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(Eagle News)–Even without a memorandum order, President Rodrigo Duterte can order the deployment of additional troops to other areas. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson in a radio interview on Sunday, Nov. 25. “…Even the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, upon the instruction of the President being the commander-in-chief, puwede naman silang mag-deploy talaga, kaya nga tinawag na mobile forces e,” Lacson said. According to Lacson, under the Constitution, “kapag may nakita talagang […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said the signing of the memorandum of agreement on oil and gas development between the Philippines and China was a “clear act of treason.” “…(It is a) blatant betrayal of the sovereign rights and national patrimony of the Philippines and the Filipino people,” he said. For one, he said the MOU “waste basket” the international arbitral ruling that nullified China’s excessive claims in the South […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Ralph Recto has hailed the memorandum of agreement on oil development between the Philippines and China. In a statement, Recto noted that Chief Justice Antonio Carpio and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto del Rosario have said that our interests are “safe” and that “nothing is being given away” by the Philippines in the agreement. “This seal of a good agreement from two eminent experts bodes well for the eventual forging of a constitutionally-compliant venture […]
(Eagle News) – There could be a “slight delay” in the signing of the 2019 proposed national budget amounting to P3.757-trillion, but this will not affect the scheduled pay hike of government workers next year, according to House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya. He said a total of P121.7 billion had already been allocated for the salary adjustments in 2019. Of this amount, P51.7 billion already covered the fourth and final tranche of the Salary […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Tomas” has moved out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility but is expected to re-enter within the next 12 to 24 hours. As of 10 a.m., the center of the typhoon was 1,445 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 145 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 180 kilometers per hour. “Tomas” is moving north northeast at 15 kilometers per hour. According to […]
(Eagle News)–Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his “heartfelt thanks” to President Rodrigo Duterte following his historic two-day state visit to the country. “Upon the conclusion of my successful state visit to the Republic of the Philippines, I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to you, Mr. President, and the Government and people of the Philippines for your friendship and warm hospitality,” Xi said in a letter dated Thursday, Nov. 22. According to Xi, who wrote […]
(Eagle News)–The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 has denied the partial motions for reconsideration filed by both state prosecutors and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. In denying the motions in a one-page order on Nov. 22, Judge Andres Soriano noted that they were a “mere rehash of the issues and arguments which have already been exhaustively threshed out, passed upon and discussed in the assailed order.” Prosecutors appealed for Soriano to reconsider his “factual findings […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government should avoid “careless talk” regarding the South China Sea maritime dispute so that it would not be mistaken as a waiver on the country’s part of the July 2016 arbitral ruling, according to Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio. “We want to be very careful that we do not waive the award because of careless talk,” Carpio said in a roundtable discussion on Friday, Nov. 23. “The award will […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council on Friday, Nov. 23, released its short list of nominees for the post of Chief Justice for transmittal to the President. The short list includes Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Andres Reyes. All nominees were interviewed by the JBC behind closed doors. After the interviews, Carpio, Peralta, Bersamin and Bernabe got six votes; while Reyes got five. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Friday, Nov. 23, hailed the government’s decision to call off the deployment of the Philippine Navy to Panatag Shoal in 2016, after the international tribunal ruling that invalidated China’s excessive claims in the West Philippine Sea. “For me it was a good call,” Pimentel said, after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the aborted plan prompted by President Rodrigo Duterte’s insistence the country employ a soft approach instead. According to […]
(Eagle News) — The ambush of soldiers providing relief to victims of a typhoon in Northern Samar, the armed attack on a police station in Lapinig, and the massacre of nine farmers in Sagay in October are only some of the incidents that prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to order the deployment of additional troops to selected parts of the country. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who issued a statement on Friday, Nov. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he has no plan on declaring nationwide martial law. “Iyang martial law-martial law. Hindi ako mag-declare ng martial law. Bakit ako mag-declare ng martial law? Puwede man kitang hulihin,” the President said during his speech in the 35th founding anniversary of the Philippine Army Reserve Command at the Camp General Mariano Riego de Dios in Tanza, Cavite. The President then reiterated that he has no intention of […]
