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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kumpiyansa ang Malacañang na hindi magtatagumpay at sa halip ay mababasura lamang ang kasong isasampa ni Senadora Leila De Lima laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sa briefing sa Malacañang, sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella na kinonsulta nya si Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre kasunod ng plano ni De Lima na magharap ng writ of amparo at writ of habeas data sa Korte Suprema. Sa pananaw ni De Lima, may pag-abuso […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umabot halos apat na raaang (400) motorista ang nasita at napagsabihan ng mga tauhan ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) sa unang araw ng dry run ng ‘no window hour policy’ sa EDSA at iba pang pangunahing kalsada sa Metro Manila. Ayon sa napagkasunduang polisiya, simula sa Lunes, October 17 ay ticket na ang katapat ng mga mahuhuling lalabag sa ‘no window hour’ na may katumbas na 300 pesos na […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pormal nang inimbitahan ng Malacañang si United Nations Rapporteur Agnes Callamard para bisitahin ang Pilipinas at magsagawa ng pagsisiyasat sa usapin ng drug-related killings. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella na hinihintay pa ng Malacañang ang magiging tugon ni Callamard sa imbitasyon. Ipinadala ni Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea ang pormal na imbitasyon. https://youtu.be/4pO4WIpUrWQ
(Eagle News) – President Duterte continued to enjoy a high trust rating of 86 percent, according to the latest survey of Pulse Asia this September. But the latest trust rating was slightly down by five percentage points compared to his 91 percent rating in July just after his inauguration as President. The nationwide “Ulat ng Bayan” survey released on Wednesday October 12 showed Duterte still trusted by the majority, although losing most percentage points in Metro […]
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia’s second-most populous country, rolling out among the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the region. Public health campaigners who have long battled against the country’s hefty tobacco lobby welcomed the push to end smoking in public places and said they believed Duterte, with his tough anti-vice record, was […]
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) encourages individuals who still have old bank notes or peso bills (New Denomination Series ) in their possession to exchange these with the New Generation Currency (NGC) Series in banks until December 31, 2016 only. Old bank notes that have not been exchanged or surrendered will be demonetized or will no longer have monetary value starting January 1, 2017, said BSP La Union Regional Director Rogel Joseph del Rosario during […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would soon visit China and hoped also to travel to Russia, as he again criticized longtime ally the United States for “arrogance”. The mission to China will be Duterte’s first outside of Southeast Asia since assuming the presidency on June 30, in a symbolic move highlighting the importance he places on improving ties with Beijing that soured over competing claims to the […]
(Eagle News) — A bomb threat at the Culiat High School along Tandang Sora, in Quezon City early Wednesday morning prompted school officials to suspend classes as members of the Quezon City Police check each of the rooms in the school. Hundreds of students spilled to the streets around 7 a.m. as the school was evacuated for the inspection. A nearby school, the Asia School of Arts and Sciences (ASAS), also suspended their classes as […]
(Eagle News) – The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) filed on Tuesday drug trafficking complaints against Senator Leila de Lima and seven others for their alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade at the national penitentiary. The complaints were based on earlier testimonies of inmates from the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) who were presented as witnesses at the hearing of the House committee on justice on the proliferation of drugs and the rampant illegal […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The House of Representatives is satisfied with the hearing conducted by the House Committee on Justice on the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison and will no longer conduct further hearings on the matter. According to Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, the past hearings already established the proliferation of illegal drug syndicates in the NBP and that the personnel of the Bureau of Corrections and the NBP should […]
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, October 11 (PIA) – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) urged state workers and the public to take action and manifest their concern for the environment before it is too late. “When will we start giving our own little way in preserving the environment? It should be now, not tomorrow,” Director Flordeliza Bugtong of CSC-Lingayen field office told civil servants who participated in the mangrove planting activity held recently at Barangay Malimpuec here. […]
OSLO, Norway, Oct. 11 — Government panel member Angela Librado-Trinidad said they have already submitted a draft amnesty proclamation to the Office of the President a week before leaving for the second round of the peace talks which began on Thursday, October 6. This is consistent with the GRP panel’s commitment to immediately recommend to the President a draft of an Amnesty Proclamation covering those listed by the NDF, the final list of which was received on […]
