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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will not interfere in legislative work on the lowering of the age of criminal liability. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Tuesday, Jan. 22, that what was clear was that the President wants the age of criminal liability lowered. “And we will leave that to the lawmakers…We will not question that,” Panelo said. The House justice panel on Monday, Jan. 21, approved the lowering of the age of criminal […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections on Tuesday, Jan. 22, rescheduled the canvassing of votes in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite to Wednesday, Jan. 23, instead. This was after the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBOC) for the BOL based in the Comelec headquarters in Intramuros, Manila received no certificates of canvass from the areas covered by the plebiscite as of 11:30 a.m. On Jan. 21, residents of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Jan. 22, said he would support the lowering of the criminal age of liability but on a number of conditions. In a statement, Lacson said the “youth offender” should have been “proven to have acted with discernment when he or she committed the crime, especially serious ones”; “sentencing” should be “suspended until the offender reaches the age of majority”; and there should be “enough and properly supervised […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators opposed the lowering of the age of criminal liability, with one saying an “iron fist ” was not the solution to the problem. Senator Kiko Pangilinan, author of the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act that pegs the age of criminal liability at 15 years old, said in the first place, “poverty and hunger are the roots of the problems of these children.” “Additional pay and income, jobs, lower prices of goods, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Jan. 22, welcomed the Senate’s approval of the proposed 2019 national budget. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the proposed budget will “lay the groundwork for an anticipated impressive economic performance.” A bicameral conference committee is slated to meet to reconcile their versions of the General Appropriations Bill. Earlier, the Senate deleted the P75 […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has a new spokesperson. Senior Superintendent Bernard Banac will replace Chief Supt. Benigno Durana, after he was named the new acting director of the PNP’s Directorate for Community Relations. Banac, who took up BS Civil Engineering in the University of the Philippines, is a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1992. He served as provincial director of Sorsogon, and was also assistant chief of the PNP Supervisory […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigit tatlong daang libong manggagawa ang kailangan ngayon ng Japan para sa 14 na industriya. Sa Abril, may ilulunsad na bagong employment track kung saan may pagkakataon ang manggagawa na madala ang pamilya at magkaroon ng “immigrant status.” Nakipagpulong na ang mga opisyal ng Japan sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) para ilunsad ang bagong employment track na tatawaging “specified skilled worker visa.” May dalawang kategorya sa ilalim ng bagong programa depende […]
(Eagle News) – The Senate is set to tackle today, Tuesday, Jan. 22, the bill lowering the age of criminal liability, from the previous 15 to the age of 12. This is much higher than the House of Representatives approved version of the bill that lowered the minimum age of criminal liability to nine years old. Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said that he agreed with lowering the minimum age of criminal liability to […]
(Eagle News) — Napakaraming Pilipinong Muslim sa bansa ang pabor na maipasa ang Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Sa isinagawang survey ng Social Weather Stations (SWS), noong Disyembre, lumitaw na 79 % ng Muslim ang pabor na maaprubahan na ang BOL. Para sa mga Muslim na hindi pabor sa pag-apruba ng BOL, 3 percent ang tutol rito habang 14 percent naman ang undecided. Samantala, lumitaw naman na 78 percent ng Pilipinong Muslim ang may kaalaman higgil […]
(Eagle News)–“Amang” has weakened into a low pressure area, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its 8 p.m. advisory, PAGASA said “Amang” weakened into an LPA at 5 p.m. As of 7 p.m., the LPA, PAGASA said, is located 85 kilometers east of Catarman, northern Samar. All tropical cyclone warning signals have been lifted, but light to moderate rains are expected over Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon and northern Samar, possibly […]
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives has a new majority leader. Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. stepped down from the post on Monday, Jan. 21, and nominated Rep. Fredenil Castro instead. With Andaya as House majority leader, the passage of the proposed national budget had been delayed, as he launched inquiries into what he said were anomalies in the same. Andaya will assume the helm of the Committee on Appropriations. Former Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles held […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate approved on third and final reading on Monday, January 21, the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019 with 14 senators voting in favor of it. There were no abstentions, and no negative votes. Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said that with the passage of the budget, the Senate hopes this will reach President Rodrigo Duterte for his signature by the first week of February. The Senate approved the […]
