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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, Oct. 11, denied a media report another Filipina was on death row for drug smuggling. The Inquirer in particular quoted Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia Leehiong Wee as saying it was monitoring the situation of the Filipina in Semarang, Central Java. In a statement, the DFA said only Mary Jane Veloso, who is detained in a prison in Yogyakarta, was given the death sentence after being […]
(Eagle News) — The Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 150 has scheduled for hearing Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s appeal of its decision to allow the issuance of an alias warrant and a hold departure order against him. Judge Elmo Alameda set the hearing for Friday, Oct. 12. In his appeal of the Sept. 25 order that essentially revived the rebellion charges against the senator, Trillanes said the prosecution’s argument he did not file an […]
(Eagle News) — Singer Freddie Aguilar filed his certificate of candidacy for the 2019 elections on Thursday, Oct. 11, hoping to win a seat in the Senate. Aguilar was accompanied by his lawyer Lorie San Pedro during the filing at the Commission on Elections in Manila. Aguilar had already expressed his intent to run for senator in previous media interviews, saying he was convinced by citizens to do so. Aguilar is known for his songs […]
(Eagle News) — This time around, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio will be vying for the Chief Justice position following Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro’s retirement on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Carpio had declined to be nominated following Maria Lourdes Sereno’s ouster as Chief Justice, saying he had voted against her ouster via a quo warranto petition in the first place. This time though, Carpio has said there was no reason for him to decline […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has promoted two judges based in Davao to the Court of Appeals. Bansalan, Davao del Sur Regional Trial Court Judge Loida Posadas-Kahulugan has been appointed to replace former Justice Socorro Inting. Inting is now a Commission on Elections commissioner. Davao City Regional Trial Court Judge Evalyn Arellano-Morales, on the other hand, takes the place of former Justice Melchor Quirino Sadang. Sadang retired last year.
(Eagle News) — Before he left for Indonesia, President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, October 10, visited the wake of five Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents who were killed in an ambush in Lanao del Sur. The President personally condoled with the family of the fallen PDEA agents and assured that justice will be served. The five PDEA agents who were ambushed were identified as IA 1 Vencio Ardepolla, IO 1 Laurice Joy Amar, […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III filed his certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) office in Manila for the May 2019 elections Thursday morning, October 11. Pimentel is seeking his reelection as senator and will be running under the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan or PDP-Laban. He is the first senator to file his COC upon the start of the filing […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is now in Indonesia to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Gathering today, October 11. The President arrived at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday night, October 10, for the ASEAN meeting set on the following day. Duterte was invited to participate in the event by Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering is a High-Level Assembly that is a […]
(Eagle News) — A report which President Rodrigo Duterte ordered declassified implicated current and former officials of the Philippine National Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Customs to the illegal drug trade. Among those linked to drug-related activities were former PDEA deputy director general for administration Ismael Fajardo Jr., former head of the PNP’s now-defunct Anti-Illegal Drugs Group ex-Sr. Supt. Eduardo Acierto, and Bureau of Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban. According to the report, Fajardo, who was fired by PDEA […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, Oct. 10, hinted at running for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2019. “It is time for me to come home to Taguig and Pateros. Although I never left and continue to live in Bagumbayan, Taguig, I have missed the daily intertwined life with my neighbors and brothers and sisters in Taguig and Pateros. I thank the many members of the Senate […]
(Eagle News) — Minority senators on Wednesday, Oct. 10, filed a joint resolution calling for the suspension of the excise tax under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law and mandating the rollback of levy on fuel to December 31, 2017 rates. In filing Senate Joint Resolution No. 15, Senators Franklin Drilon, Francis Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes and detained Senator Leila de Lima expressed hope the Senate would “take a unified stance on […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has a new associate justice. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Court of Appeals justice Ramon Paul Hernando to the position left vacated by now-Ombudsman Samuel Martires a week after the Judicial and Bar Council submitted to him its official shortlist. Apart from Hernando, the shortlist included CA Justices Japar Dimaampao, Ramon Garcia, Manuel Barrios, Apolinario Bruselas Jr. , Rosmari Carandang Edgardo delos Santos and Amy Lazaro-Javier. Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez […]
