pabuya

(Eagle News) — Posibleng sa pamilya ni Ronnie Dayan mapunta ang P1 milyon na pabuya na nilikom ng Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC). Ito ay matapos mahuli kahapon ang umano’y driver-bodyguard ni Senadora Leila De Lima sa liblib na bahagi ng San Juan, La Union. Ayon kay Atty. Ferdinand Topacio, Legal Counsel ng VACC, kung totoong ang kapatid ni Dayan ang nagbigay ng impormasyon sa pagsuko nito ay posibleng sa kaniya ibigay ang pabuya. […]

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Ronnie Dayan set to complete his affidavit on drug mess

(Eagle News)– Senator Leila de Lima’s former aide Ronnie Dayan is set to execute his affidavit on his alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade in New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali, chair of the House justice committee which ordered Dayan’s arrest, said he will be assisted by lawyers from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). “We have given Dayan an opportunity to select a lawyer out of his personal choice […]

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“I forgive you,” says De Lima as she makes blanket denial of Kerwin’s detailed testimony

  (Eagle News)– Senator Leila de Lima refused to confront or question alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa at the Senate hearing on Wednesday (November 23), after the latter claimed that De Lima received drug money from him. Kerwin claimed that he gave P8 million for De Lima’s senatorial campaign fund through her ex aide Ronnie Dayan. She then made a categorical blanker denial of his allegations. “Let me say this to my colleagues here, and everyone […]

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Kerwin names police general who asked P3 million drug money; tags more cops on the take

  (Eagle News) – The Senate started hearing the testimony Wednesday morning (November 23) of Eastern Visayas’s suspected big time drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, as he detailed how he started his illegal drugs business in 2004. He said he first started small and then grew his business with the help of his “upline,” and later his alleged drug protectors. Espinosa said he first started operations in Cebu, and was arrested in 2005. He also spent […]

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Three fishermen rescued off Samal Island 

Three fishermen floating for nine hours after their boat capsized off Samal Island were rescued by the Philippine Navy. Lt. James Reyes, Naval forces eastern Mindanao public affairs officer, said the three fishermen were found and rescued at around 6:10 a.m. Tuesday, November 22. He identified the fishermen as Soy-An Osani, 47; Jamir Osani, 20; and Henry Everre, 17, all residents of barangay Isla Verde, Davao City. Reyes said the three had just finished loading […]

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Peacetalks sa CPP-NPA-NDF, di apektado ng Marcos burial – Sec. Bello

(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng malakanyang na hindi madidiskaril ang usapang pangkapayapaan na isinusulong sa National Democratic Front (NDF) dahil sa pagpapalibing kay dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani. Ito’y matapos tutulan ng NDF ang  pagpayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na maihimlay ang mga labi ng dating pangulong Marcos sa LNMB. Sa press briefing sa Malakanyang, sinabi ni government peace Panel Negotiator at Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, natural lamang na maglabas […]

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