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(Eagle News)—The Philippine National Police on Friday, Jan. 25, paid tribute to the 44 Special Action Force members who were killed in the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde was guest of honor at the ceremony held in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig, while National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar led a wreath-laying ceremony at the SAF44 monument. Relatives of the SAF 44 witnessed the event on the National Day of […]
Says firm submitted “inconsistent, incorrect, deficient” data (Eagle News)—The Philippine Competition Commission has imposed a P6.5-million fine on Grab Philippines. The fine, the PCC said, was because the company submitted “inconsistent, incorrect, and deficient” data on its voluntary commitment to improve competition in the ride-hailing sector. Earlier, the PCC launched a probe into the effects of Grab’s acquisition of Uber, its rival, following its decision to pull out its Southeast Asian operations. Grab said it would adhere […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto has filed a bill seeking to amend the Land Transportation and Traffic Code to legalize the operation of motorcycles as public utility vehicles. Recto filed Senate Bill 2173 after the Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order on a lower court’s decision preventing the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Department of Transportation from interfering in the operations of motorcycle ride-hailing app Angkas. Transportation authorities had argued motorcycles […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, Jan. 25, lauded the Senate’s move to block payment for the P20-billion Chinese closed-circuit television camera project. “I commend the Senate for seriously evaluating and reviewing the ‘Safe Philippines’ project and asserting that funds from the taxpayers’ money should not be used to finance it. Not only is the project lacking in transparency, it also poses serious national security concerns,” she said in a statement. De […]
(Eagle News) — Libu-libong manggagawang Pilipino ang kinakailangan sa ilang bansa sa Asya at Europa. Ayon sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), sa bansang Saudi ay nasa isang libong women specialist nurses ang kanilang kailangan; 150 emergency medical technicians naman sa Abu Dhabi ; 400 nurses naman sa Germany at isang libong skilled at non-skilled workers sa bansang Poland. Paalala ng POEA sa mga interesadong aplikante na sa POEA-licensed at accredited recruitment agencies lamang ang […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures taken by Eagle News reporter Meanne Corvera, children participate in activities organized under EBC Cares, at the New Era Elementary School in Quezon City on Friday, Jan. 25.
“These are challenging times and we need to offer timely solutions,” he says (Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto has defended proposals to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility, saying the prevailing juvenile justice law “did not result in bringing down the number of crimes committed by minors, many of which were violent in nature.” He was referring to the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, which pegs the minimum age of criminal responsibility […]
(Eagle News) — Opposition senator Risa Hontiveros has reiterated her opposition to lowering the minimum age of criminal liability in the country, even if the House of Representatives has already amended and passed on second reading a bill that pegged the same at 12 years old. The bill is an amended version of the bill earlier passed by the House justice panel that pegged the minimum age of criminal responsibility at nine years old, from […]
Moira Encina Eagle News Service Naghain na rin ng reklamo sa Department of Justice ang ina ng doktor na sinasabing namatay matapos mabakunahan ng Dengvaxia. Kasama ni Norma Gotoc, ina ni Dr. Kendrick Gotoc, na nagsampa ng kaso si Public Attorney’s Office Chief Persida Acosta na tumatayong abogado ng pamilya. Ito na ang ika-31 kaso na inihain katulong ang PAO sa DOJ kaugnay sa Dengvaxia controversy. Pangunahin sa kinasuhan sina Health Secretary Francisco Duque […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte may veto the Senate’s move to block payment for the P20-billion Chinese closed-circuit television camera project. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, when asked for his reaction to the Senate’s inclusion of two provisions in its version of the 2019 national budget that have this effect on the Safe Philippines Project. The first provision, under the Unprogrammed Fund section, specifies that no amount “shall be utilized for any […]
(Eagle News) –Two provinces in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao posted the highest voter turnout on Day 1 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite, data released by the Commission on Elections showed. According to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez, who revealed the information in a Tweet, Maguindanao had the highest voter turnout—of the 652,244 registered voters in the province, 608,846 voted, for a voter turnout of 93.35 percent. Lanao del Sur was in second place, […]
Mislatel reiterates it went through the proper process (Eagle News) — Mislatel on Thursday, Jan. 24, reiterated it went through the proper process before it was chosen as the country’s third telco player, even as opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes claimed the consortium had been favored by the government. In a statement read before the Senate committee on public services, Dennis Uy, chairman of Udenna and Chelsea Logistics, which, together with China Telecom, and Mindanao Islamic Telephone […]
