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(Eagle News)–“I’ve never been happier now.” This was the message of Nicanor Faeldon to reporters on Thursday, Sept. 5, when asked how he felt after being sacked as Bureau of Corrections Director-General by President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Faeldon, who had refused to answer questions from the media prior to the hearing, “wala nang yoke sa balikat.” “You can soundly sleep,” he said. President Duterte announced the dismissal of Faeldon in a speech on Wednesday, […]
(Eagle News)–Sacked Bureau of Corrections Director-General Nicanor Faeldon has “no hard feelings” for President Rodrigo Duterte. This is according to his lawyer, Jose Diño, who accompanied the former Marine at the Senate where he attended the third hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Thursday, Sept. 5. Faeldon refused to speak to the media at that time. “Ganun ang Marino. They follow orders. No hard feelings. Tinatanggap mo yun,” Diño said. He noted […]
(Eagle News)–Nicanor Faeldon surfaced at the Senate on Thursday, Sept. 5, a day after he was sacked by President Rodrigo Duterte as Bureau of Corrections director-general and after his lawyer told senators hearing the Good Conduct Time Allowance law that the former Marine had begged off from attending the same. When asked by reporters, Jose Diño, Faeldon’s lawyer, said his client was “insistent” on attending the hearing, where Senate President Tito Sotto’s “A1” intel report […]
(Eagle News)–The country’s underemployment rate in July has gone down to 13.9 percent. Based on data provided by the Philippine Statistics Authority on Thursday, Sept. 5, the rate is 3.3 percent less than the rate recorded on the same month last year. According to the PSA, employment rate was at 94.6 percent, the same rate recorded in July last year. The PSA said workers in the services sector comprised the largest proportion of the employed […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to hold talks with Singapore’s first female leader next week. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the bilateral meeting with President Halimah Yacob was scheduled on Sept. 9. This is the second day of Halimah’s five-day visit to the country, which was upon President Duterte’s invitation. Halimah assumed the presidency of Singapore in 2017.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to re-arrest the 1700 convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law is based on jurisprudence, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. Guevarra in particular noted People of the Philippines vs. Fidel Tan, and City Warden of the Manila City Jail vs. Raymond S. Estrella, where the Supreme Court ordered the re-arrest of inmates after the GCTA credited to them were found to be “invalid.” In the first […]
(Eagle News)–“Not more than ten” convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law surrendered following President Rodrigo Duterte’s ultimatum on Wednesday, Sept. 4. This is according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who shared the information under questioning by Senator Panfilo Lacson during the third Senate hearing on the GCTA law on Thursday, Sept. 5. Guevarra, however, refused to give their names. He said the Department of Justice was also already working on […]
Senators oblige (Eagle News)–Nicanor Faeldon has begged off from attending the third hearing into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte sacked him from his post of director-general at the Bureau of Corrections. Senator Richard Gordon, blue ribbon and justice committee chair, said he received a text on this from Faeldon’s lawyer. “Tinanong ko ang mga kapwa ko senador. Importante na makarating siya pero ang present attitude namin is medyo […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of the Interior and Local Government wants the 1700 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance to be placed on the Immigration watchlist. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the DILG will request the Department of Justice for this. He said Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has also ordered the Philippine National Police to form tracker teams to locate the convicts. Año, Malaya said, has urged the convicts to surrender themselves immediately […]
(Eagle News)–Inflation further went down to 1.7 percent in August, data released on Thursday, Sept. 5, by the Philippine Statistics Authority showed. The PSA said this was the lowest inflation rate since the 1.8 percent recorded in October 2016. Inflation in July was at 2.4 percent, while in August 2018, it was pegged at 6.4 percent. According to the PSA, the slowdown of inflation in August was “mainly due to the slower annual increase in […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, Sept. 5, announced the deployment of tracker teams to locate the 1700 convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Albayalde made the announcement following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order for them to surrender in 15 days or be treated as fugitives. “As fugitives from justice, these convicts can be subjected to warrantless arrest,” Albayalde said. He also directed all police units nationwide to […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Liwayway” has maintained its strength as it moves toward the Southern Ryukyu Islands. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Liwayway” was located 470 kilometers northeast of Basco, Batanes, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 140 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph. It is moving north northeast at 10 kph. PAGASA said “Liwayway” will bring light to moderate with intermittent heavy rains over Batanes and […]
