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(Eagle News)–The joint Senate panel looking into the problems in the Bureau of Corrections has ordered the release of two BuCor personnel they had cited for contempt for supposedly lying. Ordered released on Wednesday, Oct. 9, were Insp. Maria Benilda Bansil and C02 Veronica Buño. “Pursuant to the provision on the order of arrest that they will be released if and when they cleanse themselves of the contumacious conduct and testify truthfully, the committee hereby […]
(Eagle News) –Ambassador of Spain to the Philippines, H.E. Jorge Moragas Sanchez, visited the newly opened Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Museum for a courtesy call on INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo on Wednesday morning , October 9. Ambassador Jorge Moragas Sanchez is the first ambassador from Spain and the first diplomat from Western Europe to visit the INC Executive Minister. He arrived together with Spain’s Consul General in the Philippines, Fernando […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde recommended for promotion 13 of his men for the 2013 Pampanga raid, Senator Richard Gordon said. Gordon, citing a document he said was signed by Albayalde, said the now-PNP chief also recommended a distinguished conduct award for himself over the raid, which the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group found to be irregular. Albayalde, who was provincial director of Pampanga at that time, admitted making the recommendation but added […]
(Eagle News)–“Onti lang naman napunta sa akin diyan.” This was what then-Brigadier General Rudy Lacadin said Oscar Albayalde, then the Pampanga provincial director, told him during a phone call sometime after the irregular raid in Mexico, Pampanga. Lacadin, who was then the deputy director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, said Albayalde called him after learning he had been tasked by then-CIDG chief Benjamin Magalong to conduct a probe into the raid led by […]
(Eagle News)–The spokesperson of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 9, reminded the camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Bongbong Marcos to refrain from making public statements on the pending electoral protest. Atty. Brian Keith Hosaka said the High Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has already ruled neither camp should speak to the media on the case, based on the “sub judice rule.” Hosaka issued the statement after both camps […]
(Eagle News)–Even before the 2013 raid in Mexico, Pampanga, there were already reports of several policemen recycling illegal drugs. This was confirmed by former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Benjamin Magalong, who said he received reports then-Chief Insp. Bienvenido Reydado and his men, who were assigned in Angeles, were also involved in the illegal activities. He said he received the information from two of Reydado’s men, who said they could no longer take what […]
(Eagle News)–The joint Senate committee looking into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law resumed its hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 9, with two former high-ranking police officials who probed the irregular 2013 Pampanga raid attending the hearing. Former Central Luzon command chief Raul Petrasanta, who ordered former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Benjamin Magalong to hold the probe into the raid conducted by the 13 policemen, and Alan Purisima, then the Philippine National Police chief, […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorm as the northeasterly surface windflow prevails over Luzon. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to […]
Seeks overturn of Sandiganbayan resos vs case dismissal (Eagle News)–Janet Lim Napoles has asked the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order on her plunder trial where former Senator Jinggoy Estrada stands as a co-accused. Napoles also asked the SC to overturn the Sandiganbayan’s resolutions that dismissed her pleas to have the case junked citing weak prosecution evidence. Napoles argued the Sandiganbayan committed grave abuse of discretion in issuing the resolutions, noting that no […]
By Phoebe Salvador (Eagle News) — Recruitment agencies and migrants’ organizations are pushing for the creation of an overseas counterpart of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) under the proposed Department of Overseas Filipino Workers. During an interview on Aprub’s Aksyon OFW, Raquel Bracero, president of Philippine Association of Service Exporters Inc. (PASEI) discussed the proposed establishment of the Overseas Labor Relations Commission (OLRC). “The OLRC will be part of the Department of OFW focusing […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 8, declared as constitutional the “lump-sum discretionary funds” in the 2014 General Appropriations Act which then-Manila Councilor Greco Belgica argued was pork. In dismissing for lack of merit the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by Belgica, the SC noted that his reliance on the 2013 Belgica vs Ochoa case to argue that lump-sum appropriations are unconstitutional was “misplaced.” In its 2013 decision, the SC abolished the pork […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has yet again deferred action on the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said the PET did not act on the protest during the tribunal’s session today, Oct. 8, which means the case “remains pending and is still being deliberated by the members of the tribunal.” This is at least the second time the PET deferred action on […]
