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(Eagle News) — Local government unit ambulances should not carry the names or images of candidates in the upcoming elections, the Commission on Elections said on Wednesday, March 27. Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon issued the reminder days before the official start of the campaign period for local candidates. “All candidates need not be given notices. They are violating election [rules] starting March 29,” Guanzon said in a tweet. Guanzon urged Comelec personnel to take pictures […]
(Eagle News)—Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday, March 27, said a 1972 law turned the oil and gas in Reed Bank into patrimonial assets. Carpio made the statement after Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo gave the assurance Reed Bank would not be seized by China if the Southeast Asian country failed to pay its P3.6-billion loan for the Chico River irrigation project. Panelo had said that in the first place, Reed Bank was a […]
(Eagle News)—House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya Jr. on Wednesday, March 27, said the national budget for 2019, “once” signed into law, will “pass not only the test of constitutionality and legality but also of transparency and accountability.” Andaya made the statement a day after Senate President Tito Sotto signed the budget bill enrolled by the House but “with reservations,” noting what senators have said were the “unconstitutional alignments” made by the House in the version […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, March 26, slammed dismissed police colonel Eduardo Acierto, whom he described as a corrupt (former) policeman who was also involved in the killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo. Duterte made the comments after Acierto, who has been in hiding since October last year, after he was linked to the illegal drugs in magnetic lifters last year, said the chief executive’s former economic adviser Michael Yang and another […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, March 26, revealed he ordered the re-arrest of the suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan. Duterte said he gave the order after the prosecutor ordered Silawan’s 17-year-old former boyfriend released after the National Bureau of Investigation failed to justify he was covered by warrantless arrest. Under the Rules of Court, a warrantless arrest is valid under three circumstances: When, in the presence of the policeman, the person to […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4kG8yT5O9Y Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Correspondent Eagle News – Mula nang maitayo ang Cavite Express Way ay humina na ang kita ng mga mangingisda sa dito. Isa sa mga mangingisdang naapektuhan ay si Joel Falcis. Kung dati kumikita siya ng Php-500 kada araw, ngayon aniya masuwerte na lang kung umabot sa Php200. Hindi aniya ito kasya para sa tatlong anak niya na kasalukuyan pang nag-aaral. Ang lalong pinangangambahan ni Joel ay na tuluyang […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance defended the Official Development Assistance (ODA) mode of financing to construct the Kaliwa Dam Project, saying that this was cheaper and more beneficial for Filipino consumers. Finance Assistant Secretary Antonio Joselito Lambino III said that the ODA from China was preferred over a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) route which, he said, would entail “additional charges” to be passed on to water users. “The higher project and financing costs […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, March 26, gave the assurance President Rodrigo Duterte would scrutinize the General Appropriations Bill and would sign it should the same be in accordance with “our Constitution and the laws.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the comment as he commended the Senate and the House of Representatives for ending the budget impasse and transmitting a General Appropriations Bill to Malacañang. Senate President Tito Sotto signed the House’s enrolled budget bill […]
(Eagle News)—-The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency will have to secure clearance from President Rodrigo Duterte before it can release the list of “celebrities” allegedly linked to illegal drugs. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement, after PDEA revealed at least 31 “celebrities” were included in the agency’s drugs watch list. PDEA director-general Aaron Aquino had said two “celebrities” figured in the phone of alleged party drugs dealer Steven Pasion, who was killed during a buy-bust […]
(Eagle News)–The deadlock over the proposed national budget between the Senate and the House of Representatives was finally broken with Senate President Tito Sotto signing the enrolled budget bill of the House as is but “with reservations.” Sotto clarified in a press conference on Tuesday, March 26, that even with the signing, the Senate was still against the “alignments” made by the House of Representatives in the version ratified by the Senate and the House. […]
(Eagle News) — Pinatatanggal ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa Department Of Health (DOH) ang lahat ng “malasakit center posters” na may pangalan ni dating Special Assistant to the President at senatorial candidate Christopher “Bong” Go. Ayon kay Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, nagpadala na ito ng mga notice sa lahat ng kandidato na may mga illegal posters. Kabilang na anya rito yaong mga posters na nakapaskil sa mga government hospitals, health centers, airports, piers at […]
(Eagle News)–As in the past, President Rodrigo Duterte will spend his birthday in Davao. “The same celebration. He stays in the house and with the family,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Tuesday, March 26. Duterte is turning 74 on Thursday, March 28. Since he assumed the presidency in 2016, Duterte has been celebrating his birthday every year in private in his hometown. In 2018, pictures showed Duterte spending time with his grandchildren on his […]
