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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Bacolod City Chief of Police Francis Ebreo for his alleged involvement in illegal drugs, as well as the dismissal of four other police officials whom he accused of being drug protectors in the city. Duterte even asked Ebreo to stand up during his speech on Saturday in Bacolod City at the L’Fisher Hotel. “I’d like to know if the chief of police is here. If you […]
Challenges them to a “healthy debate” of programs instead (Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, slammed the critics of President Rodrigo Duterte for engaging in “destructive politicking,” challenging them to a “healthy debate of programs and platforms productive and beneficial to the Filipino people” instead. “Our people are fed up with the destructive politicking dished out by the opposition and President Duterte’s critics and detractors,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo in particular slammed […]
(Eagle News)—-Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday, Jan. 14, said there was so far “no leak” of data, even with the reported passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In a Tweet, Locsin said it was possible the data was “hopelessly corrupted and at any rate inaccessible now..” “..Or we are being lied to as usual,” Locsin said. Locsin said a former passport maker of the DFA made off with passport […]
(Eagle News) — Posibleng abutin ng pitong taon at pumalo sa 47 bilyong piso ang gagastusin para sa rehabilitasyon ng Manila Bay. Ayon kay Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda, susubukan ng pamahalaan na matapos ang rehabilitasyon na ito sa loob ng pitong taon. Sinabi rin ni Antiporda na hindi magiging madali ang rehabilitasyon ng Manila Bay dahil sa tindi ng kontaminasyon sa tubig. Samantala, iginiit rin ng opisyal na makasisiguro ang publiko na pursigido ang Department […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, said it backed a probe into the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the incident was, after all, a “grave and serious matter.” Panelo said the National Privacy Commission “has been directed” to look into the incident and determine whether certain provisions of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 have been violated, “particularly with respect to the […]
(Eagle News) — Nakaamba ang isang big-time oil price hike sa mga produktong petrolyo ngayong linggo, dahil sa pagtaas ng presyo ng langis sa world market. Bukod pa ito sa ipatutupad na ikalawang bugso ng excise tax ng mga gasolinahang ubos na ang 2018 stocks. Ayon sa oil industry sources, aabot sa Php 2.20 hanggang Php 2. 30 kada litro ang madaragdag sa presyo ng diesel. Madaragdagan naman ng Php 1.40 hanggang Php 1.50 kada […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 13, said he would name present and past Department of Foreign Affairs officials behind the passport data mess at the agency. Locsin said, however, that he was not keen on summoning them. “Let the Senate investigate and the DOJ (Department of Justice) prosecute if ever,” he said. Locsin also confirmed it was the contract with French firm Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciare for the production of e-passports that […]
(Eagle News)–A measure requiring Social Security System coverage for Overseas Filipino Workers has been transmitted to Malacañang for President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval. Sen. Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises and author and sponsor of Senate Bill 1753, said once signed into law, both land-based and sea-based OFWs would also be covered by SSS, “provided that they are not over 60 years of age.” The measure, if approved, will […]
(Eagle News)—Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay on Sunday, Jan. 13, revealed a private company has been printing e-passports illegally at the Department of Foreign Affairs. According to Yasay, the DFA on Oct. 5, 2015 awarded the contract for the e-printing services to APO Production Unit Inc., a government printing facility, without bidding despite the contract for the procurement and production of machine-readable electronic passports being awarded beforehand to François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciare of France through its Philippine […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros on Saturday, Jan. 12, said the Department of Foreign Affairs owes the country an explanation for the loss of passport data by its former passport maker. “The recent admission that a privately contracted firm took the entire physical database of all of the country’s passport holders indicates a serious national security risk, and is evidence of the Duterte government’s gross incompetence in protecting the people’s private data,” Hontiveros said in a […]
(Eagle News)—The National Privacy Commission will look into the loss of data of passport applicants at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In a statement, Commissioner Raymund Liboro said he would summon the alleged contractor that made off with the data, the DFA, and other pertinent agencies. “Any form of non-availability of personal data, infringement of the rights of data subjects, and harms from processing that include inconveniencing the public, must be adequately explained to the satisfaction of […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has said the Department of Foreign Affairs’ former passport maker has run off with all passport applicants’ data. Locsin made the revelation as he urged those renewing their passports to bring their birth certficates with them as a result. DFA Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said the birth certificates should be brought by applicants renewing brown or green passports or maroon machine-readable ones because “we need to capture and […]
