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DOF: 40% lamang ng PUJ drivers ang nabigyan ng fuel subsidy

(Eagle News) — Umaabot lamang sa 40 percent ng beneficiaries ng pantawid pasada program ng pamahalaan ang nabigyan ng P5,000 fuel subsidy kaugnay sa epekto ng Tax Reform for Acceleration for Inclusion (TRAIN) law. Ayon kay Finance Usec. Karl Kendrick Chua, sa kanilang tala noong Oktubre 22 ay umaabot lamang sa 56,154 jeepney franchise holders mula sa kabuuang 142,000 ang nakinabang sa nasabing programa. Ipinaliwanag ng opisyal na documentation ang siyang pangunahing dahilan kung bakit […]

Jeepney, bus fare hike on Nov. 3 could be delayed after appeal by commuters’ group, says LTFRB chair

(Eagle News) — Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) chair Martin Delgra said the fare increase that is set for implementation on the first week of November could possibly be delayed. “There’s a possibility,” LTFRB chairman Martin Delgra said when asked about this during in a press briefing in Malacañang. This was after a commuters’ group filed a petition seeking the suspension of the P1.00 fare hike sought by jeepney and bus operators. The […]

Lapeña backtracks, now says magnetic lifters found in Cavite, may have contained illegal drugs

(Eagle News) – Bureau of Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has backtracked on his earlier statement on there was no shabu inside four magnetic lifters found in Cavite, and now admits that these may have indeed contained shabu. This was after hearing various testimonies at the House of Representatives, including that of a Department of Public Works and Highways official on Wednesday, Oct. 24. “With the continuing investigation and yung mga lumalabas na mga circumstantial evidences, […]

Duterte orders PNP to arrest Customs intel agent Guban, links him to entry of shabu shipment

  (Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of a customs intelligence officer supposedly linked to the P6.8 billion shabu shipment that had recently allegedly slipped past the Bureau of Customs. The President gave the directive for the Philippine National Police to arrest Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban amid an inquiry done by the House of Representatives to look into the alleged smuggling of the P6.8 billion of shabu that recently got past the […]

Duterte visits wake of slain policemen who were part of FDA convoy ambushed by NPA

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of police officers killed in the Oct. 18 ambush on a convoy of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chief Nela Charade Puno, where he personally expressed his sympathies and condolences to their family members. The President arrived at the Camarines Sur Police Provincial Office on Tuesday, Oct. 23, to visit the wake of PO1 Ralph Jason Vida, one of the three policemen who died […]

DOJ to “exhaust all legal remedies” with Makati RTC, to file motion for partial reconsideration on Trillanes case

  (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) will file a motion for reconsideration before the Makati regional trial court as it sought a partial reversal of Judge Andres Soriano’s decision that junked an earlier government motion for an arrest warrant against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that the “motion for partial reconsideration” of the order of Makati regional trial court branch 148 will be filed “not later than Friday,” […]

President Duterte honors cops and soldiers killed, wounded, in NPA attacks last week

(Eagle News) —  President Rodrigo Duterte honored security forces killed in separate clashes with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte last week, as he conferred the order of Lapu-Lapu with the rank of Kalasag to the three policemen killed in the ambush. The President arrived on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the Camarines Sur Police Provincial Office to visit the wake of PO1 Ralph Jason Vida, one of the three policemen […]

Joint maritime exercises ng China at ASEAN, umarangkada na

(Eagle News) — Nagsimula na ang joint military exercises ng China at ng ASEAN member state sa South China Sea. Batay sa report, walong barkong pandigma ang naglayag mula sa port of zhanjiang,sa timugang bahagi ng Gunadong Province ng China, mayroon itong nasa 1,200 military personnel na kasama sa naturang military exercise. Ayon kay Singapore Chief of Navy, Rear-Admiral Lew Chuen Hong, binigyang diin niya sa kaniyang mensahe ang kahalagahan ng ganitong joint military drills […]

Palace: Solgen to go straight to CA to question Makati court’s ruling on non-issuance of Trillanes arrest warrant

  (Eagle News) – The Office of the Solicitor General will no longer file a motion for reconsideration before branch 148 of the Makati regional trial court on its resolution that denied the government’s motion for an arrest warrant against opposition senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Instead, Solicitor General Jose Calida will go straight to the Court of Appeals to question the ruling of Makati RTC branch 148 Judge Andres Soriano, according to Malacanang. “He (Calida) […]

Bagyong nasa labas ng bansa lumakas pa, isa nang severe tropical storm

(Eagle News) — Lalo pang lumakas ang bagyong nasa labas ng bansa at may international name na Yutu. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), ang severe tropical storm Yutu ay huling namataan sa 2,925 kilometers east ng Visayas. Nasa labas pa rin ito ng bansa at hindi pa inaasahang papasok sa Philippine Area of Responsibility sa susunod na dalawa hanggang tatlong araw. Taglay ng bagyo ang lakas ng hanging aabot sa […]

Israel, Germany at Japan tumatanggap ng Filipino workers

(Eagle NewS) — Bukas ngayon ang pamahalaan ng Israel para sa mga Pilipinong naghahanap ng trabaho. Nangangailangan ang Israel ng 5,000 Filipino hotel workers at may kaugnayan sa hotel and restaurant management. Bagaman wala pang job order at guidelines para sa naturang mga trabaho, sinabi ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III na aayusin na ito sa nobyembre. Maliban sa Israel, bukas din ang Germany at Japan na kumuha pa ng maraming Pilipinong manggagawa. Para sa […]

Kandidatura ni Sen. Pimentel, pinapa-disqualify sa Comelec

Ni Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service (eagle News) — Inihain sa Commission on Election ni Atty. Ferdinand Topacio ang petisyon na ipawalang-bisa ang kandidatura ni re-electionist Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. Ayon kay Topacio, hanggang dalawang magkasunod na termino ang paninilbihan ng isang senador batay sa saligang-batas. Tumakbo si Pimentel noong 2007 elections pero idineklarang panalo si Senador Juan Miguel Zubiri na noo’y nasa pang-labing dalawang pwesto. Iprinotesta ni Pimentel sa Senate Electoral Tribunal ang […]