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(Eagle News) — Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Wednesday, Nov. 7, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to fire Michael Yang as his economic adviser. According to Alejano, Yang, who was a Chinese national, “may have access to confidential and sensitive information which could affect national security” in his current post. He said Yang “has close connections with the Chinese government which we have standing territorial disputes and tense diplomatic relations with.” “Further, it allows a foreigner […]
(Eagle News) — A telecommunications consortium of Chinese state-owned China Telecommunications Corporation and of Udenna Corporation owned by a Davao-based businessman becomes the “provisional” third major player in the country’s telecommunications industry. This was according to a selection panel of the National Telecommunications Commission that screened bidders aspiring to become the third major telecommunications player in the country that would ultimately break the current duopoly in the industry. Mislatel Consortium involving businessman Dennis Uy […]
(Eagle News) — Ten senators are pushing for the creation of a Department of Culture for the “protection and preservation” of Filipino culture. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Loren Legarda, Francis Escudero, Nancy Binay, Bam Aquino IV, JV Ejercito, Joel Villanueva, Sherwin Gatchalian, Risa Hontiveros, and Sonny Angara are backing the passage of Senate Bill No. 1528 that aims to reorganize the National Commission for Culture and the Arts into the agency that “will […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Nov. 7, said that as far as he knew, no convicted person has been used as a state witness against Senator Leila de Lima. Guevarra made the comment after De Lima filed charges for negligence in prosecution, toleration of criminal offenses and for violations of Section 3 of Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act against him and his predecessor Vitaliano Aguirre “for […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo expressed support for the passage of a law against premature campaigning, with the 2019 elections just around the corner. “Nanawagan ako sa ating Kongreso na dinggin ang panawagan ng Comelec at muling ibalik ang batas laban sa maagang pangangampanya,” Robredo said in a statement. According to Robredo, following the passage of RA 9369, or the Automated Election law, the Supreme Court declared in Penera vs Comelec that there […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 7, said he would activate a national task force against illegal drugs, as he reiterated that illegal drugs would play a role in the 2019 elections. He said the task force, which would be activated following the issuance of a memorandum, would be composed of the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard, and others. “Tignan mo ngayong eleksyon, makita ninyo ‘yan. Drug money […]
(Eagle News) – Isinusulong ng Department of Health (DOH) ang mas mataas na buwis sa tobacco products para makakuha ng mas maraming pondo para sa Universal Health Care Bill. Ang Universal Health Care Bill ay aprubado na sa huling pagbasa sa Kamara at Senado at hinihintay na lamang na masertipikahang urgent ng Malacañang upang ganap nang maipatupad. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque, ang plano ng DOH ay hindi lamang para makalikha ng karagdagdang pondo […]
(Eagle News) — Walang namamataang sama ng panahon na makakaapekto sa bansa sa susunod na dalawa hanggang tatlong araw. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), patuloy na makararanas ng mainit at maalinsangang panahon dahil sa umiiral na easterlies. Maulap na kalangitan na may kalat-kalat na pag-ulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat na minsan ay may kalakasan sa buong Palawan, eastern Visayas, central Visayas at Caraga Region dahil sa epekto ng easterlies. Sa nalalabing […]
(Eagle News) – Nangangailangan ang bansang Saudi Arabia ng 1,000 Filipino Nurses habang 150 Medical Technicians naman ang kailangan sa Abu Dhabi. Ayon sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), ang hiring ng mga manggagawa ay sa ilalim ng government-to-government scheme na nagtitiyak na mapo-protektahan ang karapatan ng mga Manggagawang Pilipino. Ang mga kwalipikadong aplikante sa mga nasabing pwesto ay hindi na kinakilangan pang magbayad ng placement fee. Ayon pa kay POEA Deputy Administrator Ventura Plan, […]
(Eagle News) – Pormal nang pinasinayaan ang kauna-unahang Hemodialysis Center ng Philippine Red Cross sa bansa. Mismong si PRC Chairman at Senator Richard Gordon at Health Secretary Francisco Duque ang nanguna sa pagbubukas ng bagong pasilidad na dating headquarters ng Red Cross. State of the art ang Red Cross Hemodialysis Center kung saan binubuo ito ng sampung bagong nipro hemodialysis machines at dalawang automated reprocessing machines. May kakayahan umano ang pasilidad na makapag-accommodate ng mahigit […]
(Eagle News) – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that the inflation recorded last October, pegged at 6.7 percent, the same as the previous month, meant that “inflation pressures have started to moderate.” The BSP said that the “month-on-month seasonally-adjusted headline inflation” had actually “eased further to 0.3 percent in October from 0.8 percent in September. It said this confirmed the “BSP’s view that inflation momentum has started to slow down.” “Inflation held steady in […]
(Eagle News) – Another regional trial court judge of Muntinlupa inhibited herself from the drug case involving Senator Leila De Lima, becoming the fourth judge to recuse herself from the senator’s controversial drug cases. Judge Lorna Navarro Domingo, acting presiding judge of Muntinlupa RTC branch 206, signed an order on Monday, Nov. 5, saying that she found “no sufficient ground to inhibit herself” from the trial as requested by De Lima, but that she […]
