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(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, Aug. 23, said authorities were exerting all efforts to locate Peter Lim and arrest him. “The police, the NBI, and other law enforcement agencies are exerting all efforts..,” Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, based on Bureau of Immigration records, Lim has not left the country since March. On Aug. 14, Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 65 Acting Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos issued a warrant for the […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi naabisuhan ang Bureau of Immigration na sa Clark International Airport mada-divert ang pagbababa ng mga pasahero ng EVA Air mula Taipei sa kasagsagan ng aberya sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway dahil sa pagsadsad ng Xiamen aircraft. Sa panayam kay Immigration Spokesperson Dana Sandoval, walang natanggap na abiso ang Clark authorities na doon maglalanding at magbababa ang nasabing aircraft. Ang nabanggit aniya na intensyon ng EVA airplane sa Clark ay refueling […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the impeachment complaints filed against four candidates vying for the Chief Justice post have no effect on their nomination. In issuing the statement, Guevarra, also a member of the Judicial and Bar Council, contradicted Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, who said Supreme Court Justices Lucas Bersamin, Teresita De Castro, Diosdado Peralta and Andres Reyes Jr. would be disqualified from vying for the post left vacated […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday, Aug. 23, said there may be a need to improve the “system of regulatory response” of authorities following the Ninoy Aquino International Airport mishap last week. “We have to study how the concerned agencies reacted to this incident. Example, how long did it take to evacuate the passengers out of the plane? Was there NAIA equipment and personnel involved or only airline personnel? Was the reaction time, in […]
(Eagle News) — Four of the five candidates for Chief Justice will automatically be disqualified from vying for the post in the wake of the filing of impeachment complaints against them, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Thursday, Aug. 23. According to Lagman, under the rules of the Judicial and Bar Council, “an applicant who has a pending case is disqualified from being nominated or appointed to any position in the judiciary.” Of the seven […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was “dismayed” Zaldy Ampatuan, a primary suspect in the 2009 killing of over 50 people in Maguindanao, was allowed by a court to attend the wedding of his daughter on Tuesday, Aug. 22. “The panel of prosecutors and the President oppose that motion, and we’re dismayed that it was granted,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He noted, however, that even if the court granted Ampatuan’s furlough bid, it would not […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority on Thursday, Aug. 23, announced the cancellation of several flights due to bad weather. Below is a list: Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 PR 418/419 Manila-Busan-Manila (Philippine Airlines) Terminal 3 5J 828/827 Manila-Osaka-Manila (Cebu Pacific) 5J 5038/5039 Manila-Nagoya-Manila (Cebu Pacific) 5J 188/187 Manila-Incheon-Manila (Cebu Pacific) Later in the day, Cebu Pacific announced the cancellation of additional flights. The airline company said these flights are rescheduled on […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto has tested negative for illegal drugs. This is according to drug test results presented by Sotto himself to the media on Thursday, Aug. 23. The results, which showed Sotto was negative for cocaine, ecstacy, methamphetamine, morphine, and tetrahydrocannabinol, stemmed from a surprise drug test Sotto himself announced in the Senate last month. Earlier, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he also tested negative for illegal substances. He challenged President Rodrigo Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Resign. Senator Bam Aquino reiterated this to National Food Authority administrator Jason Aquino and other NFA officials, following the alleged rice crisis in Zamboanga that led to an increase in the prices of the staple food. “Mahiya naman sila (NFA) sa taumbayan at mag-resign na. Dahil sa kanilang kapalpakan, nalulunod ang mga pamilyang Pilipino sa taas ng presyo ng bigas,” the senator said in a statement on Thursday, Aug. 23. Aquino asked the […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday, Aug. 23, confirmed the Philippines’ planned purchase of submarines was discussed in his recent trip to Russia. Although the Russians “know that we are shopping,” Lorenzana said they know the Philippines “has yet to decide where to buy” the military equipment. Apart from Russia, Lorenzana said South Korea was also a “candidate.” According to Lorenzana, during his meeting with the Deputy Defense Minister of Russia, they talked about […]
(Eagle News) — Impeachment complaints have been filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. Facing the charges stated in the complaints filed by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, together with Gary Alejano, Teddy Baguilat and Tom Vilarin, on Thursday, Aug. 23, were Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Alexander Gesmundo, Andres Reyes Jr., Francis Jardeleza and Noel Tijam. Bersamin, Peralta, Reyes Jr. and […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines and the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations are “nuclear-free” zones. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque reiterated this on Thursday, Aug. 23, after a US Defense Department’s annual report said China may add a “nuclear element” to the dispute in the South China Sea. According to Roque, the ASEAN also had a treaty that specified that the entire region was a “nuclear-free” area. “The important point to underscore is we have a nuclear-free […]
