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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service A military official named on Wednesday, Oct. 3, the schools which Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said were being tapped by the Communists for the Red October plot. According to AFP Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., these schools were: the University of the Philippines-Diliman, UP Manila, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Polytechnic […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson resigned because she did “not wish to (be) such a burden” to the Presidential Communications Operations Office. “..The recent events have put me in a position where I am being held responsible for Congress withholding the 2019 PCOO budget..,” she said in her resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte, and copy furnished to Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Uson, whose resignation was effective Oct. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, Oct. 3, said Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson’s resignation was “too little, too late,” noting that the Presidential Communications Operations Office already had “a badly tarnished reputation.” “It is an extremely belated gesture rendered insignificant in the face of gross incompetence, state-sponsored vulgarity and the proliferation of fake news. It has come very late in response to the public’s demand for accountability. Aanhin pa ang resignasyon kung […]
(Eagle News) — ACTS OFW party-list Rep. John Bertiz has been confined in the hospital. This is according to House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez, who spoke in a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 3. According to Suarez, Bertiz has been confined since Tuesday, Oct. 2, after suffering from chest pains. Earlier, Bertiz earned the ire of netizens after he was seen shoving his all-access pass at a Ninoy Aquino International Airport employee who had allegedly asked […]
(Eagle News) — Nakatuon ang atensyon ngayon ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) na makapagdala sa mga pamilihan ng Php 38.00 na kada kilo ng well-milled rice at Php 50.00 kada kilo ng asukal. Ayon kay Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, isinasaayos na nila ang mga kaukulang dokumento upang makapag-isyu sila ng permit sa mga importer and retailer na maaaring magbenta ng bigas at asukal na batay sa napagkasunduang presyo. Katuwang nila rito ang Department […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod. A report said this was due to his alleged failure to put a stop to several labor strikes. Duterte made the announcement as he spoke to rebel-returnees in Catarman on Tuesday, Oct. 2. Maglunsod was one of several leftists Duterte included in his Cabinet.
(Eagle News)—-Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson has resigned. Uson made the revelation during a Senate hearing on the budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. Uson has come under fire several times for her posts on social media. Only recently, she earned the ire of netizens after a video on her social media page showed her friend , blogger Drew Olivar, making gestures and squeaking sounds. The deaf community filed a complaint against the two […]
(Eagle News) — Umaapela ang mga operator ng city at provincial bus ng taas-pasahe dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng produktong petrolyo. Piso ang hinihirit na pagtaas ng bus operators sa National Capital Region (NCR) para sa unang limang kilometro para sa ordinaryong bus at piso at bente sentimos naman sa air-conditioned na bus. Katorse sentimos naman ang hinihingi ng provincial bus operators para sa kanilang ordinary bus at disi- sais sentimos hanggang […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano slammed the British Broadcasting Corp. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, for what he said was its unfair depiction of democracy in the Philippines. In a statement, Cayetano said the documentary “Our World—Philippines: Democracy in Danger?” amounts to “nothing more than anti-Duterte propaganda, more worthy of tabloid journalism and gossip than the venerable institution that we thought BBC was.” In the first place, he said the documentary “misleads viewers about President […]
Ni Eden Santos Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Iminungkahi ng isang kongresista ang pagpapataw ng mas mataas pang excise tax rates sa alcoholic beverages sa bansa. Sa pagdinig ng House Committee on Ways and Means na pinamumunuan ni Nueva Ecija Representative Estrellita Suansing sinabi ni Batangas Representative Lianda Bolilia na marami pa rin ang bilang ng mga pilipino na bumibili at umiinom ng alcoholic beverages sa kabila ng mga naunang ipinataw na mataas na […]
(Eagle News)–Access pass holders are not exempted from following protocols being implemented in airport premises, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Tugade made the statement after ACTS-OFW Rep. Aniceto Bertiz was caught on video refusing to undergo a security check at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, citing his being an access pass holder. According to Tugade, “all of us must follow and respect protocols,” which are “set to safeguard security and order in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Oct. 2, called for the “neutralization” of members of the New People’s Army. “Pag may dala ka ng baril diyan, Sparrow ka, you can be neutralized,” Duterte said, referring to the NPA’s hit squad. According to Duterte, “huwag mo na akong bigyan ng b***sh*** na warrant-warrant.” Duterte said that in the first place, the rebels were committing the crime of rebellion “24 hours a day.” “I will be criticized […]
