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(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Saturday, Oct. 13, clarified the Presidential Communications Operations Office was still in place. According to Panelo, who was named the government’s new spokesperson with Harry Roque expected to run for a Senate seat, the PCOO would only cease to exist “until such time the (Office of the Press Secretary)” is created. This means Martin Andanar is still the PCOO head. President Rodrigo Duterte first offered the post of head […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged state universities and local colleges to “develop meaningful return service agreements” to ensure that their students contribute to nation-building, among others. Gatchalian issued the statement following what he said was pressure being exerted by lawmakers in the House of Representatives on the Commission on Higher Education for it to remove a provision in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Free Higher Education Law that says that SUCs and LUCs should […]
(Eagle News)–Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Saturday, Oct. 13, expressed support for the Senate’s version of thr Security of Tenure Bill, which President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent. In a radio interview, Bello said the bill, after all, provides “more remedies” in cases where employers circumvent provisions in the Labor Code at the expense of their employees. Duterte has vowed to put an end to contractualization, but noted that the ball was in […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Cynthia Villar urged Filipinos to plant vegetables in their own backyards, noting that such a practice was the correct community response to the rising cost of commodities. “Urban gardening is possible even in the most crowded areas. You should seriously consider this new norm to ensure not only food on your tables, but the health of your family as well,” Villar, chair of the Senate committee on food and agriculture, said. According to […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Internal Revenue has asked the Department of Information and Communications Technology to explain why the BIR continues to experience “erratic network connections in all its systems and electronic services in August this year” despite the supposed interventions made by the DICT. In a letter to DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., BIR Deputy Commissioner Lanee Cui-David asked the agency to provide an update on the measures it has taken so far to resolve the “bureau’s […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Nancy Binay on Friday, October 12 filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections main office in Intramuros, Manila as she seeks reelection in the 2019 election. Binay will run under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) party. (Photos by Eagle News Service Jerold Tagbo)
(Eagle News) — Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio has accepted his automatic nomination for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This was confirmed by Atty. Maria Teresa Sibulo, head of Carpio’s judicial staff. Carpio, the most senior member of the high court, had previously declined the nomination for Chief Justice after the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno. Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro was appointed Chief Justice by President Rodrigo Duterte after Sereno […]
(Eagle News) – Controversial lawyer Larry Gadon filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) with the Commission on Elections on Friday, October 12, where he announced his senate run for the May 2019 elections. Gadon became controversial after filing the impeachment complaint before Congress in August 2017 against then Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Sereno was eventually ousted as the head of the tribunal by her colleagues in a quo warranto petition filed […]
(Eagle News) – Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Atty. Salvador Panelo held his first media briefing as the newly designated presidential spokesperson on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 in Malacanang amid the uncertainty of whether former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque will really resign to run for the senate or not. Roque has been “on leave” since Monday, October 8, and had told Malacanang reporters that he would be going abroad and would not be able to hold […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen Office of Civil Defense deputy administrator Nicanor Faeldon to replace Bureau of Corrections chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa after the latter filed his certificate of candidacy to run for a senate seat in the May 2019 elections. This was according to the Department of Justice. In a brief statement, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that President Duterte has chosen Faeldon […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections chief and former Philippine National Police Director Ronaldo “Bato” dela Rosa filed his certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) office on Friday morning, Oct. 12, 2018. Dela Rosa said he will be running for a senate seat in the May 2019 national elections under the ruling PDP-Laban party. He came with members of his family and supporters. (Jerold Tagbo, Eagle News Service) https://youtu.be/-_OZGiFt1uo
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Davao City early morning Friday from his “successful” participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Gathering in Bali, Indonesia where he stressed his commitment to peace and stability in the region, and a “stronger ASEAN.” Duterte also personally conveyed to Indonesian President Joko Widodo his condolences to the people of Indonesia for the successive earthquakes and other calamities that claimed many lives in […]
