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(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed a complaint against members of a group allegedly involved in a plan to oust President Rodrigo Duterte in October. The group was allegedly based in a farm in Rizal. Reports said NBI and Philippine Army personnel swooped in on the members on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Authorities confiscated high-powered firearms that were allegedly labeled “war materials.” Among those arrested were farm owner Ki Be E alias Lily Ong, who […]
(Eagle News) — Kinontra ng malakanyang ang ipinalulutang ng grupo ng oposisyon na nakasentro ang administrasyon sa panggigipit kay Senador Antonio Trillanes IV para pagtakpan ang kabiguan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na solusyon ang problema sa mataas na bilihin. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque apat na presidential issuance ang nilagdaan ng Pangulo para mapabilis ang pagpasok sa bansa ng mga inaangkat na imported agricultural foods products kasama dito ang pag-aalis ng mga taripa. Ayon […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan he be allowed to accompany his mother to Singapore, where she will undergo a medical exam. Estrada said former First Lady Loi Ejercito was scheduled to be at the Singapore Brain-Spine Nerves Center at Mount Elizabeth Hospital to meet a neurosurgeon named Dr. Pillay. Based on a certification from the family physician, Dr. Regina Bagsic, Ejercito was suffering from “severe compression deformity of the lumbar spine with […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, Sept. 28, urged the Department of Education to prioritize its repair of over 7000 classrooms left damaged by Typhoon “Ompong.” Gatchalian made the call after the DepEd revealed that 7,007 schools in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Zamboanga, the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and Metro Manila, among others, had been damaged by the typhoon, which also claimed […]
(Eagle News)–“Paeng” will continue to bring rains in parts of the country as the tyhoon maintained its strength and continued to move slowly. In its recent advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said that as of 3 a.m. Thursday, the eye of “Paeng” was located 750 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes. “Paeng” is packing maximum sustained winds of 160 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday, Sept. 26, denied President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim the magnetic lifters found in Cavite did not contain P6.8 billion worth of shabu. “Hindi ako naniniwala na walang drugs [doon]. You can tell the President I said so,” Gordon told reporters. “Because malinaw, napalabas ko maigi ‘yan, pumasok mga tao sa loob ng warehouse, apat na oras dun, may grinder. Pagpasok ng mga pulis butas na (ang magnetic lifters) nailabas na. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Chiz Escudero urged the Supreme Court to act on Senator Antonio Trillanes’ petition challenging Proclamation No. 572 and seeking to put a stop to its implementation. “O kung matatagalan pa ang kanilang pagpapasya, sana ikonsidera nila ang pag-isyu muna ng TRO (temporary restraining order). The right of a person to liberty cannot be made to depend on the Court’s absence or lack of action on an issue,” Escudero said. Earlier, the SC, without […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Francis Escudero, the temporary suspension of quarry operations will only worsen inflation. “Amidst the government’s efforts to control inflation, here is a policy decision from one agency that will erase whatever little gains they have achieved at reining (inflation) in,” he said in a statement. Escudero was referring to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which ordered the 15-day suspension in select areas after a landslide in Itogon, Benguet; and in […]
(Eagle News) — The Emergency Operation center of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) is still on red alert status due to typhoon Paeng (international name Trami). NDRRMC Spokesperson Edgar Posadas said the red alert status was not removed due to the on-going rescue operation for the missing victims of landslides in Itogon, Benguet and Naga City, Cebu. “Naka red-alert po tayo. Ibig sabihin nandoon lahat yung essential na ahensya na magproprovide […]
(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court has junked Peter Lim’s bid for the Department of Justice to be stopped from reinvestigating the drug charges filed against him but which have been dismissed. “The Court resolves to dismiss the petition for failure to show any grave abuse of discretion in rendering the challenged order and resolution which, on the contrary, appear to be in accord with the facts and applicable law and jurisprudence,” the one-page notice from the […]
(Eagle News)—-Davao Mayor Sara Duterte is opposing the bid of Supreme Court Administrator Midas Marquez as SC justice. This was revealed during Marquez’s Judicial and Bar Council interview on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Earlier, the mayor said she was opposing the appointment of an SC post aspirant who had been trying to have the case filed against her for punching of a court sheriff in 2011 dismissed. She had said as a result, he lacked the values needed of an […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 26, said it respects the decision of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal on the ballot-shading threshold row between former Senator Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Leni Robredo. ” We will implement the decision of the PET that is why we let the PET do its job,” Roque said in a television interview. In a resolution, the PET rejected the 50 percent ballot-shading threshold pushed for by Marcos. Marcos’ camp has […]
