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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Dec. 18, said it was Mar Roxas who ordered former police general Vicente Loot killed. “I did not order the ambush. It was Roxas. Roxas ordered his ambush, not me,” Duterte said in Visayan. On May 18, unidentified men opened fire at Loot and his family who had just arrived in a wharf in Daanbantayan, Cebu, where the former general is mayor. They survived the attack. President Duterte has […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Dec. 18, slammed Communist rebels anew, noting what he said were their atrocities. “They are just plain bandits and that is the way we should treat them,” Duterte said. According to the President, because the rebels were “criminals,” a warrant was not needed to arrest them. He said they were “24-hour violators” of the Revised Penal Code after all. “Darating ang panahon na hindi na ako tatanggap ng surrenderees,” […]
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao said he is “stronger and faster” than ever ahead of his world title defence as he threw a lavish party with thousands of guests and a mass giveaway to mark his 40th birthday. A car, pickup trucks and appliances were raffled off and President Rodrigo Duterte and celebrities were among the well-wishers at the all-night event, held at a sprawling shopping mall in his […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte pushed for the revival of barter trade in Mindanao, saying this would not only help the economy but also magnify regional peace and security. He made the remark while attending 40th birthday celebration of Senator Manny Pacquiao held at KCC Convention Center. “I have ordered also the reopening of the barter trade for a start and maybe if we can agree, a similar setup. I don’t know what […]
(Eagle News) – -The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said that part of the huge shabu shipment taken from the magnetic lifters that were found in General Mariano Alvarez in Cavite, had not only spread in Metro Manila, but could have reached as far as Mindanao. The announcement came after some illegal drugs that were seized in an operation in Mindanao showed similarities with the methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, that were confiscated from […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima described President Rodrigo Duterte as a “weak and incompetent” leader “incapable of stopping corruption,” following the allegations of corruption being hurled at some members of the House of Representatives and at his Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno. “I winced upon reading in the news that, according to (House Majority Leader Rolando) Andaya, projects worth P75 billion had already been bid out even before the passage of the budget, with 30 […]
(Eagle News) — Walang nakikitang conflict si Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa suporta ng kamara kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at sa krusada ni House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya sa usapin ng budget. Ayon sa House Speaker, naipasa ng kamara ang lahat ng legislative agenda ni Pangulong Duterte na isang malinaw na pagpapakita ng suporta sa Pangulo. Ipinagtanggol naman ni Arroyo si Andaya sa ginagawa nitong pagsilip sa pondo ng pamahalan dahil bahagi aniya ito ng kanilang […]
(Eagle News) –The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday, Dec. 18, the start of construction of what will be its new complex in Taguig City, following the official turnover of the purchased property by its previous owner. In a statement, the SC said the signing of the deed of absolute sale with officials of the Bases Conversion Development Authority took place with Bersamin himself handing over to BCDA President and Chief Executive Officer Vivencio B. Dizon the […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has approved former Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s request he be allowed to go on vacation to Hong Kong before he starts campaigning for the 2019 elections. In allowing Estrada, who is out on bail, to travel from Dec. 26 to 31, the anti-graft court noted the former senator’s right to travel. It added Estrada’s P1.33 million bail posted in September last year for his temporary freedom sufficed as guarantee he would […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Dec. 18, hit what it said were the tactics employed by some members of the House of Representatives to divert the public’s attention from the allegations against them. Without naming names, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the attacks against Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno started after Senator Panfilo Lacson revealed Pampanga–Speaker Gloria Arroyo’s province–and a district in Camarines Sur—House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr.’s–had cornered “congressional insertions” in the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants to abolish the Road Board, the Palace said on Tuesday, Dec. 18. In fact, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte would sign the bill abolishing the graft-tainted body once it reaches his desk. He said President Duterte was also against the release of the P45-billion road user’s tax, which instead, according to Duterte, should be returned to the treasury. “..Let Congress appropriate again for a specific purpose,” Panelo […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines is investigating how weapons and ammunition believed to be the property of the government were seized from suspected arms suppliers to rebels. The AFP launched the probe after Edgardo Medel and Rosemarie Medel were nabbed by authorities for “selling” to authorities P1.2 million worth of firearms and ammunition believed to be the property of the 7th Infantry Batallion in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija. “While we can already […]
