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By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Public Attorneys Office has filed three more criminal complaints against current and former officials of the Department of Health, among others, in connection with the Dengvaxia mess. According to PAO chief Persida Acosta, the three complaints for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and for violation of the anti-torture act and the consumer protection act also against Sanofi Pasteur officials and Zuellig Pharma officials were filed in behalf of […]
(Eagle News) — If President Rodrigo Duterte asks for an extension of martial law in Mindanao, “it shall be given.” This is according to House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., following statements from the Palace extending the same was an option after the bombing in Sultan Kudarat that killed at least three people. “The declaration of martial law is the call of the executive. The President declares or extends, Congress concurs,” he said. He added, however, […]
(Eagle News) — Para kay Vice President Leni Robredo hindi sagot ang panibagong ekstensyon ng martial law. Aniya, malinaw na hindi ito epektibo simula ng ipatupad ito sa Mindanao dahil patuloy pa rin ang terrorist activity doon. “Merong martial law sa Mindanao, pero nakita natin over the past months, hindi ito nagiging hadlang para yung karahasan maprevent. Una nyan nagkaroon ng bombing sa Lamitan. Ito na naman sa Sultan Kudarat kahapon (Agosto 29). Patuloy pa […]
(Eagle News) — Former Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez will represent the opposition senators who filed a petition against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court before the Supreme Court. Gutierrez formally entered his appearance as counsel for Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV after the High Court denied De Lima’s appeal she be allowed to represent herself and her co-petitioners in the oral arguments […]
(Eagle News)– Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday, Aug. 30, expressed support for martial law in Mindanao, after the Palace floated the possibility of extending the same following the blast in Sultan Kudarat that killed at least three people. “I support martial law in Mindanao,” she said. She said she supports “what the President does because I’ve been President and I believe that he (President Rodrigo Duterte) doesn’t need a peanut gallery to tell him what […]
(Eagle News) — Tuesday’s bombing in Sultan Kudarat is proof that “neither martial law nor the Bangsamoro Organic Law could guarantee peace in Mindanao,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, Aug. 30. As such, Lacson said the National Security Council and ground security forces should “take a hard look at their security plans and strategy, especially in the South, and try to avert the vicious cycle of talking peace with one tribal group while alienating the others.” […]
(Eagle News)—-Authorities are eyeing another group in the blast in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, Aug. 28, as the death toll rose to three. A report over dzbb said authorities were looking into the possibility one Abu Turaifie group, led by one Esmail Sheikh Abdulmalik alias Abu Turaifie, was behind the incident in Isulan that also injured over 30 others. The Philippine National Police said the group claimed to have ties with the Islamic State. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet with King Abdullah II during his official visit to Jordan from September 5 to 8. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the President, who will become the first Philippine leader to visit Jordan, will discuss with the king “a wide range of issues of mutual concern..” “(The) President will hold talks with King Abdullah II on broadening cooperation in key areas to advance shared aspirations for […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has upheld its deportation order against Catholic nun Patricia Fox. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the confirmation on Wednesday, Aug. 29, quoting a report from Immigration Deputy Commissioner Tobias Javier. In July, the BI ordered Fox’s deportation for what it said was her violation of the terms of her missionary visa when she participated in “partisan political activities” in the country. For this, the BI referred to several photographs […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Wednesday, Aug. 29, ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the bill that aims to establish a trust fund for coconut farmers. According to Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate committee of agriculture and food, the “cash and the assets from Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund” amounting to about P105 billion under the measure “will be distributed to coconut farmers at the rate of P5 billion per year until […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is retiring in 2019. In an interview with CNN Philippines, Arroyo said she was not running for any public position after her term as Speaker of the House of Representatives expires next year. “I am retiring…I don’t want to run for anything in 2019,” she said. “I think there’s a time when you should retire, and I think..when you’re in your retirement age, you have more wisdom, are more […]
(Eagle News) — The liability of Xiamen Air has ballooned to P33 million. This is according to Manila International Airport Authority general manager Ed Monreal, who spoke during Wednesday’s hearing conducted by the Senate committee on public services on the incident. According to Monreal, the figure represents the cost of removing Xiamen Air flight MF8667 from Runway 06/24. The plane skidded off the runway on Aug. 16, prompting flight cancellations. The runway reopened after 36 hours. […]
