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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Jan. 10, urged his Cabinet members to pursue projects that can be finished within his term. The President is in his fourth year in office. He will step down in 2022. “Sabi ko sa lahat ng secretary ng mga departamento, ‘Do not go into projects which you cannot finish within the two-year time left for me in office,’” the President said in Cotabato. He was in Pigcawayan […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Jan. 10, slammed what it said was the “incorrigible nonsense” of a United States senator who reiterated his call for the release of Senator Leila de Lima. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said US Senator Richard Durbin’s demand for the release of the Filipino senator, who is facing drug-related charges, after all, was “a brazen interference and an assault to our sovereignty as it interferes […]
(Eagle News) — Three airlines have committed to help in the repatriation of Overseas Filipino Workers from the Middle East, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said on Friday, Jan. 10. In a statement, CAAP director general Jim Sydiongco said Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines have agreed to accommodate free of charge stranded Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates “or in any of its available Middle East flights, once the plans for the repatriation […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the death of Overseas Filipino Worker Jeanelyn Villavende in Kuwait. In Department Order No. 9, Guevarra also ordered the NBI to determine if the recruitment agency and its employees and officers responsible for her placement abroad committed any violations of the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 or other laws. […]
(Eagle News)–Filipinos in Iran, Libya and Lebanon who wish to come home due to the developments in the Middle East will be assisted by the government. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made the statement after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the mandatory repatriation only applies to OFWs in Iraq. “Personnel to be deployed in the conflict areas will exclusively assist in the repatriation and humanitarian operations,” Lorenzana said. Lorenzana said the Philippine government will also […]
(Eagle News)– The Ninoy Aquino International Airport is ready to host the expected repatriation of Overseas Filipino Workers from the Middle East amid tensions in the region. Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal said the airport shall provide holding areas where OFWs can be processed and given briefings. He said they were also ready to deploy their medical team at the holding areas for those who may need medical help upon arrival, and will […]
Urges court to stop imposition of cap on number of participating riders, too (Eagle News) — Angkas has asked a Quezon City court to stop the imposition of a cap on the number of participating riders in the pilot run of motorcycle taxis and to exclude the two other motorcycle ride-hailing service providers WeMove Things/JoyRide and Move It in the pilot program. In its petition filed before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 223, […]
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with light rains due to the northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains on the other hand. PAGASA said Mindanao and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy […]
Palace gives assurance President Duterte will comply with his promise (Eagle News) — A teachers’ group on Thursday, Jan. 9, thanked government for the increase in the salaries of public school teachers, but said this was not enough. In a statement, the Teachers Dignity Coalition national chair Benjo Basas said that while the group “recognizes” the increase in the salaries of government workers, “if (President Rodrigo Duterte) just adopted the (Salary Standardization Law) V submitted […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bong Go on Thursday, Jan. 9, slammed Vice President Leni Robredo for her remark the drug war was a “massive failure,” saying Filipinos actually feel safer now. “Between one person using her own computation giving a grade of 1 percent, and 79 percent of Filipinos who said they are satisfied with our campaign, I will choose to believe the latter,” Go said, citing results of a Social Weather Stations that showed […]
(Eagle News) — Filipinos in Iran and Lebanon are no longer covered by the government’s mandatory repatriation, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Thursday, Jan. 9. In an interview over ANC, Bello said this was after he was informed that the alert level 4 which had been hoisted in Lebanon had been brought down to level 2. He said he was informed yesterday Iran, which had been placed under an alert level 4, was […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima defended Vice President Leni Robredo following criticisms of her report that said the drug war was a “massive failure.” “Nakakatawa panoorin ang mga apologist ng Malacañang magkumahog na ipagtanggol ang palyadong war on drugs. Andami na nilang nasabi, pero puro insulto lamang laban kay VP Leni. Wala daw alam si VP Leni sa war on drugs pero sila mismo, hindi nila maintindihan ang sarili nilang datos. Simple lang […]
