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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) ordered its police personnel to stop playing online games as well as to stop the taking of selfies while on duty. The order was issued after a video was opted where several members of the NCRPO were caught taking selfies while on duty. The memorandum also forbids police personnel in greater Manila to eat chewing gum, or to conduct other activities unbecoming of […]
(Eagle News)- The Bureau of Customs Intelligence Group (BOC-IG) seized nine 40 footer container vans full of smuggled white sugar at the Port of Manila after an inspection on Monday. The confiscated goods, which were declared as steel tube scaffolding, have an estimated value of P10 million that is yet to be fully paid by Lucky Sapphire Trading, the BOC told in a statement. The container vans arrived at the Port Of Manila on August […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Leila De Lima presented 12 witnesses in the Senate hearing on extra-judicial killings of suspected drug dealers. According to Senator De Lima, there are 12 witnesses in the eight cases of extra-judicial killings with a total of 11 victims. Furthermore, De Lima said that it was hard to find witnesses willing to testify and that the 12 witnesses were asking for help from the Commission on Human Rights.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo spoke out against the method employed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) against suspected drug personalities during the flag-raising ceremony in Camp Crame where she was the guest of honor. While Robredo praised the PNP for their accomplishments, the Vice President added that the PNP should prioritize the keeping of the peace and the maintenance of moral courage. Robredo also said that due to allegations that […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In his news conference conducted in Davao City Sunday, President Rodrigo Duterte remained adamant in pursuing his expose of Senator Leila De Lima and added that he holds wiretaps and ATM records that will serve as proof that her driver-bodyguard had transactions with drug syndicates in the New Bilibid Prison.
(Eagle News)- There is nothing in the Constitution and existing laws that prohibits President Rodrigo Duterte from giving the late former President Ferdinand Marcos a spot at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the Office of Solicitor General (OSG) told Supreme Court (SC) on Monday. OSG also said the President’s order to have the remains of Marcos entombed at the Libingan is his power along with his control over the Philippine Veteran Affairs Office as the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte plans to re-examine and “revisit” the Napoles issue or the multi-billion peso pork barrel fund scam. President Duterte said that due to the enormous sums involved, there could be more lawmakers involved. The President said he has more to reveal regarding the matter and that the public should expect details about this in the coming days.
by Pierre-Henry Deshayes OSLO, Norway (AFP) — The Philippine government said Monday it hoped to reach a peace deal with communist guerrillas within a year, as the two sides kicked off talks in Norway aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest insurgencies. “On the part of the (government) panel, we have imposed a timeline of nine to 12 months,” Silvestre Bello, the government delegation’s head of negotiations, told reporters. The government and the […]
(Eagle News) — Leaders of the House of Representatives on Monday urged Senator Leila De Lima to voluntarily show up in the congressional investigation over the presence of drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during her term as secretary of Department of Justice. “I would ask her as a resource speaker, not as a senator because that is beyond the role she has right now. What we want to find out is what happened…but […]
PNP Chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday disclosed his disappointment and frustration over tips that police officers who fail to solve extra judicial killings of drug personalities be cut of their duties. “Sana mag-order na si Presidente Duterte na itigil na ito (war on drugs),” Dela Rosa answered when asked by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV why police were unable to solve the slays. “Kami pagod na pagod na sa trabaho na ito. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — The Philippines is not leaving the United Nations, the foreign minister said on Monday (August 22), a day after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to quit the body after it called for an end to the wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs. “We are certainly not leaving the U.N.. As I’ve said, the statement of the president is a statement expressing profound disappointment and frustration, and it is not any […]
It is now clear. Only the appointees of former President Benigno Aquino III have been ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte to leave their desks, according to presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella. “These are appointees from the past administration and [it] does not refer to current administration except those who have been made reference to,” Abella said during a press briefing in the Palace. He added that heads of agencies who have tenure will go to a […]
