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(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 17, admitted he had not met Gerald Bantag prior to his appointment as the new Bureau of Corrections director-general. But Guevarra clarified the President is “not required to consult me” before making the appointment of the former Manila and Parañaque jail warden employed then by the Department of the Interior and Local Government and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. “The President has total discretion and absolute […]
(Eagle News)–The low pressure area spotted off Batanes has developed into a tropical depression, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said this was as of 2 p.m. The tropical depression is now called “Nimfa.” PAGASA earlier said another LPA had been spotted, this time off Iba, Zambales. The southwest monsoon is also affecting Central and Southern Luzon, and Western Visayas, the weather bureau said. PAGASA said cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Corrections has a new director-general. President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Gerald Bantag to the post left vacant by Nicanor Faeldon, who was sacked by the chief executive over the Good Conduct Time Allowance law mess. The Palace said Bantag, a former Manila jail warden, was appointed “based on his professional competence and honesty.” “The Palace is behind the President’s decision and is confident that DG Bantag will continue the Administration’s campaign […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Bong Revilla has urged his colleagues to expedite the passage of the Magna Carta for Barangay Workers. In a statement, Revilla said the magna carta would “help provide a decent salary increase and additional benefits” for barangay officials and personnel. “Kung ano talaga yung mapag-usapan natin at kung ano talaga yung available funds na makakatulong sa kanila, yun ang pagtulungan nating maipasa,” Revilla said. Revilla noted that apart from being oriented of their […]
(Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary William Dar appealed to backyard swine raisers to report sick and dead pigs to their respective municipal or city veterinarians, warning those who will throw dead pigs in rivers that they would face criminal charges. “The irresponsible dumping of dead pigs simply adds scare to the public, and this should not be tolerated. The perpetrators must be punished in accordance with the law,” Dar said. The agriculture chief said […]
(Eagle News)–The Court of Appeals has junked former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay’s petition challenging the warrant of arrest issued against him by a local court for violation of banking laws. In upholding the resolution issued by the CA’s Ninth Division in April, the CA noted that Yasay’s filing of the petition was “premature” given the several motions “fatal to the petition” that remained unresolved in Branch 10 of the Manila Regional Trial Court that […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, Sept. 17, asked the Ombudsman to spare her from explaining the rules on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law and to instead direct its queries to the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior and Local Government. In a three-page letter to Ombudsman Samuel Martires, De Lima said she was, after all, “no longer the Secretary of Justice,” and was “now a Senator of the Republic.” […]
(Eagle News)–Over 600 convicts who were believed to have been prematurely released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have surrendered so far. According to Undersecretary Markk Perete, Department of Justice spokesperson, the 692 are now in Bureau of Corrections custody. The convicts released under the law, which reduces the sentence of inmates based on good conduct, have until Sept. 19 to surrender or be treated as fugitives based on President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive. The […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, Sept. 17, called on barangay officials to help contain the outbreak of African Swine Flu. In a statement, Binay said because of the “intimate knowledge of barangay workers of their respective constituencies, they could be crucial in monitoring hog raisers whose livestock are affected by the outbreak.” According to Binay, barangay officials can also “encourage backyard raisers to notify them or representatives of the (local government unit) or (Department […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros is calling for a Senate probe into the agreement between a Chinese telco and the Armed Forces of the Philippines that would supposedly allow the construction of Chinese telecommunications facilities inside military camps. In filing Senate Resolution No. 137, Hontiveros wants to look in particular at the national security implications of the pact between Dito Telecommunity Corp., formerly known as Mislatel Consortium, and the military. Hontiveros noted that this was the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Sept. 16, welcomed members of the Communist Party of China in the Palace. In a statement issued late Monday night, the Palace said the President met with Chongqing party chief Chen Min’er, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua, Vice Minister of the International Department-CPC Central Committee Guo Yezhou, Executive Vice Mayor of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government and Secretary-General of CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee Wang Fu in the Palace’s […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Sept. 17, welcomed the University of the Philippines’ plan to teach the language, literature and culture under martial law to students. “Every student should know and learn any subject that concerns governance,” Panelo said. Martial law was declared by then-Presidents Ferdinand Marcos, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and now-President Rodrigo Duterte. Marcos had declared martial law to arrest what he said was the Communist threat following a series of bombings, while Arroyo did […]
