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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he believes in God and that it was the god of the Catholic priests whom he did not believe. Speaking to members of the Filipino community in Israel on Sunday, Sept. 2, the first day of his four-day visit in Israel, Duterte clarified earlier news reports that claimed he did not believe in God, apparently referring to his previous speeches where he had criticized Catholic priests for […]
(Eagle News) – -Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday, Sept. 3, announced the release of P35,000 for each House of Representatives employee. In making the decision to release the amount that represents each employee’s grocery allowance, Arroyo noted what she said was the report she received that there were many loan applications by employees during the months of August and September. “Well, last August, with the hard work of Accounts Committee chairman Yedda Romualdez, you received […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Sept. 3, denied Israeli media reports President Rodrigo Duterte brought a huge delegation to Israel, where he is now on a four-day official visit. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the President’s delegation was composed only of 46 people, including Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Trade Secretary […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has junked former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ request for Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa to inhibit from the electoral protest he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo. According to the PET, Caguioa, despite what Marcos said were his ties with former President Benigno Aquino III, his classmate, “has been nothing but impartial.” It was Aquino, a party-mate of Robredo, who appointed Caguioa to the SC. “Parenthetically, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated the country’s commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Duterte made the commitment in his speech prior to his departure to Israel, where he is now on a four-day visit. “In our efforts to strengthen the bonds of friendship and amity with our partners around the world, we shall be guided by our Constitution and laws as well as our international commitments in support of efforts […]
(Eagle News)—Catholic nun Patricia Fox on Monday, Sept.3, filed an application for a tourist visa before the Bureau of Immigration. The application was made following the BI’s denial of her appeal against the agency’s deportation order against her. The BI had ordered her deportation after ruling she went beyond the terms of her missionary visa when she participated in partisan political activities. Her missionary visa will lapse on Sept. 5. Fox is also slated to […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro has accepted the resignation of Atty. Theodore Te as head of the Supreme Court’s Public Information Office and as spokesperson of the high court. Te’s position as Supreme Court spokesperson is coterminous with that of ousted chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. But his appointment was extended prior to De Castro’s appointment during the time that Senior Associate Justice Antonio […]
(Eagle News)——President Rodrigo Duterte has allayed fears of a rice shortage in the country. Speaking before the Filipino community in Israel on Sunday night, Duterte said “marami namang bigas.” In fact, he said “paparating pa nga dito eh. Ngayon sumobra nga” “Those are politics. I would like to remind you that I won because of the vote of the Filipino,” Duterte said. Several people have called for the head of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol amid […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Supreme Court Spokesperson Theodore Te has resigned. Te’s resignation is effective Sept. 7. His term was co-terminous with Maria Lourdes Sereno’s, but it was extended under the term of acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio after Sereno was ousted by the Supreme Court via a quo warranto petition in May. His extended appointment, which would last until a new Chief Justice was appointed, had been signed by three chairpersons including […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court employees and officials came out in full force on Monday, Sept. 3, the first flag ceremony of the Supreme Court under the new Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro. The even dubbed as “Blue Monday” saw many of the officials and employees wearing blue, including De Castro herself, who wore a blue dress. Of the 12 other justices of the Supreme Court, only Associate Justice Benjamin Caguioa was not […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, Sept. 3, condemned the second blast in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat that left at least one dead and several others injured. “We strongly denounce the latest attack in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat..We are deeply saddened by the death of one innocent victim, per initial report, and pray for the swift recovery of those injured,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, President Rodrigo Duterte, who is on a four-day official visit […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Sept. 3, apologized to former US President Barack Obama, whom he lashed out against in previous speeches after he criticized the Philippines’ war against drugs. “I am sorry for uttering those words,” Duterte said. The President is on a four-day offivial visit in Israel. “We have learned our lessons. I have forgiven you,” he said. The President called Obama out, saying he had no right to interfere in Philippine […]
