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(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has ordered a half-day work schedule in the High Court and in other courts nationwide on Wednesday, April 17. In an advisory, the SC said courts inside local government-owned or –controlled buildings shall, however, observe a whole-day suspension on the same day “should the same be declared by the local government.” The SC said the suspension was to allow workers to travel to the provinces on Thursday, April 18, and Friday, […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has junked the motion to quash the cyber libel charge filed against chief executive officer Maria Ressa and a former Rappler reporter. In junking the motion to quash of Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa ruled the Department of Justice was able to “sufficiently establish” the elements of cyber libel in the Rappler article on businessman Wilfredo Keng which was published in 2012 and edited in 2014. The […]
(Eagle News)—The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has placed under yellow alert the Luzon grid anew, with a red alert to be hoisted later in the day. The NGCP said the alert, which means the reserves are less than the capacity of the biggest online power plant, is in effect from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. A red alert, which means […]
(Eagle News)–Isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today, April 15, as the easterlies affect the archipelago. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Flash floods during severe thunderstorms are possible. Extreme Northern Luzon will have moderate to occasionally strong winds and moderate to occasionally rough coastal waters, PAGASA said. The […]
(Eagle News)—Rappler on Sunday, April 14, said it was just doing its job “by writing stories based on facts” following President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against media outfits that included the online media organization. “Why is it that the President’s reflex is to accuse the media, and almost everyone who doesn’t toe his line, of being paid and having a hidden agenda?” Rappler said in a statement. Rappler urged the President to “(do his job)” by […]
(Eagle News)—Respect the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s 2016 ruling on the Spratlys. The Palace had this to say to China, whose vessels have been spotted, based on reports, near several islands being claimed by the Philippines in the area. “We reiterate our unchanged stance — the arbitral ruling is irreversible, the same being based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and international law accepted by most, if not by all, […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 13, slammed the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System anew for not preparing for El Niño. “MWSS. Anak ka ng p***, [every year] may El Niño. Bakit hindi ninyo napaghandaan?” Duterte said two days before he was slated to release his decision on whether or not to axe the water regulator’s officials and terminate contracts of water concessionaires. This was in light of the water shortage that gripped several […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a bill that, if passed into law, would have granted survivorship benefits to dependent children of a deceased member of constitutional bodies who was a solo parent. In a radio interview, Senate President Tito Sotto said according to Duterte, passing the bill into law would have disrupted the Salary Standardization Law and other pensions. At present, under Republic Act 10084, survivorship benefits are only granted only to the legitimate […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 13, urged the public not to believe the Philippine Center of Investigative Journalism, which has published reports on his family’s wealth, or Rappler. Duterte made the remark as he lashed out at some journalists who attack and collect money, and then defend and collect money from subjects. “Dito sa Pilipinas, wala talaga yang investigative journalism. Huwag kayo maniwala dyan sa PCIJ. Pera-pera lang ‘yan …itong Rappler, itong mga […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 13, said he advised the Navy to blow up the vessels of drug smugglers. Duterte issued the remark in Malaybalay, Bukidnon amid the recent discoveries of cocaine blocs floating off Philippine waters. Only recently, around 40 bricks were found off the coast of Burgos in Caraga. Blocks of cocaine have also been found off Catanduanes and Surigao del Norte, among others. “Ang cocaine ‘yan ang ginagawa ng mga […]
(Eagle News)—Rains are expected in parts of the country today as the tail-end of a cold front affects Northern and Central Luzon, and the easterlies affect the rest of the country. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon will have cloudy skies with rains and thunderstorms, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said flash floods during severe thunderstorms were possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 13, reiterated his commitment to give back government land leased to entities to identified beneficiaries of the agrarian reform program. “If they say they have invested so much, I don’t care,” he said in a speech in Bukidnon, referring to corporations that lease land from the government. According to Duterte, in the first place, “the law must be followed.” “The law says the land reform should benefit the […]
