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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Leila De Lima has admitted her relationship with her former driver and bodyguard, Ronnie Dayan. However, she denied all other allegations linking her to the illegal drug trade. For the first time in months after President Rodrigo Duterte branded De Lima as an immoral woman for having an affair with her driver, De Lima broke her silence and confirmed that she had a relationship with Dayan for “a few […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — With eight affirmative votes, six negative votes and six abstentions, the Senate failed to adopt a resolution expressing opposition to the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Senator “Risa” Hontiveros Baraquel, who filed Senate Resolution 86, said that allowing the former president to be buried at the libingan would only cause divisiveness and reopen old wounds, especially since the country is in the process […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte warned that Islamic State militants driven out of Syria and Iraq could set up in his country, and if that happened he would forego human rights obligations to keep his people safe. Duterte said the southern Philippine province of Mindanao was already a hotbed of rebellion and banditry and he was worried about “looming terrorism” and an influx of extremists who could exploit the insecurity. […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said that the admission of Senator Leila de Lima of her illicit affair with her former driver-bodyguard, Ronnie Dayan, would bolster the government’s case against the former justice secretary on her alleged involvement in protecting the illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prisons. De Lima was interviewed by broadcaster and economist Solita “Winnie” Monsod in her program, “Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie” aired by […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte maintained that there is still a good relationship between him and former President Fidel V. Ramos. This was after the former President’s comments criticizing the Duterte administration. Ramos personally went to the Malacañang to discuss his personal concerns with President Duterte.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar apologized for his remark calling those who are protesting the Marcos burial in the Libingan ng mga Bayani as “temperamental brats”. Andanar also said that he does not have the intention of hurting the feelings as well as belittling the feelings of those who suffered during the martial law. https://youtu.be/dC5EbTjUd0k
QUEZON City, Philippines – Senate President Aquilino “Koko Pimentel III appealed to the public to stop worrying about plans of suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Pimentel said that this was just an idea of the President that he voiced out publicly. Duterte was only “thinking out loud,” he said. Pimentel said the steps in the Constitution would still be strictly followed. https://youtu.be/GqW_I-pTqJ0
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa is expected to return to the country on Thursday, November 17. According to Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Roland dela Rosa, a representative of the PNP was sent to Abu Dhabi in order to facilitate the turn-over of Kerwin Espinosa from the Abu Dhabi authorities to Philippine police officials. Kerwin Espinosa will remain in the custody of the PNP and will not be […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte asked the Department of Foreign Affairs, especially the country’s embassy officials in Wellington, New Zealand, to closely monitor the status of Filipinos in the country after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit New Zealand. As of now, no Filipino was reported affected by the earthquake. President Duterte plans to make a stop-over in New Zealand on his way to Peru to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Joel Villanueva filed a motion for reconsideration on the decision of the Ombudsman dismissing him from service. The senator said that he will leave it in the hands of the Senate leadership to decide on the said dismissal. On the other hand, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel said that he will wait for the decision of the Ombudsman regarding the motion of reconsideration filed by Senator Joel Villanueva before […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the Hacienda Luisita Incorporated to put a stop in the audit being conducted in the Hacienda Luisita. In a seven-page resolution issued by the Supreme Court en banc, the petition of the HLI for a 90-day suspension of the audit was not favored as both the camps of the HLI and the farmers already chose auditors.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the dismissal from public service of Senator Joel Villanueva for his administrative liability over the allegedly anomalous use of 10 million pesos from his pork barrel allocation as a House member. Villanueva’s dismissal stemmed from his indictment for malversation, graft and falsification of public documents over the allegedly anomalous disbursement of his 10 million-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF during his stint as […]
