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(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros called on Public Attorneys Office chief Persida Acosta to resign, following the measles outbreak in several parts of the country which some blamed on the hype made by the lawyer of the Dengvaxia controversy. “(Her) lies have slain children…. Her lies and hysterics contributed directly to the erosion of public trust in our vaccination programs. And because of this, 55 children have lost their lives to measles, and an outbreak now […]
(Eagle News)—The northeast monsoon is expected to affect the extreme northern Luzon today, Feb. 9, resulting in rains in some parts. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeast monsoon are expected over Batanes and Babuyan Group of Islands. Partly cloudy skies over the rest of Cagayan, Aurora, Abra, Benguet, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook Surigao del Norte Friday night, February 8, with its epicenter located 28 kilometers southeast of General Luna town of this province, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Phivolcs said the quake which hit the province at 7:55 p.m., Friday, would like be followed by aftershocks. The quake was felt at intensity 5 in Surigao City: intensity 4 in Gingoog City; intensity 3 […]
(Eagle News) – The Senate and the House of Representatives on Friday, February 8, finally ratified the P3.757 trillion national budget for this year, after the bicameral conference committee finally agreed on a final version following deliberations on alleged budget insertions. Both houses of Congress ratified the final version of the bill approved by the bicameral conference committee. This will now be transmitted to Malacanang for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature. Senator Loren Legarda, chair […]
(Eagle News) – Search teams found on Friday, February 8, the two-seater Cessna training aircraft which crashed in Bataan and recovered the bodies of the two Indian nationals on board. The joint task force were able to penetrate the crash site which was in the mountainous area in Hermosa, Bataan, and found the two victims burned beyond recognition. The plane was found four days after it went missing. The remains of the two Indian […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace is backing Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno skipping the House appropriations committee hearing on Friday, Feb. 9. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that while “officials from the executive branch would give their full cooperation and if necessary, attend probes and inquiries in aid of its duty of legislation,” Congress in general, for its part, should “accord the same courtesy to an executive official whom it invites as a […]
(Eagle News) — House appropriations committee chair Rolando Andaya Jr. on Friday, Feb. 8, accused Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno of trying to”bribe” the House of Representatives into “shut(ting) up” about the P75-billion “insertion” in the proposed national budget. According to Andaya, the “P40-billion bribe” was offered during a meeting with Diokno, Budget Undersecretary Mina Pangandaman and a friend he did not identify. He said it was Pangandaman who invited him to the meeting, and that […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate minority bloc is calling on the government to free one of its members, Senator Leila de Lima, who is detained on drug-related charges. Under Senate Resolution No. 780, the bloc–composed of Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon, and Senators Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Risa Hontiveros, Francis Pangilinan, and Antonio Trillanes IV—said freeing De Lima from “unjust detention” and giving her “an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, including her […]
(Eagle News) — House appropriations committee chair Rolando Andaya Jr. wants Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno cited in contempt for his failure to appear anew in the panel’s hearing on Friday, Feb. 8, on alleged anomalies in the proposed national budget for 2019. Andaya said Diokno should be held liable for snubbing the hearing and those before that even after the Budget chief said “there was no proper notice and not enough time to allow him […]
(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Department of Justice na iimbestigahan nito ang alegasyon na isang empleyado ng kagawaran ang tumulong sa negosyante at itinuturong middle man sa 6.4 billion pesos na shabu shipment na si Kenneth Dong sa Muntinlupa City. Si Dong ay naaresto ng National Bureau of Investigation nitong Lunes, Pebrero 4 sa tinutuluyan nito sa Katarungan Village, Muntinlupa City. Ang Katarungan Village ay isang housing project noon ng gobyerno para sa mga kawani […]
(Eagle News) — Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono will visit the Philippines this month. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Kono will undertake the official visit from Feb. 9 to 11, upon the invitation of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. According to the DFA, on Feb. 10, Locsin will hold bilateral discussions with Kono on “areas of mutual interest, including political, economic and people-to-people engagement, especially Japan’s support for infrastructure development […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has filed a bill declaring July 12 of every year as a “West Philippine Sea (WPS) Victory Day” in observance of the country’s victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration against China. In filing Senate Bill No. 2201, De Lima, who, as then-justice secretary, was part of the delegation that argued for the Philippines’ case in the tribunal in 2013, said it was but “fitting and compelling that the 12th of […]
