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Moira Encina Eagle News Service Muling kinalampag ng kampo ni dating Senador Bongbong Marcos ang Korte Suprema na aksyunan na ang kanilang naunang mosyon na ipag-utos sa Comelec na isumite ang resulta ng technical examination sa boto noong 2016 sa mga lalawigan ng Basilan, Lanao del Sur at Maguindanao na nagpapatunay daw ng malawakang electoral fraud doon. Ito ay kaalinsabay ng ika-isanglibong araw matapos na isampa ng panig ni Marcos ang electoral protest sa resulta […]
10 cubic meters of water consumed by Manila Water customers will not be billed (Eagle News)—-Manila Water is slated to implement a “one-time bill waiver” for selected customers to compensate for the water shortage that gripped several areas in Metro Manila and Rizal. According to Manila Water president Ferdinand Dela Cruz, customers in barangays which experienced no water service for at least seven days—whether continuous or broken—within the period of March 6 to 31 will […]
(Eagle News)–Partly cloudy skies will prevail over the country as the easterlies affect the eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas will also experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to PAGASA, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy […]
(Eagle News)–For the Palace, the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago’s election as International Criminal Court judge was void from the start. “If the position is we’ve never been a state party, then logically it is void unless the international court says it is not,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Asked why Raul Pangalangan, who currently sits as a judge in the tribunal, was never pulled out, Panelo said “we don’t have to pull out anybody […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, March 25, said those who feel the law requiring motorcycles to have bigger and color-coded license plates was unconstitutional can raise the issue before the courts. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the comment as the government stood firm the law recently signed by President Rodrigo Duterte would be implemented without fear or favor. “Everyone should comply. No exception,” Panelo said. Panelo issued the statement days after around 50,000 motorcycle riders […]
(Eagle News) – The government’s top lawyer said that the Philippine government’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court will have “no effect in our justice system.” In a statement, Solicitor General Jose C. Calida, said that the country’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute does not have any adverse effect on the country’s justice system. “The Philippine justice system functions independently with or without membership in the ICC. Hence, the withdrawal of the Philippines from […]
(Eagle News) — Expect another round of fuel price increase on Tuesday, March 26, starting 6 a.m., with gasoline up by 65 centavos per liter, while kerosene and diesel up by another 10 centavos per liter. This is the seventh consecutive week of price increase implemented by petroleum companies in the country, in reaction to increase in world crude prices. Shell, Eastern Petroleum, PTT Philippines. Petron, Petro Gazz, Caltex, Flying V and Jetti have […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police on Monday, March 25, identified over 900 election hot spots. The 941 hotspots identified by PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde as of March 20 were around 200 more than the 701 it earlier reported. The following red areas or areas of grave concern have been identified in the following regions: 118 red areas – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 93 red areas – Northern Mindanao, 73 red areas – CARAGA, 72 […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court has no effect on the country’s justice system nor on the foreign aid it receives, Solicitor General Jose Calida said on Monday, March 25. According to Calida, the Philippine justice system “functions independently with or without membership in the ICC.” He said the “investigation and prosecution of drug-related deaths, incidents, and/or offenses are ongoing in the country.” In fact, based on official government statistics, he said […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate and the House of Representatives contingents in charge of threshing out the issues in the proposed national budget met on Monday, March 25, with House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya Jr. initially describing the atmosphere as “positive, very friendly.” The meeting between the House’s Andaya, San Juan City Rep. Ronaldo Zamora and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, and the Senate’s Loren Legarda, finance committee chair; Panfilo Lacson; and Gregorio Honasan II took place after a […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, March 24, said over one million Filipinos were “slaves” to shabu. The President said in a speech in Cagayan de Oro that the 1.6 million Filipinos only covered then-Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa’s term, and was therefore only a “conservative figure.” “Tell me if you are happy, if I tell you now that we have 1.6 million slaves, Filipino slaves to a drug called shabu,” Duterte said. […]
(Eagle News)–Partly cloudy skies are expected in parts of the country on Monday, March 25. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Mindanao, Bicol Region and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers as the easterlies affect the eastern section of Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy skies, PAGASA said. The eastern […]
