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(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, July 25, said the government would be extending free legal assistance to the Filipina who was arrested by Malaysian authorities for allegedly trafficking over 5.9 kilograms of shabu. “She could be an innocent courier and not a drug pusher or drug trafficker, ” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, without identifying the suspect. According to Panelo, if “she is found guilty unfairly by the Malaysian court, then we can avail of […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies will prevail in parts of the country today, Thursday, July 25, as the southwest monsoon affects the western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. MIMAROPA and Western Visayas will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Papaspasan ng Senado ang pagtalakay sa panukalang batas na ipagpaliban ang Barangay elections sa susunod na taon. Sinabi ni Senator Francis Tolentino, chairman ng committee on local government, na uunahin niyang isalang ang panukala ng Pangulong Rodrido Duterte na postponement ng barangay elections. Nakipagpulong na kanina si Tolentino sa Association of Barangay Councils tungkol sa isyu. Target ng Senado na mailipat ang eleksyon sa May […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) stressed that the birth certificates it is issuing do not expire. The government office made the clarification amid the confusion that arose from various government and private offices, including schools, that require applicants or those transacting with them to submit birth certificates issued within the last six months or the last year. While the PSA said that it does change its security paper used for birth certificates […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rypFxQLgCCY (Eagle News) – Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have assured that the proposed 2020 national budget will be passed on time. The newly-designated Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance Senator Sonny Angara said his panel’s scrutiny of the proposed 2020 national budget will be “thorough, transparent, truthful. “And we will pass it on time,” he said. The senator said that he expects Malacanang will be sending over the proposed […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s handling of the West Philippine Sea issue has been hailed in a Chinese newspaper. Columnist Li Qingqing, in a column published in the Global Times, described China-Philippines ties amid the dispute as a “model for cooperation,” noting that “China and the Philippines are making an effort to ease tensions in the region and explore a new path of regional cooperation.” Li said this was possible because President Rodrigo Duterte, based on […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, July 24, clarified China was both “in possession of” and “in position” in the South China Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the clarification after National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said President Rodrigo Duterte merely stated China was “in position” in the area also claimed by the Philippines in his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22. “They are positionally in advantage […]
(Eagle News)–Insufferable. This was how Senator Leila de Lima described President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22. In a statement, De Lima said in the first place, one does not fight corruption by “whining, complaining, and crying out to the plunderers to stop their corruption,” or by reinstating the death penalty. “Definitely, it is not achieved by converting the Coco Levy fund into pork barrel for the legislators’ consumption […]
Says Duterte is giving “mixed signals” in placing officials he had removed from office to other higher gov’t posts (Eagle News) – Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s actions of transferring government officials he had removed from office to other government posts, especially higher ones. Aquino was reacting to President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, where the President stressed how the war against corruption is […]
(Eagle News)–The Office of the Solicitor General on Wednesday, July 24, said it was its “legal duty to serve its clients when they seek legal advice.” The OSG issued the statement following accusations there was oppression of the opposition since the OSG helped prepare Peter Joemel Advincula’s complaint-affidavit against Vice President Leni Robredo and others over the Ang Totoong Narcolist videos. Larry Gadon, Advincula’s lawyer, said their camp “only probably” consulted the OSG after the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Pangilinan on Wednesday, July 24, said the pay of entry-level nurses in government should be raised to P30,000. In pushing for the entry-level salary of not lower than Salary Grade 15 (SG-15) or equivalent to P30,531, Pangilinan, in Senate Bill 260, noted the low salaries Filipino nurses get despite the long working hours, a high nurse-patient ratio, and physical and mental burnout. He said based on Department of Labor and Employment’s Bureau […]
(Eagle News)–In these pictures provided by the Palace, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen with local chief executives across the country. The President met with mayors and governors in the Palace on Tuesday night to discuss the illegal drugs problem. This was a day after he railed against the same and corruption in his fourth State of the Nation Address.
