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(Eagle News) — In these pictures released by the Philippine National Police, former Senator Bong Revilla is seen undergoing a medical check-up prior to his expected release after posting a P480,000 bail for his provisional liberty for 16 counts of graft. Revilla posted the bail before the Sandiganbayan after he was acquitted of the plunder case filed against him in connection with what the prosecution claimed were over P200 million of pork barrel funds Revilla […]
(Eagle News) — Isang memorandum of agreement ang nilagdaan ng Philippine National Police at Social Security System o SSS ukol sa pagtulong ng PNP sa paghahain ng warrant of arrest sa mga kumpanya na hindi nagreremit ng SSS contribution ng kanilang mga empleyado. Naniniwala ang SSS na magsisilbi itong babala sa mga negosyante na hindi tumalima sa isinasaad ng batas hinggil sa SSS contribution. Kasabay nito, nagbigay naman ang SSS ng mga direction sinages sa […]
(Eagle News) — Makakaranas ng winter solstice ang Pilipinas sa Disyembre 22, 2018. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), magiging mas mahaba ang oras ng gabi sa nasabing araw dahil sa winter solstice. Ito ay isang astronomical event kung saan ang araw ay nasa pinakamalayong posisyon sa timog na bahagi ng equator. Sa ibang bansa, hudyat ito nang pagsisimula ng winter season sa northern hemisphere at summer naman sa southern hemisphere. […]
(Eagle News) — The passage of the proposed P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget will be derailed if a joint session on the proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao pushes through on Wednesday, Dec. 12, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Friday, Dec. 7. “That will delay the budget schedule because we start 10 in the morning everyday. Definitely it will delay because we have to travel siyempre pupunta kami sa Kongreso para sa joint session dahil […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto on Friday, Dec. 7, said President Rodrigo might call for a joint session of Congress for another extension of martial law in Mindanao. According to Sotto, the President sent him a message, “saying he might call for it on Wednesday, December 12.” “But nothing is concrete until I receive his letter,” Sotto said. According to Sotto, the Armed Forces of the Philippines will give senators a briefing on […]
(Eagle News) — Nais ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mas mabilis na transaksyon sa mga paliparan para sa Overseas Filipino Workers o OFWs. Sa talumpati ng Pangulo sa Malacañang, sinabi niyang ang kapakanan ng mga OFW ang isa sa mga pangunahing prayoridad ng kaniyang administrasyon. “No more human contact. You just swipe your two minutes, i-swipe mo lang ‘yung visa mo, you’re out. Wala nang tanung-tanong, no more human contact and that will be true […]
(Eagle News) — The Communist Party of the Philippines on Friday, Dec. 7, declared a unilateral ceasefire for the holidays. In a statement, the central committee of the CPP said the temporary ceasefire would take effect from 12:01 a.m. of December 24, 2018 to 11:59 p.m. of December 26, 2018; and from 12:01 a.m. of December 31, 2018 to 11:59 p.m. of January 1, 2019. “During the days covered by this temporary ceasefire declaration, all units […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Bong Revilla on Friday, Dec. 7, posted bail for the graft case filed against him. Revilla posted a P480,000 bail for 16 counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan after he was acquitted of the plunder charges filed against him, earlier in the day. During the promulgation, the Sandiganbayan’s first division, which had to convene into a special division because it could not reach a unanimous decision on Revilla’s plunder case, […]
Court finds Revilla’s former chief of staff Richard Cambe, Napoles guilty of the crime (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan on Friday, Dec. 7, found former Senator Bong Revilla not guilty of plunder. The first division said Revilla “cannot be held liable” for the crime which he was charged with several years ago. “There was a split decision of the five (division) justices–three voted for (Revilla’s) acquittal for insufficiency of evidence, two for his conviction..By reason […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan is expected to come out today, Friday, Dec. 7, with its verdict in the P224.5-million plunder case against former Senator Bong Revilla in connection with the P10-billion pork barrel scam. The First Division is also expected to rule on the cases filed against Revilla’s co-accused, his former chief of staff Richard Cambe and alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles. Apart from Revilla, former Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked two courts to issue a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who was recently allowed by a Makati court to travel abroad. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the motions were filed before the Davao court hearing the libel case filed against Trillanes, and the Pasay court hearing the inciting to sedition case filed against him. The libel case was filed by presidential son Paolo […]
(Eagle News) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensourda, said that her office will continue to conduct its examination of the situation in the Philippines, even if the country had already initiated action to withdraw from the Rome Statute. In her annual report on preliminary examination activities for year 2018, the Philippines was listed as among the countries in which the ICC had opened preliminary examinations. The report covers the period […]
