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(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 2, ordered the Solicitor General to release copies of the police reports on the government’s drug war to groups that have asked the High Court to declare the drug campaign unconstitutional. The SC ordered Solicitor General Jose Calida to give the copies to petitioners Center for International Law and the Free Legal Assistance Group. Both groups had asked for copies of the police reports after filing their petitions […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a review of all contracts entered into by the government including those with China, the Palace said on Tuesday, April 2. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte “directed the Solicitor General and Department of Justice Secretary and all legal departments to review, evaluate, scrutinize every contract entered by the government and/or each agency with private corporations and/or countries and determine whether there are onerous provisions in the contract that […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a review of all government contracts, particularly those on concession agreements and foreign loans, with the specific instruction to “remove onerous provisions” of these deals. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President gave the order on Monday, April 1, during a cabinet meeting, directing both the Department of Justice and the Office of the Solicitor General, as well as all legal departments to review these contracts. […]
(Eagle News)–The police chief of Negros Oriental and three other police officials were relieved over the police operations in the province that led to the killings of 14 people. Relieved were Col. Raul Tacaca, Negros Oriental police director; Lt. Col. Patricio Degay, Canlaon City police chief; Lt. Kevin Roy Mamaradlo, Manjuyod police chief and; Capt. Michael Rubia, Sta. Catalina chief of police. The relief of the high-ranking police officials was done by Philippine National Police […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is mulling the creation of a Department of Water and a Department of Disaster Resilience. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, during Monday’s Cabinet meeting, a “roadmap was presented” which included these “immediate, medium and long-term interventions..” The interventions included making an intensive campaign for the conservation of water and energy, the dredging of waterways, replacing tunnels and aqueducts, installing water tank systems in all Department of Health hospitals and providing […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Janet Abuel as acting secretary of the Department of Budget and Management. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Abuel’s appointment was announced at the start of the Cabinet meeting on Monday, April 1. Abuel was designated officer in charge of the DBM on March 5 after Benjamin Diokno was named governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. This was following the death of Nestor Espenilla after a battle with tongue […]
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the country as the tail-end of a cold front affects Northern Luzon and the easterlies affect the rest of the country. The Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with light rains because of the tail-end, while Caraga will have cloudy skies with rains and thunderstorms due to the easterlies, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Flash floods during severe thunderstorms are […]
(Eagle News)–Rains continue to prevail in parts of the country as the tail-end of a cold front affects Northern Luzon and the easterlies affect the rest of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley are experiencing cloudy skies with light rains, while Ilocos Region has partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Visayas and Mindanao has partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]
(Eagle News)—Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua on Monday, April 1, gave the assurance his government “does not consent to any illegal entry or employment of its citizens in the country.” This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who met with Zhao in Malacañang on the same day. According to Panelo, Zhao also “expressed concern on the possible exploitation of Chinese citizens in illegal gambling operations in the country..” Panelo said Zhao also […]
(Eagle News)–China’s Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua described as a “fabrication” the communication filed by two former government officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping over the Asian giant’s claims in the South China Sea. “It’s an action by individuals and we think it’s a kind of political action viciously targeting the Chinese leadership,” Zhao Jianhua said prior to his courtesy call on Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in the Palace. According to Zhao, “of course, […]
(Eagle News) President Duterte has named the new president and CEO of the Social Security System (SSS), Aurora Ignacio, who becomes the second woman to lead the government pension fund agency for the private sector. Her appointment papers were signed on March 28. Ignacio was appointed a day before the election ban on appointments which is from March 29 to May 12. She replaces SSS president Emmanuel Dooc who “voluntarily and irrevocably stepped down” from […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The European Union said Saturday it would investigate allegations that its aid funds were being funnelled to Philippine communist guerrillas waging a decades-old insurgency that has killed thousands. The Philippine government demanded the probe, alleging that aid supplied to a local non-profit by the EU was being diverted to the Communist Party of the Philippines and its New People’s Army (NPA), the bloc’s office in Manila said. “Should the allegations […]
