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MANILA, Nov. 10 – The Commission on Elections is urging around 2 million deactivated voters to reactivate their registration records during the 5-month registration period from November 7, 2016 to April 29, 2017. Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said that there are still around 2 million voters whose records are deactivated. Under Republic Act 8189, also known as the Voters Registration Act of 1996, failure to vote in two consecutive national elections will result in the deactivation of […]
(Eagle News) – The Senate started on Thursday morning, November 10, its investigation on the circumstances of the mysterious killing while under detention of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa, with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group operatives admitting that they have indeed ordered jail guards to “face the wall” when they proceeded to the mayor’s jail cell. During the hearing, CIDG operatives tried to justify the service of their search warrant and the killing […]
(Eagle News) — President Duterte arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday night and proceeded to the Mandarin Hotel where he addressed the Filipino community there. Before his speech, Filipino-Malaysian singers first sang his favorite songs, “Ikaw” and “You Raised Me Up.” At one point, the President even gamely sang along. In his speech to the Filipino community, the President said that corruption was the main problem that had hampered the country’s development. He said that […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte offered his “warm congratulations” to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, saying his administration is looking forward to working with him to enhance US-Philippine relations. In a statement relayed through his Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, Duterte said he wished US President-elect Trump “success in the next four years as Chief Executive and commander-in-chief of the US military.” President Duterte then said he was looking forward “working with the incoming administration […]
(Eagle News) — Lawmakers at the House of Representatives weighed in on the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday, November 8 allowing former President Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
(Eagle News) — In an exclusive interview in ASEAN in Focus, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., was very happy and expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court (SC) for allowing the burial of his father, former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB).
(Eagle News) — With its active United States correspondents especially its EBC Washington bureau and studio in the lead, Eagle Broadcasting Corporation aired its historic US election coverage, “Nation Decides.” With live updates from all over US through its correspondents, Eagle News Service showed the latest happening on the tight US elections as well as interviews, trivia and various infographics and videographics about the US elections. The US election coverage saw the US EBC Washington Bureau interacting live […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led a wreath-laying ceremony in Tacloban City on Tuesday, November 8 to mark the third anniversary of a devastating typhoon that killed thousands in the central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan (with a local name Typhoon Yolanda) barreled through the central Philippines in 2013, killing more than 6,000 people and displacing four million. Duterte told residents during the ceremony that he was dissatisfied by the progress of rehabilitation and promised to […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into the circumstances of the issuance of a search warrant that led to the death of detained Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa at the Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail. SC spokesperson Atty. Theodore Te said that the high court would want to know more about the issuance of the search warrant that was used by the operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Constitutional lawyer Atty. Mark Tolentino said that the filing of a writ of habeas data by Senator Leila De Lima against President Rodrigo Duterte will be dismissed due to the immunity of the President. Atty. Tolentino said that the camp of Senator De Lima is only looking for media mileage in filing said petition.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade warned the officials and employees of the Department of Transportation that he will remove them if they will be caught accepting gifts from contractors. https://youtu.be/mQReOT_mjR0
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walang nakikitang mali ang pamunuan ng Philippine National Police sa ginagawang paghahain ng mga tauhan ng CIDG Region 8 ng search warrant sa loob ng kulungan ni Albuera Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. Sa harap nito, muli namang tiniyak ng PNP na walang mangyayaring white wash sa isinasagawa nilang imbestigasyon kaugnay ng pagkakapatay sa alkalde. https://youtu.be/h2gaH-294ts
