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Duterte: PHL to source intel-gathering equipment from Israel only

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 4,  said the Philippines will source intelligence-gathering equipment only from Israel, this despite  a sales pitch from America. The President made the statement during his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. The President is on a four-day official visit to Israel. “That is my order specifically, Israel,” Duterte said, noting that the same equipment from Israel helped the Philippines win against the local terrorists who overran Marawi […]

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Dela Rosa kinumpirma na tatakbo bilang Senador sa 2019

(Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa ang pagtakbo sa Senado sa 2019 midterm elections. Ayon kay Dela Rosa, ang kanyang pasiya ay kasunod ng pag-endorso sa kanya ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa pagtitipon ng partidong hugpong ng pagbabago sa Davao City, tatlong linggo na ang nakakaraan. “Inanunsyo na ng Presidente. Sinabi sa ‘kin ng Presidente, tumakbo ako. Eh di tatakbo ako,” ayon kay Dela Rosa. Aniya, matapos […]

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Pagbuhay muli ng Local Price Coordinating Council, napapanahon – DILG

(Eagle News) — Napapanahon para muling buhayin ang Local Price Coordinating Council (LPCC). Sinabi ni Department of Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Martin Diño na malaki ang maitutulong nito para mabantayan ang mga di makatwirang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin sa ilang mga lugar na sinalanta ng kalamidad. Sa paraang ito, ang bawat barangay ang magsisilbing ahente ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at sila ang magsasagawa ng regular inspection sa mga pampubliko […]

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Pagbuhay muli ng Local Price Coordinating Council, napapanahon – DILG

(Eagle News) — Napapanahon para muling buhayin ang Local Price Coordinating Council (LPCC). Sinabi ni Department of Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Martin Diño na malaki ang maitutulong nito para mabantayan ang mga di makatwirang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin sa ilang mga lugar na sinalanta ng kalamidad. Sa paraang ito, ang bawat barangay ang magsisilbing ahente ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at sila ang magsasagawa ng regular inspection sa mga pampubliko […]

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DOJ asks Makati court to issue alias warrant vs Trillanes; also seeks HDO vs the senator

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Department of Justice formally asked the Makati City Regional Trial Court to issue an alias warrant of arrest  against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The DOJ made the request via a very urgent ex-Parte omnibus motion filed before Branch 148. According to the motion, the coup d’état case filed against Trillanes in connection with the Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula incident was still pending in the first place. This […]

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Trillanes speaks on the Senate floor and shows video to prove he complied with amnesty requirements

  (Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV spoke at the Senate session hall Tuesday afternoon, September 3, to play previous news videos that showed him beating the deadline for application of amnesty in 2010. He claimed that the facts he presented and video showed him making a personal appearance for his amnesty application during the administration of former President Benigno Aquino III. He also showed in the video screen Aquino’s Proclamation No. 75, “as […]

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Sotto: Trillanes free to leave Senate premises anytime; order preventing arrest only valid within Senate grounds

  (Eagle News) – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said that the protection from arrest given to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is only while he is inside the Senate premises, but he is free to go out if he so wishes. At the same time, Sotto said that President Rodrigo Duterte has the prerogative to void or revoke a previous grant of amnesty. “It is within the power of the President,” he said. He […]

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Guevarra: Revocation of amnesty granted to Trillanes has nothing to do with his opposition to gov’t

(Eagle News)—Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 4, denied the revocation of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had anything to do with his opposition to the administration. In a press briefing, Guevarra said “it’s a matter of compliance with the law.” “This is a matter which is provided in the Constitution itself. When the chief executive grants clemency, all the requirements must be naturally complied with,” Guevarra said. In revoking the […]

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Trillanes says he won’t be arrested while inside Senate premises after Sotto takes him under custody

  (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that he had been assured by the Senate leadership that no arrests will be made while he is inside the Senate premises, as he was placed “under the custody” of Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. “Basically I was placed in the custody of the Senate President until my lawyers file the necessary petition in the Supreme Court,” he told reporters shortly after emerging from a […]

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Bam Aquino on revocation of amnesty granted to Trillanes: It’s clearly irregular, possibly illegal and unconstitutional

(Eagle News)—–Opposition senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday, Sept. 3, slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s revocation of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, calling it a “clear oppression” of members of the opposition. “Clearly irregular itong nangyayri. Probably illegal and unconstitutional,” he said. According to Aquino, the amnesty granted to Trillanes in 2010 has the concurrence of  Congress. “Di pa ako nakakarinig ng amnesty na nirevoke. It might be the first time in our history,” […]

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News in photos: PNP-CIDG members enter Senate building

  (Eagle News) — Members of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group are seen on guard outside the Senate building, and inside the Senate building on Tuesday, Sept. 3, after President Rodrigo Duterte has revoked and voided the grant of amnesty given to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Trillanes, on Tuesday, said that he is also ready to be arrested and insisted on the validity of the amnesty granted to him by former […]

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