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(Eagle News) — For Opposition Senator Leila de Lima, her wish for President Rodrigo Duterte as he celebrates his 74th birthday is “enlightenment.” “Enlightenment. True and profound enlightenment. Happy birthday po,” she said when prodded by the media to share her birthday wish for the President at the sidelines of her trial for the illegal drug case filed against her at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 256 at the New Bilibid Prison […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wished the country peace and prosperity as he marked his 74th birthday. Duterte made his wish known during the celebration of his birth anniversary a day before his actual birthday on Thursday, March 28. Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said Duterte celebrated with members of the Presidential Security Group and some of his aides in Davao. “My wish is that we will just continue to progress […]
(Eagle News) — Despite their conflicting views over the Chico River Pump irrigation deal, everything is well between Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo and Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. At least this is according to a picture released by Panelo that showed the two of them beside each other, posing and smiling, at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines National Convention in Iloilo. “We exchanged pleasantries,” Panelo said. According to Panelo, the two were members of […]
(Eagle News)–Lawyer Larry Gadon on Thursday, March 28, formally opposed the application to the post of justice at the Court of Tax Appeals of a Judicial and Bar Council member who supposedly accepted the incomplete Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of Maria Lourdes Sereno when she applied for the Chief Justice post. In opposing the application of Maria Milagros Fernan-Cayosa in a letter to Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, the ex-officio chair of the […]
(Eagle News)—In these pictures released by former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen celebrating his 74th birthday in advance with members of the Presidential Security Group and some of his aides. Go said the pictures were taken in Davao on Wednesday, March 27. The Palace has said Duterte would spend his 74th birthday on Thursday, March 28, with his family in his hometown. The Palace said he would also […]
(Eagle News)—–Praises from current and former government officials poured in for President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, March 28, as he marked his 74th birth anniversary. “Your perseverance and dedication for our nation continue to inspire us all,” Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said. He said he wished “that each and every Filipino will see how hard you work for them and that they will understand how much you really love our country and our people.” Justice […]
(Eagle News)–The Ayala brothers of the Ayala Group of Companies on Wednesday, March 27, said they took responsibility for their “own shortcomings in the company” Manila Water that have contributed, among “a multitude of factors,” to the water shortage. In a Facebook post, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chair of the Ayala group and vice chair of Manila Water; and Fernando Zobel de Ayala, chair of the water concessionaire, said they “recognize and understand the […]
(Eagle News)—Rains are expected in parts of the country today, March 28, as the easterlies affect the entire archipelago, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said Mindanao and Palawan will experience cloudy skies with rains and thunderstorms. Visayas and Bicol region, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. The weather bureau said flash floods during severe thunderstorms were possible in Mindanao, Palawan, Visayas and […]
(Eagle News)–Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte wished his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, good health as he celebrates his 74th birthday on Thursday, March 28. “Hinaot nga kanunay ka nga anaa sa maayong panglawas aron sab nga makapadayon ka sa pagserbisyo sa katawhan. (May you always have good health so that you may continue your service for the people),” the presidential son said in a Facebook post. The former vice mayor also thanked his father […]
(Eagle News)—Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa and members of the board of the news outfit three years ago have been charged in court for alleged violation of the Anti-Dummy Law. Apart from Ressa, charged before the Pasig Regional Trial Court were Manuel Ayala, James Bitanga, Nico Jose Nolledo, James Velasquez, and Felicia Atienza, all members of Rappler’s 2016 board. Ayala, Nolledo, Gloria, Bitanga, Atienza and Velasquez have posted bail of P90,000 each. Ressa is […]
March 27, 2019. Manila, Philippines. — South African Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Martin Slabber visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Central Office on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, to make his farewell courtesy call to INC Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. The first time that Ambassador Slabber went to the INC Central Office was in 2016, after hearing about Brother Eduardo V. Manalo’s pastoral visit to INC members in South Africa […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has perpetually disqualified from public office a court sheriff after he was found to have used for personal gain the P10,000 he received for a notice of extrajudicial foreclosure to be published in a newspaper. The High Court also ordered the retirement benefits and other benefits, except accrued leave credits, of Manuel Gimeno, sheriff IV of Branch 19 of the Cebu Regional Trial Court, forfeited, after he was found […]
