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(Eagle News)–The Senate has received a copy of the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. The National Expenditure Program was given to Senate President Tito Sotto by Acting Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado. Also present were Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senate Finance committee chair Edgardo Angara and Senator Panfilo Lacson. The government operated on a reenacted budget for the first few months of this year due to an impasse in Congress. […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has summoned two former lawmakers, a congresswoman and several others over the charges filed by the police for the alleged abduction of a student who became an activist. DOJ Assistant State Prosecutor Christine Perolino ordered Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Elago, Makabayan and National Union of People’s Lawyers chair Neri Colmenares, former Akbayan Rep. Tom Villarin, Anakbayan Youth spokesperson Alex Danday, and Anakbayan chairperson Vencer Crisostomo to appear before a preliminary […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte wants foreign vessels passing through the country’s territorial waters to seek Manila’s permission first “well in advance.” According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, non-compliance may force the Philippines to act in an “unfriendly manner.” “Before we never said anything, we just allow them and make protest but this time we will tell them ‘Please get out of our territory,’” Panelo said. “That’s very unfriendly because we have not done it before,” […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit China from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo revealed the dates in a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 20. President Duterte has said he would raise the arbitral ruling that invalidated the nine-dash line demarcating China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea in a meeting with China President Xi Jinping. He said he would also raise the planned joint exploration of natural resources […]
Associate Justices Perlas-Bernabe, Peralta accept nomination; Reyes files application (Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa has declined the en banc’s nomination of him to the post of Chief Justice, bringing to three the senior justices who have so far refused to be considered to the top magistrate post. Apart from Caguioa, of the five most senior justices who are automatically nominated to the post of Chief Justice, two others have already declined their […]
(Eagle News)–The Office of the Solicitor General has maintained it can represent the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group as complainant in the sedition case against Vice President Leni Robredo and others. In its 23-page omnibus comment, the OSG said its authority to represent the CIDG was “expressly provided” in Section 35, Chapter 12 of Executive Order No. 292. According to the OSG, based on the provision, the OSG “shall represent the government of the Philippines, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Department of Justice panel hearing the sedition charges filed against her and several others to remove the Office of the Solicitor General as counsel for the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the acting complainant. In seeking for the OSG’s removal in a 13-page motion filed on Aug. 14, De Lima said it is “illegal and improper” for Solicitor General Jose Calida to appear as the lawyer for […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is verifying reports 13 Filipino seamen were kidnapped off the coast of Cameroon. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, which has jurisdiction over Cameroon, is checking the report and has been instructed to make representations with the authorities. It said the department was also in close contact with the seamen’s manning agency and their next-of-kin. Earlier reports said the seafarers were seized from […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, Aug. 20, led her family and supporters in commemorating her father Fernando Poe Jr.’s 80th birth anniversary. “Sumakabilang buhay na nga tayo, pero siguro kung siya nandito, alam ko uunahin niya talaga yung pinakanangangailangan,” the senator said in an interview. She also recalled her father’s “simplicity.” “Kaya kahit naman sa ano ginagawa namin sa trabaho namin, o sa pribadong pagsisikap, tinutuloy namin kung ano makakaya namin,” she said. The […]
(Eagle News)–Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has declined his automatic nomination for Chief Justice. Carpio made the confirmation in a text message on Tuesday, Aug. 20. “Yes, I am declining because there are only 8 days left from the vacancy to my compulsory retirement,” he said. Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin is slated to retire on Oct. 18, while Carpio will retire on Oct. 26. The five most senior justices of the SC are automatically nominated […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area near Northern Samar. PAGASA said the trough of the LPA, which as of 3 a.m. was located 975 kilometers east of Catarman, will bring Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Batanes and Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms due […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Aug. 19, dismissed Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua’s remark Overseas Filipino Workers in China could also be accused of spying. Zhao issued the remark after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed concerns about the proximity of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations hubs to military facilities, saying the Chinese nationals employed there could easily shift to spying. “The Office of the President shares the sentiment of Secretary Lorenzana and (Socioeconomic) Secretary (Ernesto) Pernia when […]
