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MUNTINLUPA City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Chief Frankilin Bucayao asked President Benigno S. Aquino III to replace him as he faced death threats and health problems. According to President Aquino, he already interviewed possible replacements for Bucayo. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will hold a meeting regarding viable alternatives after the Supreme Court did not allow the repair of the malfunctioning precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
THE Cinemalaya Foundation announces the opening of the Cinemalaya Institute in June 2015. The Cinemalaya Institute will provide education, training and accreditation of practitioners in key aspects of film production. The Cinemalaya Institute will be housed in the New Media, School of Arts & Design of the College of St. Benilde, the partner of Cinemalaya Foundation for this project. The Cinemalaya Institute is a three semester intensive training program that will offer training in Writing, […]
To encourage more regional arts organizations and give them ample time to complete and submit the required documents and materials, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Cultural Excnage Department (CED) has extended the deadline for submission of applications for the Local Tour Grants Program to May 8, 2015. Six (6) qualified cultural performing groups from the regions will be given a Php60,000 tour grant each to enable them to implement a short tour of […]
SAMAR – To show their commitment to the Philippines, the Embassy of Japan’s First Secretary Kenji Terada, JICA’s Chief Representative Noriaki Niwa together with Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries Executive Director Ariel T. Cayanan led the turnover ceremony for the “AKBay – Agrikultura: Kaagapay ng Bayang Pinoy (Agriculture: A Partner in Philippine Progress) Program Phase II” for Typhoon Yolanda-Affected Areas under the Japan Food Security Project for Underprivileged Farmers, (formerly known as the KR2 Program). Under […]
APRIL 29 — President Benigno S. Aquino III returned to Manila on Tuesday afternoon after attending the 26th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Malaysia from April 26 to 28. Outlining his accomplishments during the Summit, the President said the Philippines’ campaign for the resolution of territorial disputes in the South China Sea through international law has gained support from Malaysia. “Naglabas ng pahayag ang Chairman ng katatapos lang na ASEAN summit na […]
APRIL 29 — The Philippine government has expressed its gratitude to Indonesian President Joko Widodo for delaying the execution of convicted drug mule Mary Jane Veloso. “The Philippine government thanks President Widodo and the Indonesian government for giving due consideration to President Aquino’s appeal that Mary Jane Veloso be given a reprieve,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement issued on Wednesday morning. “Such reprieve provides an opportunity for the perpetuation of her […]
APRIL 29 (Reuters) — Activists outside the Indonesian Embassy in Manila erupted in cheers on Wednesday (April 29) after learning about Indonesia’s decision to delay the execution of a Filipina on death row. A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office in Indonesia said the execution of Mary Jane Veloso, a mother of two who was arrested in 2010 after she arrived in Indonesia with 2.6 kg of heroin hidden in her suitcase, had been delayed. […]
Eight drug convicts were executed by an Indonesian firing squad early on Wednesday but a Filipina who was on death row with the Australians, Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian was unexpectedly not among them, local media reports said. The execution of Mary Jane Veloso by an Indonesian firing squad was delayed at the last minute after one of her recruiters surrendered to police in the Philippines, the attorney general’s spokesman said on Wednesday. “The execution […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Various oil companies implemented another round of increase on the price of oil products. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
APRIL 28 (Eagle News) — Jeffrey Laude’s camp revealed their prayer for damages against United States Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton. According to one of the family’s lawyers, many factors were considered which caused the delay for the prayer for damage. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court already received the request of Laude’s camp to open the trial to media coverage. (Olongapo City, Zambales) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Various trade unions prepare for protest actions this coming Labor Day. Said groups agreed that they will not attend the traditional Labor Day dialogue with President Benigno S. Aquino III, adding that the three previous Labor Day dialogues all ended in failure. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
