(Eagle News) — The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked the supreme court to nullify President Benigno S. Aquino III’s appointment of two associate justices to the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan. In a petition, the IBP said Aquino violated the constitution when he appointed former Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 9 presiding judge Geraldine Faith Econg and undersecretary Michael Frederick Musngi of the Office of Special Concerns at the Office of the President to […]
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Scarborough claims: Trillanes threatens impeachment vs Duterte
Senator Antonio Trillanes is warning presumptive President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte an impeachment complaint if he insists after he assumes office on June 30 that the Philippines has already lost its claim over Scarborough Shoal.
Demand na ma-audit ang AES, pormal nang inihain ng Marcos Camp
(Eagle News) — Pormal nang ibinigay ng legal team ni Vice presidential candidate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. ang sulat sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) na humihiling na magkaroon ng audit ang kanilang Information Technology (IT) expert sa Automated Election System (AES). Ayon kay Atty. Jose Amorado, nagdulot ng pangamba ang pagbabago sa script kaya nais na malaman ng kanilang kampo kung may nabago ba talaga sa resulta ng bilangan at sa pumapasok na numero sa […]
Dela Rosa, tuloy na sa pangunguna sa PNP
(Eagle News) — Matapos ang ilang araw na alingasngas, tuloy na ang pag-upo ni PC/Supt. Ronald dela Rosa bilang susunod na pinuno ng Philippine National Police (PNP) matapos siyang kausapin ni President-elect Rodrigo Duterte hinggil dito. Ayon kay Dela Rosa, nagpapasalamat aniya siya at inihayag nito ang pagnanais na maranasan din ng lahat ng kapulisan sa buong bansa ang aniya’y pangungunang naranasan nila mula kay Duterte. Miyembro si Dela Rosa ng PMA Sinagtala class of 1986 […]
Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act, nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Aquino
(Eagle News) — Nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III ang batas na magbibigay ng proteksyon at pangangalaga sa mga kabataang biktima ng kalamidad at mga sakuna. Sa isang seremonya sa Malacañang, pinirmahan ni Pangulong Aquino ang Republic Act 10821 na tatawagin din bilang Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act. Sa ilalim ng naturang panukala, ilalatag ang istratehikong programa upang agarang matugunan ng gobyerno ang mga pangangailangan ng mga kabataan, protektahan ang kanilang karapatan at pangasiwaan […]
Rainshowers, asahan bukas, Mayo 19
(Eagle News) — Asahan ang mga pag-ulan sa buong bansa bukas, Mayo 19, Huwebes, sa kabila ng maalinsangang panahon. Maaaring magsimula ang mga pag-ulan sa umaga o tanghali at posibleng mas lumakas pa sa bandang hapon o gabi. Asahan diumano ang rainshowers sa Silangan at Hilagang Luzon, partikular sa Cordillera Region, Ilocos at Central Luzon habang inaasahan din ang mga pag-ulan sa kanlurang bahagi ng Visayas at ilang mga lugar sa Mindanao gaya ng CARAGA, […]
Duterte names two more officials as future Cabinet secretaries
Presumptive president-elect Rodrigo Duterte named two more of his supporters who will join his would-be Cabinet after June 30. Duterte named former North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol to head the department of agriculture and former Bureau of Immigration Chief Andrea Domingo for PAGCOR. Both Piñol and Domingo actively supported Duterte in the election campaign. Piñol and Domingo are the new additions in the list of future Cabinet secretaries. Earlier, Duterte announced he has offered lawyers […]
Villar, Pinakamayaman ; Escudero, Pinakamahirap
Eagle News — Inilabas na ng Senado ang kopya ng Statement Of Assets Liabilities at Net worth ng mga senador noong 2015. Sa dalawampu’t-apat na senador si Senadora Cynthia Villar pa rin ang naitalang pinakamayaman na may kabuuang assets na 3.5 billion pesos. Lumobo ang yaman ni Villar ng mahigit 1.6 billion mula sa dating 1.983 billion noong 2014, habang wala itong idineklarang anumang pagkakautang. Pumangalawa sa pinaka mayaman si Senador Ralph Recto na may […]
Piñol sa Agriculture Department; Domingo sa PAGCOR
Eagle News — Magiging bagong Agriculture Secretary naman si dating North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol. Sa marching order kay Piñol, ipinatitiyak ni Incoming President Duterte ang abot-kayang presyo ng pagkain at walang katiwaliang mangyayari sa Department Of Agriculture. Sabi ni Pinol matagal pa bago niya mapagtanto na pinangalanan siya ni Duterte bilang susunod na Agriculture Secretary. Aminado rin aniya siya na hindi madali ang trabahong ibinigay sa kaniya ni Duterte pero umaasa siya na magagampanan […]
Gunban guns tested for possible involvement in crime
QUEZON CITY, May 18 – The PNP Crime Laboratory is conducting ballistics examination on some 3,500 guns that were confiscated in the gunban in connection with the May 9, 2016 national and local elections. The policy of mandatory ballistics examination on confiscated firearms is contained in the 2013 Revised Police Operational Procedures. Rule 15.3 of the 2013 Revised Police Operational Procedures provides for the Mandatory Examination of Firearms Seized/Confiscated during Police Operations, according to PNP […]
Poverty should not be an excuse for crime – Duterte
QUEZON City, Philippines – Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte believes that poverty should not be an excuse for committing a crime. Duterte was known for his campaign promise to eliminate criminality within 3-6 months of assuming the presidency. He is also in favor of reinstating the death penalty, which garnered opposition from the Commission on Human Rights and the Roman Catholic Church. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded […]
Rep. Mark Villar, bagong DPWH Secretary
(Eagle News) — Tinanggap na ni Las Pinas City Representative Mark Villar na makabilang sa Gabinete ni Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte Hahawakan ni Villar ang pagiging kalihim ng Department of Public Works and Highways o DPWH Nabatid na lunes ng gabi nang i-alok ni Duterte sa kaniya ang posisyon Si Duterte at ang mga magulang ng kongresista na sina Senadora Cynthia Villar at dating Senador Manny Villar ay nagsulong ng alyansa sa Partido ng […]





