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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Prominent rights lawyer Amal Clooney has said she will join the legal team defending Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news site has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa, who was named a Time Magazine “Person of the Year” in 2018 for her journalism, faces several criminal charges along with her website Rappler, in what press freedom advocates have branded an act of “persecution”. “Maria Ressa is a courageous journalist […]
(Eagle News) — Mindanao Islamic Telephone Co. (Mislatel) consortium, the new player in the Philippine telecommunications industry, could soon operate in the country after it formally received its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) from President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte awarded on Monday, July 8, the certificate to Mislatel which vowed to improve the prevailing internet speed from 4.5 Mbps to 55 Mbps. The consortium will be renamed Dito Telecommunity Corporation, which is expected […]
(Eagle News) – The Southwest monsoon is still affecting extreme Northern Luzon, PAGASA said. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers caused by localized thunderstorms, forecasters said. Possible flashfloods and landslides could occur during severe thunderstorms. PAGASA said there is no low pressure area within the country, and there is no LPA seen outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)
(Eagle News) — Amnesty International urged the United Nations to “immediately open an investigation into gross human rights violations and possible crimes against humanity committed as part of the ‘war on drugs’ of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. It also urged the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to “expedite its examination into the situation and open a full and thorough criminal investigation.” The Amnesty report was entitled “They just kill: […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made a choice for the next House Speaker, endorsing Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano under a term-sharing arrangement with Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco “to end the impasse” in the Lower House. In a talk with reporters in Malacanang on Monday night, July 8, Duterte said he had tried to distance himself from the issue, but was forced to make a choice after he observed the “uncertainties” in […]
(Eagle News) – This July, electricity rates will go down again because of lower charges from independent power producers, according to Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said Monday, July 8. This will be the third consecutive month of electricity rate cuts. “The downward adjustment of P0.1068 per kWh will mean a decrease of around P21 in the total bill,” Meralco said. “The third straight month of electricity rate decrease represents a total downward adjustment of around […]
(Eagle News) – Gasoline prices will increase in several gasoline stations by 25 centavos per liter starting Tuesday, according to separate advisories issued by oil firms. While the pump prices of gasoline will rise, diesel and kerosene will have price cuts. Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Petro Gazz, PTT Philippines Corp., Eastern Petroleum Corp., TOTAL (Philippines) Inc., Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., SEAOIL Philippines Inc. and Chevron Philippines Inc. (Caltex) all issued separate advisories about increasing their […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo said it was “embarrassing” that other countries were more concerned about alleged abuses taking place in the war on drugs of President Rodrigo Duterte. In her radio show “BISErbisyong Leni” on Sunday, July 7, Robredo lamented that in the Philippines, “only a few are concerned.” “Iyong sa akin lang, iyong ibang bansa nababahala para sa atin. Pero dito sa atin, parang ang nababahala yata kaunting-kaunti lang. Parang business […]
(Eagle News) – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said that the United States could easily overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte and install Vice-President Leni Robredo as the country’s new leader. In a statement in reaction to President Duterte’s challenge to the US to be the first to fire a shot in the South China Sea dispute, Sison said that there was “no need for the US to […]
(Eagle News) – The Southwest Monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon which could bring rains in the area, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, Monday, July 8. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers mostly in the afternoon or evening because of localized thunderstorms, forecasters said. PAGASA warned there could be flashfloods and some landslides during the thunderstorms.
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued 30 people aboard a motor boat which drifted in the vicinity of waters off the Royal Captain Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Friday night. The Coast Guard said that the 30 passengers aboard the Motor Launch Hadzraima which was headed for Pagasa island made a distress call at 7:01p.m. that was received by the Coast Guard district of Palawan. The passengers were all residents […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senate Sergeant -at -Arms Jose Balajadia Jr. passed away early Sunday due to heart failure. Balajadia passed away at 12:50 a.m., July 7, at the Baguio General, according to his son, Jet, in a statement to reporters. “He succumbed to heart failure,” he said. His wake will be held at the St. Peter Chapel on Marcos Highway in Baguio city until 8p.m. on Wednesday, July 10. On Thursday morning, July […]
