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(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on ways and means has approved the proposed bill to increase the taxes on alcohol products and heated tobacco products such as vape and e-cigarettes. It was Senator Pia Cayetano, committee chair, who endorsed committee report number 6 or Senate Bill No. 1074 signed by 11 senators to the plenary. According to Cayetano, the senators, in proposing to increase those taxes, considered a World Health Organization report that said that out […]
(Eagle News)–Two more Philippine Military Academy cadets have been tagged as suspects in the death of Cadet Fourth Class Darwin Dormitorio. Police Col. Allan Rae Co, Baguio police chief, said in a radio interview that the two Third Class cadets, whom he did not identify, were implicated by tactical officers. The two were apart from Cadet 1st Class Ray Sanupao and Cadets 3rd Class Shalimar Imperial and Felix Lumbag who were identified by the PMA […]
(Eagle News)–Fifty-three active police officers are engaged in the recycling of illegal drugs, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino said on Thursday, Sept. 26. In an interview over radio dzmm, Aquino said authorities came up with the number after consolidating the names on the lists of PDEA, the Philippine National Police and of former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Benjamin Magalong. Magalong reportedly revealed the names in an executive session in the Senate, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice will issue an immigration lookout bulletin order against the woman who allegedly buys recycled drugs from “ninja cops.” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the ILBO against Guia Gomez Castro, who is reportedly now in the United States, is “so we can monitor her whereabouts abroad.” Justice Undersecretary and spokesperson Markk Perete said the DOJ can issue such “for the purpose of monitoring entry and departures through our immigration counters.” “It […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice is expected to submit its sanitized list of heinous crimes convicts released earlier because of a misapplication of the expanded Good Conduct Time Allowance law, on Sept. 30. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the list, which shall serve as the bases for the re-arrest of the convicts, shall be submitted to the Department and the Interior and Local Government and the Philippine National Police. He said with the submission, the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated anew his warning to unscrupulous law enforcers after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said some “ninja cops” recycle illegal drugs. The President gave the warning in a speech in Parañaque on Wednesday, Sept. 25, after the Senate approved the disclosure of the names of the policemen engaged in the “agaw-bato” scheme and said a list would be given to the President. Authorities have identified the woman who allegedly bought the […]
(Eagle News)–Congressmen have backed out of inserting “pork barrel” amounting to P1.5 billion for each deputy speaker and P700 million for each congressman after the Palace said President Rodrigo Duterte would scrutinize the budget bill. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson, in an interview with reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 25. According to Lacson, he received the information from a “source.” Lacson said he was unsure, however, about the P100 million Rep. Joey Salceda earlier […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today as the northeasterly surface windflow prevails over Northern Luzon. Batanes, Isabela, and Cagayan including Babuyan group of Islands will experience those conditions, with flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms possible, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, the weather bureau said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 25, welcomed a recent Social Weather Stations survey that found that 86 percent of Filipinos rate their lives positively. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it “gives us encouragement that almost all Filipinos, whether here or abroad, have universally recognized the bold strides undertaken by the President and his Administration to pursue sociodevelopment programs that are not only inclusive but are also sustainable.” He noted that while the Chief Executive […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture assured it has funds to help small backyard raisers whose hogs were culled due to African Swine Fever (ASF) infection. This was in contrast to a news report that said that the department has no more funds for hograisers affected by ASF. “The headline of one major newspaper was malicious and misleading. It is far from the truth,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar. With an initial reported […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Dragon Boat Federation on Wednesday, Sept. 25, condoled with the kin of the seven paddlers who died after their dragon boat sank off Boracay waters. The PDBF said the victims were training for an international competition when massive seawater engulfed the 21-seater dragon boat a few meters away from the shore of Tulubhan Bay in Barangay Manocmanoc past 7 a.m. The other 14 boat occupants survived. “May peace and comfort find the […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday, Sept. 25, confirmed the woman who allegedly buys recycled illegal drugs from “ninja cops” has left the country. Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval said Guia Gomez Castro was allowed to leave because she had “no derogatory records.” Authorities said Gomez, who won as chair of Barangay 484 Zone 48 but failed to take her oath in 2018, was already in the United States. It was Manila Police District director […]
