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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)
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Vice President Jejomar Binay reacted to the new allegations of anomalies that arose from the continuation of the Senate probe against him, admitting that some of the senior citizen beneficiaries are not residents of Makati City but are able to give their service to said city. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Thousands of senior citizens beneficiaries in Makati City that benefited from then Makati Mayor and now Vice President Jejomar Binay’s programs are missing, as the Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee continues its probe on the alleged anomalies against Binay. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — The Malacañang said that the government does not want to oppress the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and in response to the threat of “no remittance day”, added that it is the right of the OFWs to whether or not send money to their relatives here in the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/pGo_Ruamd_Y
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) group Migrante said that they will hold a “no remittance day” on August 28 as a protest against the random inspection policy that was almost implemented by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) against balikbayan boxes. Although the policy did not push through, Migrante believes that the fight of the OFW over the issue is not over as the BOC continues to look for ways […]
METRO Manila, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — According to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, the MRT bus will now be a regular feature in the daily lives of commuters after several months of experimentation. Said board added that this is because of the growing demand for the MRT bus. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/1C19uBPsms4
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — The Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee continued its investigation regarding the alleged anomalies of the Binay administration in Makati City, with the focus now on the senior citizens’ programs implemented by the Binays in the said city. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Several congressmen reacted against the Department of Tourism (DOT) with Buhay Party List representative Lito Atienza saying that the said department failed to achieve the target of 10 million tourist arrival with only more than 2 million tourist arrivals recorded for the year. Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez defended that although they were not able to reach the target tourist arrival, the Department of Tourism (DOT) was able […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Pasig City representative Roman Romulo is asking for the rescinding of the intelligence fund of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), just in time for the strong criticisms faced by said bureau due to its aborted balikbayan box policy. Romulo added that the BOC should be investigated as to how it spends its intelligence funds as smugglers continue to be active and able to bypass the Bureau of […]
BENGUET, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — The search and retrieval operations being conducted in Benguet continues to face difficulties as minor landslides continue to plague the area. There is also a shortage of needed equipment as well as the fact that the volunteers cannot all go to the area because of the danger. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
COTABATO CITY, Aug. 26 — Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Executive Secretary Atty. Laisa Masuhud Alamia commended the Senate for finally starting the much-anticipated plenary debates on the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BLBAR). At the same time, ARMM officials appealed to senators to keep into consideration the original Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) draft when they review the bill’s version they are debating on the Senate floor. “The public, especially the people in […]
