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(Eagle News)–Charges for grave threats have been filed against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV before a Pasay court. The charges stem from an incident in the Senate in May 2018 in which Trillanes, Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras said, threatened to “Finish him off (yayariin).” “Ang lakas ng loob mo. Hindi magtatagal ang amo mo. Matatapos din yan,” Trillanes said, according to Paras. Paras is also a complainant in an inciting to sedition case filed against Trillanes […]
(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Malacañang na nasa maayos ang kalusugan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo, makikita naman ng publiko kung papaano kumilos ang pangulo sa kanyang mga public engagement. Ayon kay Panelo walang itinatagong sikreto ang Pangulo kaugnay ng kalagayan ng kanyang kalusugan. Inihayag ni Panelo na si Pangulong Duterte ang tanging alam niyang naging Presidente ng bansa na pinaka-transparent maging sa kanyang kalusugan. Sagot ito ng malakanyang sa […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, Jan. 10, urged the Department of Budget and Management to release the fourth tranche of increase in the salaries of government workers, saying there was funding for the same even if the 2019 budget has not been passed. “Mr. DBM Secretary, implement the salary increase now. It is not unconstitutional,” Lacson said in a Tweet, referring to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, who had thumbed down the idea of releasing […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Jan. 10, said the pilot of the chopper carrying Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Diño was to blame for the backlash he has been receiving. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the pilot, in the first place, should have followed proper procedure before landing the helicopter at the PhilSports Complex in Pasig City during a Department of Education event. Netizens accused Diño of abuse of authority after he got off the chopper […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Thursday, Jan. 10, denied it was behind some media reports linking the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines to Communists, calling the NUJP “paranoid” instead. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in the first place, the Presidential Communications Operations Office and the Philippine National Police “will not do that.” Panelo was referring to the reports that came out in several tabloids and which the NUJP has condemned as an “orchestrated government attack […]
(Eagle News)—The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and the Commission on Elections met on Thursday, Jan. 10, to discuss preparations to ensure a peaceful conduct of the 2019 elections and the Bangsamoro Organic law plebiscite this month. In a statement, the Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Committee, as the agencies are jointly called, said the meeting was to “further synergize our respective police and military strategies into a national campaign that will defeat […]
(Eagle News)—The guilty verdict meted out on Maia Deguito for money laundering only proves that RCBC “is the victim in this situation” and that she is a “rogue employee.” This is according to Thea Daep, RCBC spokesperson, who issued a brief statement after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 149 sentenced Deguito to four to seven years in prison for each of the eight counts of money laundering she was convicted of in connection with the […]
(Eagle News)—The former RCBC bank manager who was found guilty of money laundering in connection with the $81-million cyberheist on Bangladesh’s central bank three years ago will appeal the decision of the Makati court. In an interview with reporters, Demetriou Custodio, Maia Deguito’s lawyer, said his client would avail of all legal remedies. “Right now, we are going to file a motion for reconsideration,” he said. According to Demetriou, until the case “reaches the Supreme Court, […]
(Eagle News) — Sa ating ulat panahon, patuloy na makakaapekto sa bahagi ng Luzon at Visayas ang northeast monsoon o amihan. Kaya ngayong araw, ang Metro Manila, Visayas at ang natitirang bahagi ng Luzon ay makakaranas ng bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap na papawirin na may ilang mahihinang pag-ulan. Habang makakaranas naman ang buong Mindanao ay bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap na papawirin na may ilang mga pag-ulan.
Ni Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Hinatulang guilty ng Makati RTC Branch 149 sa kasong money laundering si dating Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) Jupiter Branch, Makati City Manager Maia Santos-Deguito. Ito ay may kinalaman sa 81 million dollars na nakaw na salapi mula sa bangladesh bank na idinaan sa RCBC Jupiter branch partikular ang over the counter withdrawal ng 14.3 million dollars na bahagi ng $81 million na laundered fund. Sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — “Sue me.” Ito ang naging tugon ni Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno sa banta ni House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., na magsasampa siya ng kaso laban sa kaniya sa Korte Supreme kapag bigong maipatupad ang ika-apat na tranche ng salary increase para sa mga kawani ng gobyerno sa Enero 15. Ayon kay Diokno, ang umento sa sahod ay nakapaloob sa panukalang 2019 National Budget na nakabinbin pa sa Kongreso. […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte issued a stern warning to the police and the military all over the country not to enter bars, pubs and other public drinking places. During his speech on Tuesday, January 8, on the Barangay Summit on Peace and Order at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City, the President said that policemen and soldiers should not be involved in drinking sprees inside such places. “Kaya ‘yang mga pulis — […]
