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UPDATE as of 8:02 PM, Manila, Philippines, August 27, (Eagle News) — Twenty-nine ecclesiastical districts of the Iglesia ni Cristo all over the country is set to join the plea of their religion for fair treatment from the Department of Justice. The INC believes that the DOJ has committed a grave injustice when it paid particular interest and attention to the illegal detention case filed against the religious group by the INC’s expelled minister, Isaias Samson […]
UPDATE as of 8:07 PM, Manila, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — Padre Faura Street in Taft Avenue, Manila was closed to vehicular traffic to give way to the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo who held a peaceful assembly in the area. The INC members pointed out the alleged injustice done by Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, by giving a special attention to the case filed by expelled minister Isaias Samson Jr., […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 27, 4:52 PM (Eagle News) — In Padre Faura Avenue the crowd continues to grow in number despite the inclement weather as they air out their grievances against the Department of Justice (DOJ). Some members of the church from different district started to fill in P.Faura Avenue to make plead for the injustice and special treatment given to Isaias Samson case over SAF 44 Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) continues […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — According to Kabataan party-list representative Terry Ridon, 59 state universities and colleges may increase tuition fee next year due to cuts on their budget allocation. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — The Malacañang said that it is open to the proposed decrease of the income tax rate of laborers but added that there should be an alternative source of government funds. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
PANGASINAN, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — Several areas in Pangasinan remain flooded after the San Roque Dam released water due to continuing rain. Areas near the coast suffer worse conditions as the high tide aggravated the flood. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — The government will lose Php 3.1 billion if the “no remittance day” declared by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) pushes through. The “no remittance day” was declared in protest of the random inspection policy conducted by the Bureau of Customs against balikbayan boxes. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Election (COMELEC) targets signing of contract with SLI Global Solutions for the checking of the source code which will serve as the blueprint for the technology to be used in the 2016 elections. The contract is said to be worth Php 35 million. The COMELEC added that the checking of source code will be open to the public. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho […]
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 27 — The Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that the prices of pork, potato and eggplant prices has dropped while the prices of fish and certain vegetables went up following the onslaught of typhoon Ineng. Assistant Secretary for Agribusiness Leandro Gazmin said that based on the price and supply monitoring conducted by the DA’s Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS), pork kasim is now sold at about P10/kg, lower than […]
(Eagle News) – “The least we can expect from the Department of Justice – is justice.” The Iglesia Ni Cristo gave this statement today as it called on the DOJ to focus its energy in pursuing justice for the fallen members of the Special Action Force where it said two of those killed were INC members, instead of harassing the INC on what it said were false allegations of its expelled members. In a press […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now translating the Miranda Rights into four other languages to respect the rights of foreigners who were being arrested in the jurisdiction of the country. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — In the face of the proposal that shopping malls be used as voting precincts in addition to public schools, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said that it is open to giving additional training to security guards so that they can augment the PNP in their duties during the 2016 election. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
