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(Eagle News)–Suspended Bureau of Corrections legal affairs unit chief Fredric Anthony Santos does not believe Good Conduct Time Allowances can be sold at a price for the release of inmates. In an ambush interview on Thursday, Sept. 12, Santos said he first heard about the so-called GCTA for sale in the Senate inquiry into the problems in the BuCor. But Santos admitted during the Senate joint hearing into problems in BuCor that there was corruption […]
(Eagle News)–The tropical depression monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said TD “Marilyn” entered PAR at 9:30 a.m. The weather bureau earlier said CALABARZON, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Aurora, Quirino, Isabela, and Cagayan will experience cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rainshowers as the trough of the tropical depression affects Southern Luzon and Visayas. Metro Manila and the rest of the […]
(Eagle News)–There have been fewer witness reports of irregularities in the 2019 elections, results of a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. According to the Second Quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey conducted from June 22 to 26, compared to June 2016, the proportion of those who personally witnessed vote-buying fell from 19% to 10%. The SWS said those who read or heard this from reliable sources on the other hand fell from 23% to 15%. […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today, Sept. 12. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said CALABARZON, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Aurora, Quirino, Isabela, and Cagayan will experience these conditions as the trough of a tropical depression affects Southern Luzon and Visayas. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered to widespread moderate to heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest […]
Gordon says Espino “fighting for his life” (Eagle News)–Former Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr. is “fighting for his life” after his vehicle was ambushed in San Carlos, Pangasinan on Wednesday, Sept. 11. In a Tweet, Senator Richard Gordon said all five of Espino’s bodyguards “perished” as they shielded him from the attack made by a still-unidentified assailant at 4:30 p.m. Police Colonel Red Maranan, director of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, said, however, that two […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of former Presidential Commission on Good Government Chair Camilo Sabio for graft over the lease agreements entered into by the PCGG with a bank without the required competitive bidding. The SC’s third division, in denying Sabio’s petition for review that assailed his conviction over the lease of 11 motor vehicles with the United Coconut Planters Bank Leasing and Finance Corporation from 2007 to 2009, noted that Sabio […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, Sept. 11, said he was “not even sure” if he wants to run for President. Lacson issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte said he believes the senator had plans for the same given his “penchant” for commenting on every issue. Duterte issued the remark as he recalled how the senator and Vice President Leni Robredo criticized his claim that police officers could accept gifts of nominal value that […]
(Eagle News) — Eight memoranda of understanding (MOUs) were signed during the visit of Singaporean President Halimah Yacob to the country which were described as the first steps toward the “next half-century of our natural, mutually reinforcing and beneficial partnership.” President Yacob, the eighth president of Singapore, arrived in the country Sunday for a five-day state visit. The Singaporean leader arrived at 3:20 p.m. in Malacañang and was accorded arrival honors. After the welcome […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Appointments’ Committee on Information and Communication Technology on Wednesday, Sept. 11, recommended the confirmation of Gringo Honasan’s ad interim appointment as Information and Communications secretary to the plenary. No questions were asked to Honasan, who hurdled the CA panel in four minutes. Asked how he felt his was the fastest approval by the panel so far, Honasan said “It doesn’t affect me.” “Because the hard work is ahead of us,” he […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Singapore President Halimah Yacob talked about deepening defense and security ties between the two countries during the visit of the Singaporean leader in the country. In their joint press statement, Duterte and Yacob reaffirmed their ties Monday as both leaders look forward to a stronger cooperation in the coming years. President Yacob, the eighth president of Singapore, arrived in the country Sunday for a five-day state […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has affirmed a Court of Appeals decision upholding a lower court’s refusal to grant bail to former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan. In denying the petition for review on certiorari of Ampatuan, who faces 58 counts of murder over the Maguindanao massacre, the first division noted the “failure” of Ampatuan to “sufficiently show any reversible error” in the CA decision dated April 18, 2018 and the […]
(Eagle News)–Jose Maria Sison slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for what he said was his “ignorance of international law” following his threat to arrest the Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair who is facing multiple murder charges in a Manila court. The charges stem from the 2006 discovery of a mass grave in Inopacan, Leyte which allegedly contains the remains of victims of a Communist purge in the 1980s. In a statement, Sison said Interpol, […]
