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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s back pain was merely due to “muscle spasms,” Senator Bong Go said on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Go, who worked for the President for a long time until he was elected, said this was according to the President’s long-time neurosurgeons, whom Duterte consulted after going to former Senate President Nene Pimentel’s wake on Tuesday night. Go said the President had a magnetic resonance imaging done “….at wala naman pong nakitang dapat ikabahala.” […]
(Eagle News) –The Supreme Court announced its new Chief Justice, Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, after he was chosen for the top post by President Rodrigo Duterte. Malacanang forwarded Peralta’s appointment papers signed by President Duterte to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 23, along with the directive from Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio to immediately “notify and furnish” Peralta with his appointment paper. Peralta becomes the […]
(Eagle News)–The decision on whether or not the three contenders for the Philippine National Police post should undergo a lifestyle check is for President Rodrigo Duterte to make. This is according to Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, who was appointed officer in charge of the police force after Oscar Albayalde stepped down over the ninja cops mess. Gamboa was also among the three shortlisted by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año for the PNP chief post. The other […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Leila de Lima has slammed a proposal in the House of Representatives to place newly hired workers in a two-year probationary status before they are regularized. In a statement, De Lima said the “ominous fog for a” proposal by Probinsiyano Ako party-list Rep. Jose Singson Jr. “will not only enshroud the actual issue – the abusive ENDO practices – but will also expose our workers to labor malpractice and put them in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte was “devastated” over the ninja cops controversy, a Department of the Interior and Local Government official said on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya made the revelation in an interview over ANC, as he stressed the importance of a new Philippine National Police chief who “would bring back the morale of the organization, bring back the public trust, and the President’s trust.” Malaya made the statement days after Oscar Albayalde […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Oct. 23, gave the assurance President Rodrigo Duterte himself would inform the public about the results of his medical consultation scheduled for today. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the consultation with a neurologist was “aimed at determining the medical condition of (the President’s) body, as well as finding out whether his previous spinal injury from a past motorcycle accident has been aggravated by his recent fall.” It was […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is now back in the Philippines after cutting short his Japan trip due to “unbearable pain in his spinal column near the pelvic bone.” But the President, who had sustained the condition following a motorcycle fall on Oct. 17, went straight to the wake of former Senate President Nene Pimentel in Heritage Park in Taguig on Tuesday night instead. Pimentel, father of Senator Koko Pimentel, passed away over the weekend, after […]
Northeasterly surface windflow prevails over extreme N. Luzon (Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration continues to monitor an active tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said as of 3 a.m., Typhoon “Bualoi” was located 2265 kilometers east of Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 230 kph. It is moving north northwest at 20 kph. According to PAGASA, the northeasterly […]
(Eagle News) — The son of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, Christian Lawrence, placed third in the 2019 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examination this October. The senator’s son, who graduated summa cum laude from the De La Salle University – Manila, got 89.50 percent in the CPA board exams. He said he was “very proud” of his son and as a parent he could not even begin to express how he was so happy […]
(Eagle News) — At least 16 police officers deployed to the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) are now being investigated for allegedly trying to slip contraband items in and out of the supposedly high security prison in Muntinlupa City. NCRPO acting chief Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas refused to name the police officers involved but stressed that “discipline must prevail.” The said policemen have already reported to the Regional […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will cut short his trip to Japan due to “unbearable pain in his spinal column near the pelvic bone,” the Palace said on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this was due to Duterte’s fall during a motorcycle ride in the Presidential Security Group compound on Thursday, October 17. “Duterte sumemplang kagabi habang nagmomotor,” Senator Bong Go had said. He said the President had a sore hip, but […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Coast Guard will have a new commandant. President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Deputy Commandant for Administration Vice Admiral Joel Sarsiban Garcia to the post, which will be left vacant by Admiral Elson Hermogino, who is leaving the service. Garcia, who will assume office on Oct. 24, will be the 28th commandant of the Coast Guard. Garcia, a licensed master mariner, is also the Executive Director of the National Coast Watch Center under […]
