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(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of Luzon today, June 12. Ilocos Region, Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan as a result will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms. 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 to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Mindanao and the rest of the […]
(Eagle News)–PDP-Laban officials met with three contenders for the speakership who are also their partymates on Tuesday, June 11. Based on a picture shared by Ron Munsayac, chair of the party’s public information committee, Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, and Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales had dinner with Senator Koko Pimentel, PDP-Laban president; and Senator Manny Pacquiao in his house in Makati. Also seen in the picture was 1-Pacman party-list […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZwDzhMXc5Y (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture initiated a marketing and promotional campaign for Philippine mangoes as a quick response to the oversupply of mangoes in the country. Dubbed as TienDA Plus Metro-wide mango festival, the DA is hoping that this event which runs from June 10 until Tuesday, June 11, will urge more people to buy more Philippine mangoes. The department also hopes that a million mangoes would be sold for this week […]
(Eagle News)–The Court of Appeals has frozen the bank accounts and assets of Kapa Community Ministry frozen after it was found operating a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme exists if high returns are promised to investors, who are paid with capital given by subsequent investors. The CA issued the freeze order upon the petition of the Anti-Money and Laundering Council and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC had questioned the current setup of giving […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that “second-level officials” will run the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) after no less than President Rodrigo Duterte had asked its top officials and board members to submit courtesy resignations. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that while the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is investigating Philhealth, it is better for the top Philhealth officials to not have any direct involvement in the operations. He said that President Duterte wanted […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has junked the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by the camp of Bryan Sy, owner of WellMed Dialysis Center accused of processing PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. In a three-page order, Branch 20 Judge Marivic Basili-Umali said the “singular function of a petition for habeas corpus” after all was “to inquire into the cause of detention of a person.” “That there is no probable cause for the warrantless arrest […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed estafa and falsification of documents charges against Bryan Sy, owner of WellMed Dialysis Center, over the ghost dialysis mess. Also charged though were former employees Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen De Leon, who made the exposé. Other WellMed officials charged were Dr. John Ray Gonzales, medical director; Claro Sy, chairman; Alvin Sy, corporate treasurer; Dick Ong, administration officer; doctors Porshia Natividad and Joemie Soriano; and Sy’s wife […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of an owner of the WellMed Dialysis Center, which has been accused of processing PhilHealth medical benefits of deceased patients, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The wife of Bryan Sy applied for the writ, a safeguard against warrantless arrests and illegal detention, before Branch 20 of the Manila Regional Trial Court a day after he was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation following reports of the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing one Dr. Jaime Cruz as the new PhilHealth president. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the revelation on Tuesday, June 11, a day after Duterte asked PhilHealth officials to submit their courtesy resignations following reports a medical facility in Quezon City was processing the PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. Panelo said the President floated Cruz’s name during Monday’s Cabinet meeting. Earlier, Senator-elect Bong Go said Duterte, who was “saddened and […]
(Eagle News)–A yellow alert is in effect over the Luzon grid on Tuesday, June 11. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said the alert was in effect from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Available capacity was at 11,839 megawatts, while peak demand was at 10,921MW. “Details on the cause to be announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) later in the day,” the NGCP said.
(Eagle News) — The national ID system will be pilot-tested from September to December. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this was based on a report from Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia and National Statistician Dennis Mapa during Monday’s Cabinet meeting presided over by President Rodrigo Duterte. “By the end of the President’s term in 2022, 107 million Filipinos are targeted to be registered,” Panelo said. Under Republic Act 11055 or the Philippine Identification Systems Act […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the transfer of general aviation and domestic flight operations from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Sangley Point in Cavite. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte gave the order during Monday’s Cabinet meeting, after he visited NAIA following reports of flight cancellations and delays. During the meeting, Panelo said the President also hinted at a revamp at NAIA, with airport security being handled by a single entity. […]
