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(Eagle News) — A bicameral conference committee has approved a bill that would allow cellphone users to keep their numbers for life even if they switch to a different service provider. “Kung ang third telco ay nagbaba ng presyo, nagbigay ng mas magandang service, hindi na tayo mahihirapang lumipat sa kahit anong telco,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, said. He said the measure, once it becomes law, will apply […]
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has released a warrant of arrest against former First Lady Imelda Marcos. The Fifth Division issued the same following Marcos’ “unjustified” absence during the promulgation of her case related to the creation of organizations in Switzerland while she was in government on Friday, Nov. 9. During the promulgation, the anti-graft court found Marcos guilty of seven counts of graft. According to the division, “the bonds posted by the accused in the […]
(Eagle News) — The papers appointing Nicanor Faeldon as the new chief of the Bureau of Corrections will come out “soon,” the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Faeldon, now an administrator at the Office of the Civil Defense, took offense at Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra’s statement he had yet to report to the BuCor despite an announcement about his transfer from the OCD. Guevarra later clarified […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. “Until and unless proven otherwise, he still enjoys the trust and confidence of the appointing authority who happens to be the President,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. Panelo, however, noted also that “no one, friends or political foes alike, is spared in our fight against corruption.” “The [National Bureau of Investigation] has […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña lashed out at the National Bureau of Investigation for filing charges against him in connection with the vanished 105 ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs early this year. According to Lapeña, who now heads the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, the unlawful release of such would not have been discovered in the first place if not for the 22 alert orders he issued on the 119 […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education to expedite its review of the employability of K-12 graduates. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Sub-Committee on Education Reform, made the statement amid what he said were reports on the low employment rates of graduates of the program. Earlier, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that the “thorough review” would be conducted after two years of the program’s implementation. Director Jocelyn Andaya of the Bureau […]
(Eagle News) – The camp of former First Lady Imelda Marcos filed a motion for leave of court on Monday, Nov. 12, so the Ilocos Norte representative can still avail of legal remedies available to her after being convicted for graft by the Sandiganbayan on seven counts. The hearing for the motion was set on Friday, Nov. 16, at 8:30 a.m. While the 89-year old Marcos has already signified the intention of her lawyers to […]
(Eagle News) — Tuloy na ang pagsasampa ng kaso ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) laban sa mga local government officials na dawit at protektor ng iligal na droga. Katunayan, sinabi ni DILG Secretary Eduardo Año na tuloy-tuloy ang case build up laban sa may siyamnapu’t anim na mga LGU. Kinabibilangan ito ng mga gobernador, kongresista at mga alkalde. Gusto raw nilang patunayan na may basehan ang kanilang mga report at hindi ito […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will “reiterate the Philippines’ principled positions on matters concerning the South China Sea and transnational and transboundary issues..,” Malacañang said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. According to the Palace, these issues include “terrorism, violent extremism, trafficking in persons, illicit drugs and disaster risk reduction and management.” The Palace said the Philippines was looking forward to “discussions on regional and global developments that impact regional peace, security and stability.” Since President Duterte assumed […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Tuesday, Nov. 13, welcomed the imminent return of the historic Balangiga bells to the Philippines. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it was President Rodrigo Duterte himself who expressed his desire for the return of the three bells, which the Americans took as war trophies from Eastern Samar in 1901. “(The President explained) that they form part of our country’s patrimony and they were taken at the cost of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in Singapore for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Summits. The event in which the President is expected to meet Asean leaders will last for three days. On Thursday, the President is slated to leave for Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum.
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has named an officer in charge of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President. Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain, who was administrator of Davao when Duterte was the city mayor, will replace Bong Go temporarily, based on a memorandum signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Go resigned last month to run as senator n the 2019 polls.
