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Palace to Peter Lim: Surrender or else

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 23, urged Peter Lim to surrender. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the pronouncement days after Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 65 ordered his arrest on charges of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading. Lim’s co-accused are self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa, Lovely Impal and Marcelo Adorco, among others. The charges against the group had been junked by a first panel of Department of Justice […]

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Palace: Con-Com-proposed federal Charter now open to public scrutiny

(Eagle News) — The federal Charter proposed by the Consultative Commission is now open to public scrutiny, the Palace said on Thursday, Aug. 23. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said members of the public may submit their feedback in writing to the Presidential Communications Operations Office, the Office of the President or the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson. He said they may also give their feedback personally. “We will consider the feedback, and if need be, incorporate some […]

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Guevarra defends prosecutors under fire after court grants Zaldy Ampatuan furlough bid

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Aug. 22, defended the prosecutors who have come under fire after a court granted the motion of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan for him to be allowed to attend his daughter’s wedding. “The prosecution vigorously opposed Zaldy Ampatuan’s motion for a furlough…,” Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, the court, however, granted Ampatuan’s motion “for humanitarian reasons.” On Tuesday, Ampatuan attended his daughter’s wedding […]

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LPA enters PAR; “Luis” forecast to enhance southwest monsoon, bringing rains in parts of PHL

(Eagle News) — The low pressure area that was spotted northwest of extreme northern Luzon has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, although “Luis” will not have a direct effect on the country, it may continue to enhance the southwest monsoon, bringing scattered moderate to heavy rains in La Union, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Batanes and Babuyan Islands and the Cordillera Administrative Region […]

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NFA under fire from several lawmakers following alleged rice crisis in Zamboanga

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The National Food Authority is under fire from some legislators following the alleged rice crisis in Zamboanga that saw a whopping increase in the prices of  the staple food. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the NFA as a whole “has become a liability to the government,” noting the drop in its revenues “every year.” He said that from the P29.3 billion it earned in 2016, its earnings dropped to P17.93 […]

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Death threats para kay Pangulong Duterte, hindi binabalewala – PNP

(Eagle News) — Hindi raw binabalewala ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang umano’y mga banta sa buhay ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte maging lokal man o mula sa international community. Noong weekend, mismong ang Pangulo ang naghayag na pinagpaplanuhan umano siyang ipapatay ng Central Intelligence Agency ng United States. Banta sa buhay ni Pangulong Duterte, mula sa drug lords, mga rebelde at terorista – PNP Chief Albayalde Base sa kanilang nakakalap na intellegence report, nagmumula raw […]

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Gatchalian wants creation of counter-inflation task force

(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has proposed the creation of a multi-agency task force that he said would be responsible for mitigating the effects of rising inflation in the country. In a statement on Wednesday, Aug. 22, Gatchalian said the Department of Finance can be in charge of creating the task force, together with the Department of Budget and Management. “It can be a multi-sectoral and multi-departmental task force so that we can come […]

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Senator Binay notes “unauthorized entry” of 61 recovery flights following NAIA mishap

(Eagle News) — Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, Aug. 22, said there were “glaring security and protocol lapses” following the Ninoy Aquino International Airport fiasco last week, with the “unauthorized entry of 61 recovery flights” in the airport. Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal had said the  61 uncoordinated flights worsened airport congestion at the four terminals  “further delaying flight operations in the wake of the Xiamen Air mishap,” Binay said. She said Xiamen […]

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Snappy salute: Philippines hails Diaz for Asian Games lift

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines saluted Asian Games gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz on Wednesday as the soldier-weightlifter gave the basketball-mad nation a lift after a heartbreaking hoops loss to China. Footage of the tearful Diaz, the silver medallist from the Rio Olympics, saluting the flag after Tuesday’s victory brought goosebumps to Filipinos following the Indonesia event. President Rodrigo Duterte excitedly announced in a speech late Tuesday that the country had broken its gold […]

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Gov’t employees sumugod sa SC: BIR memo na nagpapataw ng buwis sa cash benefits, pinalagan

(Eagle News) — Sumugod sa Korte Suprema ang ilang bilang ng mga mangagawa mula sa public sector sa pangunguna ng grupong COURAGE upang tutulan ang Bureau of Internal Revenue Memorandum Order No. 23-2014 na nagsasabing buwisan ang mga benepisyo ng mga mangagawa. Naniniwala ang mga mangagawa na mali ang naturang memorandum dahil ang usapin aniya ng fringe benefits gaya ng 13th month pay, cash gift at iba pa ay pantulong sa mga empleyado at hindi […]

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Mga piloto at kinatawan ng Xiamen Airlines, pahaharapin sa House probe

(Eagle News) — Padadaluhin sa imbestigasyon ng Kamara ang mga piloto at kinatawan ng Xiamen Airlines sa September 5 para pagpapaliwanagin sa naging aberya sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport, matapos sumadsad ang kanilang eroplano sa main runway ng paliparan. Sinabi ni Catanduanes Representative Cesar Sarmiento, aalamin nila sa mga ito kung ano ang naging dahilan ng pagsadsad ng eroplano na nagdulot ng perwisyo sa napakaraming pasahero. Hihingin din ng House panel ang resulta ng imbestigasyon […]

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Duterte recalls sexual abuse he suffered under Catholic Jesuit priest Falvey during high school in Ateneo

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte recalled the sexual harassment he suffered from an American Jesuit Catholic priest while he was still studying at the Ateneo de Davao in the 1950s. Duterte recalled that the priest Mark Falvey was teaching for four years during his high school in Ateneo and that almost all of them had been sexually assaulted by the priest. “Kaming lahat, nung nag-aral kami sa Ateneo, one — two years, ‘yung […]

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