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(Eagle News) — The Senate has moved to block payment for the Chinese-offered “Safe Philippines Project” in its version of the 2019 national budget. In a statement, Senator Ralph Recto said the Senate has included two provisions which have this effect on the CCTV-based emergency response system that was supposed to pilot in Metro Manila and Davao City. The first provision, under the Unprogrammed Fund section of the national budget, specifies that no amount appropriated “shall be […]
(Eagle News) –Voter turnout in the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite has exceeded 85 percent. This is according to Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez, who made the announcement in a Tweet on Wednesday, Jan. 23. Day 1 of the plebiscite, or Jan. 21, was conducted in areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Isabela City in Basilan, and Cotabato City. Day 2, or Feb. 6, covers Lanao del Norte except Iligan City, and six towns in North […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Jan. 23, said he would have wanted the minimum age of criminal responsibility pegged at nine, but was “comfortable” with it being pegged at 12 nonetheless. According to Duterte, who spoke to reporters in Pasay, if the minimum age of criminal responsibility was pegged at nine years old, the children’s parents would be “conscious of the criminal accountability already.” “Yun ang original law bago pinakiilaman ni (Senator […]
(Eagle News) – The provinces under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, except for Sulu, overwhelmingly voted “yes” to the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), based on the partial unofficial count of votes at the BOL Plebiscite Monitoring Center. As of 4 p.m., January 23, the Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines released the counting of votes from the BOL Plebiscite Monitoring Center which said that 100 percent of the plebiscite […]
Minimum age of criminal responsibility now pegged at 12 years old in amended bill (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives has passed on second reading the bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility. House justice committee chair Doy Leachon said the approved HB 8858, however, was amended to make the minimum age of criminal liability 12 years old. “More than majority of the members said na 12 na lang,” he said. Under the amended measure, […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has declared February 6 a special non-working holiday in areas covered by Day 2 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. According to Proclamation No. 656, the declaration of such in Lanao del Norte except Iligan City, and in the municipalities of Aleosan, Carmen, Kabacan, Midsayap, Pikit and Pigkayawan in North Cotabato was to give the people there the “opportunity to actively and fully participate in the plebiscite and exercise their right to vote.” […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation will study the proposal of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development to extend operating hours of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems to serve more commuters. The proposal for the extension of operations hours of the two major rail transportation systems in the country’s capital was made by Quezon City Representative Winston Castelo who chairs the House committee. “Pag-aralan ulit natin kasi […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ruled Palawan was not entitled to a share in the proceeds derived from the Camago-Malampaya project. In granting the national government’s petition for a reversal of the December 16,2005 decision of the Palawan regional trial court, and in denying the petition for review filed by Catholic bishop Arigo Pedro Dulay the SC argued the reservoir, in the first place, was not within the territorial jurisdiction of the province. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government is pushing a possible partnership on technology and infrastructure with the Israeli government, according to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez. “There are ample opportunities for bilateral cooperation between the Philippines and Israel in the technology and construction sectors. We have invited Israeli experts in these fields to visit the Philippines to explore possible cooperation arrangements,” Dominguez in a statement. Dominguez, who already met with Israeli Ambassador Rafael Harpaz, said the […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday, Jan. 23, said she pushed for the approval of the House bill seeking to lower the age of criminal liability to nine years old because it is what President Rodrigo Duterte himself wants. “From the beginning I said that my agenda is the President’s agenda,” she said. On Monday, Jan. 21, the House justice committee approved House Bill 8858. The Senate has a pending bill seeking […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has submitted its position on the issue of lowering the age of criminal responsibility in the country. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, however, did not say what the stand of the current DOJ was, saying he would “rather that Malacanang process it first” and then “make it known.” “But (for your information), the DOJ as early as November 2016 had indicated its position to lower the age of criminal […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Jan. 23, hit back at critics of the proposal to lower the age of criminal liability in the country, saying they are “either unaware (of) or ignore the reality” that criminals now use children in their illegal activities. “They simply have not read the provisions of the bill hence their opposition is based either on blissful ignorance or pretended misinformation,” he added, referring to the bill seeking to peg the […]
