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(Eagle News) – The Office of the Ombudsman announced on Tuesday, Sept. 1, that it had begun a probe on President Benigno Aquino III and Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad in relation to the issue of the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales said that the investigations against the President and Abad were done motu propio, after receiving several complaints against the DAP. “If we approve and recommend for conduct of preliminary […]
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — According to Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas said that there was no agreement regarding the resignation of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima in exchange for the stopping of the peaceful assembly conducted by the Iglesia Ni Cristo. Roxas added that there is actually no agreement during the meeting called by President Benigno S. Aquino III and what transpired was actually an exchange of explanations to peacefully […]
MANILA, Philippines,Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — According to Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, she will remain in her position, saying that she will only resign her position in proper time. De Lima added that there was no such agreement between the government and the Iglesia Ni Cristo. On an earlier occasion, Iglesia Ni Cristo spokesperson, Bro. Edwil Zabala said that the Iglesia Ni Cristo is not demanding the resignation of De Lima.
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — Thousands of fishermen will gather in Luneta to protest the implementation of Republic Act 10654 or the Amended Fisheries Code of the Philippines which will negatively impact their earnings due to the fact that many will no longer be able to engage in fishing due to the strict policies provided in the law. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reduced the requested budget of the Office of Ombudsman by Php 1. 775 billion or lower than 5% of the current budget of the said government office. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales requested to the committee on appropriations to uphold their additional budget request which was supported by members of the Congress, saying that said increase is justified due to the many […]
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) secured the services of a British consultancy firm to help solve the problem of air traffic congestion in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Said move is part of the optimization plan for the NAIA. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/w_O9CLDHnpM
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The oil company, Petron implemented a price roll back on its liquefied petroleum gas products starting midnight today. Eastern Petroleum also implemented price rollback on its petroleum products. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Philippines will experience warm and humid “-ber” months due to the strong effects of the El Niño phenomenon, contrary to the normal cold weather experienced by the country with the coming of said months. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
MANILA, Sept. 1 — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andy Bautista today revealed that while the Commission will certainly bid out the refurbishment and upgrade of the existing 82,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the 2019 mid-term elections, it is still looking at the possibility of refurbishing some of these equipment to augment the new machines it will lease for the May 2016 elections. Though the Comelec has signed a lease agreement with Smartmatic for the use of […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 31 (Eagle News) — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, who joined the assembly in Edsa-Shaw, peacefully left the area following the official statement of Brother Bienvenido Santiago that the Iglesia Ni Cristo and the government has finally come to an amicable settlement. Most of the members are now on their way back to their different provinces. And though some of the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo have yet to reach […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 31 (Eagle News) — Malacañang thanked the leaders of the Iglesia Ni Cristo for directing their members to withdraw from their gathering sites. In a press statement, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said and we quote: “We appreciate the INC leadership’s directives for the withdrawal of their members from their gathering sites”. Lacierda added that they were thankful that no serious injuries came about in the past few days, and that the public […]
MANDALUYONG, August 31 — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo have cleaned the area where they held their peaceful assembly first, before heading home. Just like what they did before leaving Padre Faura, the first area where the INC held their peaceful assembly, members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo picked-up and cleaned their own trash before leaving Edsa-Shaw. INC members occupied parts of Edsa on Thursday night as part of their protest against the supposed […]
