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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that it will send its response to Senator Grace Poe’s request for explanation regarding the slow processing of passport. Poe earlier criticized the slow processing of passports. The DFA clarified that it will send its answer to the senator, not through media, but through official government channels.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — High-profile inmate Herbert Colangco will testify against Senator Leila De Lima. The convicted robbery gang leader is one of the witnesses against Senator De Lima regarding the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre identified Colangco and another man who is said to be the alleged delivery man of the drug money to the senator’s house. Aguirre said that at least two witnesses will […]
(Eagle News)– Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday (September 15) denied the request of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV to place self-confessed killer and witness Edgar Matobato under Senate protection. According to Pimentel, there was no Senate rule that would justify giving protective custody to Matobato. “I intend to run the Senate based on Rules. I’ve denied the request for protective custody of the witness Motabato because there is no Senate rule to justify […]
MANILA, Sept. 16 – Health Secretary Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial orders for more intensive mosquito control campaigns following new reports from the Department of Health (DOH) after the first confirmed case of locally-transmitted Zika Virus Disease in Iloilo City as announced last week. According to reports from the DOH Epidemiology Bureau, two more cases, living in the same household as the first confirmed case, tested positive for the Zika virus based on test results done […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III refused to place self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato under the Senate’s protection, saying the testimony of the latest witness presented by Senator Leila de Lima was “not even relevant to the resolution being investigated.” “There’s even no showing that his life or safety is threatened. Worse, the witness’ testimony is not even relevant to the resolution being investigated,” Pimentel said in a statement. The resolution he was […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II branded as “lies and fabrications” the allegations made by a witness produced by senator Leila De Lima before the Senate, saying that these were products of a “fertile and coached imagination.” He also branded the presentation by De Lima of witness Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed hired killer, as a “desperate” move meant to divert public attention from allegations of illegal drug connection being hurled against the […]
(Eagle News)– Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial announced on Wednesday (September 14) that the health agency will conduct mandatory basic check-ups for the poor, with a target end date of December 25. It is estimated that some 20 million indigent Filipinos would benefit from the activity. According to Ubial, the program would be launched Thursday (September 15), which will coincide . “The first 100 days is the check-up. That means our goal […]
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has junked the graft case against former National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Romulo Neri over the alleged anomalous national broadband network (NBN) project with ZTE Corporation in 2007. In a ruling declared on Friday (September 9), the Sandiganbayan’s Special Fifth Division granted the objection to evidence filed by Neri to dismiss the case filed against him in 2010. Neri was accused of being involved in the controversial deal […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima defended the presentation of a new witness in the continuation of the hearings on extrajudicial killings, claiming that this had nothing to do with the Liberal Party or any plot to embarrass President Duterte. On Thursday (September 15) , she presented a self-confessed hired assassin and alleged member of a death squad in Davao City who testified before the Senate on alleged extrajudicial killings in Davao City. […]
(Eagle News)– Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella defended President Rodrigo Duterte after United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein criticized Duterte for “lacking of understanding to human rights institutions and principles”. “As a lawyer and former prosecutor, the President knows the limits of the power and authority of the Presidency. In his inauguration he said, ‘I know what is legal and what is not. My adherence to due process and the […]
QUEZON CITY, Sept. 15 – During the congressional deliberations on the 2017 budget, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo said that the department will unite with members of the House of Representatives in providing much needed emergency financial services to their constituents. She said that the DSWD will coordinate with local government units (LGUs) to determine the poverty incidence levels in the various cities and municipalities to also determine the […]
QUEZON CITY, Sept. 15 – With Typhoons Ferdie and Gener hitting the country almost simultaneously, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with the other members of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), continues to closely coordinate with local government units (LGUs) along the typhoons’ path to ensure immediate response to families that will be affected. In Basco, Batanes where signal number 4 was hoisted over the province due to Typhoon […]
