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Tubig at kabuhayan, problema pa rin ng Yolanda victims

(Eagle News) — Kabuhayan at water supply pa rin ang pangunahing kailangan ng mga biktima ng super typhoon Yolanda na inilipat sa resettlement sites sa Tacloban City. Ayon sa lokal na pamahalaan, isinusulong nila ang agarang implementasyon ng water supply project at planong mag-imbita ng investors na magtatayo ng negosyo malapit sa resettlement sites. Magkakaroon din ng construction ng terminal, palengke, health facilities at police stations na maaaring makapag-bigay trabaho sa mga residente. 9.8 billion […]

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Updated: Voting 9-5, SC allows Marcos burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani

(Eagle News) — Voting 9-5, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 8) voted to allow the burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery). The nine high court justices who voted to allow the burial are Associate Justices Arturo Brion, Presbitero Velasco Jr, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Mariano del Castillo, Jose Perez, Teresita de Castro, Jose Mendoza, and Estela Perlas-Bernabe. The justice who dissented were Chief Justice Maria […]

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SC expected to come out with decision on Marcos’ burial at “Libingan ng mga Bayani”

  The Supreme Court is expected to rule today on the petitions opposing the Duterte administration’s controversial plan to bury the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Eight justices are needed by either side to win their case. The Supreme Court has earlier extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for […]

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Palace assures ‘impartial’ probe into Espinosa’s death

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang assured on Monday a transparent and impartial investigation on the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa last Saturday, November 5. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar made the assurance after former President Benigno Aquino said he will monitor the inquiries into the killing of Espinosa. Earlier reports said that at around 4 AM of November 5, operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Region 8 […]

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Espinosa affidavit says De Lima and Kerwin talked about illegal drugs in Baguio last March

  (Eagle News) — Slain Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa had named former Justice Secretary and now senator Leila de Lima in his final affidavit taken by policemen in August, saying she and his son Kerwin met in Baguio City sometime in March 2016 to talk about the illegal drug trade. This was contained in his six-page affidavit that Albuera policemen took in August. He named De Lima several government officials and members of the […]

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Boxing champ Pacquiao arrives with PNP chief “Bato”

  (Eagle News) — Filipino boxing champion Senator Manny Pacquiao arrived early Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at a Manila airport thanking everybody who supported him. Pacquiao, arrived with Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa, who watched the fight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, where the senator defeated Jessie Vargas, taking his WBO welterweight title.

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President Duterte cancels deal on 26,000 rifles from US

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to cancel the purchase of the 26,000 rifles from the United States that a US Senator had earlier threatened to halt. For the President, the reason was simple. The rifles would just be used to kill fellow Filipinos so there is no rush to buy them.   He said he is bent on pursuing peace and that he would be content if this would be achieved in his term.  […]

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Police CIDG-8 head relieved as PNP probes Espinosa killing

  THE Philippine National Police relieved on Monday (November 7) the head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) as the national police investigated the death of detained Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr inside his jail cell. Supt. Marvin Marcos was relieved as CIDG-Region 8 head on Monday upon orders of the CIDG headquarters, according to an Inquirer report that quoted Chief Inspector Ma. Bella Rentuaya, Police Regional Office […]

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President Duterte signs EO reconstituting Bangsamoro Transition Commission

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte signed an Executive Order reconstituting the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), expanding its membership from 15 to 21, in a ceremony at Malacañan Palace on Monday, November 7, 2016. The President has directed that the Mindanao peace process be inclusive as this Executive Order will expand the BTC’s membership, with the inclusion of three members from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) among the government nominees. Eleven members, including […]

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Duterte convinced by advisers, cabinet members to sign Paris climate deal

  (Eagle News) – After lengthy discussions with his Cabinet members and advisers, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (November 7) said he would now uphold and sign the Paris Agreement which seeks to put a cap to emissions that contribute to global warming. Duterte said he and his cabinet members took several hours to discuss the Paris climate deal, a worldwide pact to battle global warning that entered into force on Friday, Nov. 4. This […]

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