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(Eagle News) — Inamin ni Senate President Vicente Sotto na matagal nang nangyayari ang bentahan ng database ng ilang tiwaling opisyal ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) at mga dealer. Nauna nang ibinunyag ni Atty. Glen Chong ng Tanggulang Demokrasya sa pagdinig ng Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms ang umano’y bentahan ng data base para maisagawa ang pandaraya sa eleksyon. Ayon kay Sotto, madalas na nangyayari ang dayaan gamit ang database sa mga lokal na pamahalaan. […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte signed the National ID Law or the Philippine Identification System Act on Monday, August 6, which will establish a single national identification card that will dispense with presentation of multiple IDs for government transactions. The signing held in Malacanang was done during the presentation and turn-over of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. Duterte said that a single national ID will help in the […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, August 6, led the ceremonial turn-over of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in Malacanang. In his speech, the President urged all Filipinos to support the BOL, saying that this law will help “preserve our bond as a single nation.” “Let us work together as we continue the healing and reconciliation process,” he said as he called on Filipinos to “give this law a chance.” He also […]
(Eagle News) — Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Martires on Monday, August 6 took his oath as the new Ombudsman. Martires took his oath before Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio at the Supreme Court’s session hall. His wife, and his former colleagues at Supreme Court — justices and court staff — witnessed his oath taking. Martires succeeded Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales who retired last July 26. After his oath taking, Martires said his main priorities […]
(Eagle News) — The Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) could bring peace and lessen the threat of terrorism in Mindanao, according to political analyst Prof. Ramon Casiple. In an interview over NET 25’s Agila Balita Alas Dose, Casiple said that if BOL is implemented, there will be no more reason for violence and rebellion in Mindanao because there are resources that would then be available to help the Moro people. Casiple also said that BOL would […]
(Eagle News) – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr asked Supreme Court justice Alfredo Caguioa to immediately inhibit himself from his electoral protest case citing his “undeniably close ties” with former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr., and Vice-President Leni Robredo whose victory he is contesting. In a 13-page extremely urgent motion to inhibit, Marcos said he “recently discovered” that Caguioa’s wife, Pier Angela Caguioa, was “not only an anti-Marcos advocate but was also an […]
(Eagle News) — Inaasahan ng malakanyang na makakatulong ang Philippine Identification System Act upang magkaroon ng transparency at epektibong sistema sa gobyerno. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, sa ganitong paraan mahihirapan na ang mga masasamang loob na makagawa ng fraud. Sa ilalim ng Philippine Identification System Act, iisang ID na lamang ang kinakailangan na ipakita sa mga transaksyon sa gobyerno at milyun-milyong Filipino ang tiyak na makikinabang dito. Bahagi ito ng layunin ng Pangulong […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawang low pressure area (LPA) ang magpapalakas ngayong araw ng southwest monsoon o habagat. Sa pagtaya ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), huling namataan ang isang LPA sa layong 1,280 kilometro silangan ng Tugegarao City, habang ang isa naman ay namataan sa layong 615 kilometro kanluran ng Subic, Zambales. Samanatala, ayon sa PAGASA asahan naman ang maulap na papawirin na may kalat-kalat na pag-ulan at thunderstorms sa Zambales, Bataan, […]
(Eagle News)–The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte kept its very good net satisfaction rating, with 72 percent of Filipinos satisfied with their performance, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The SWS said the +58 net satisfaction rating of the Duterte administration, with 15% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 13% dissatisfied, was similar to the very good +58 (69% satisfied, 11% dissatisfied) in March 2018. “The steady net satisfaction rating of the Duterte Administration from March 2018 to June […]
(Eagle News)—Newly elected House committee on constitutional amendments chair Vicente Veloso said they would withdraw the House resolution that allows Congress to convene into a constitutional assembly for Charter Change. In a radio interview, Veloso said this was at the behest of Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who said the resolution should specify that voting would be done separately by the Senate and the House in their proposed amendments to the Constitution. “Kasi may pagdududa daw […]
(Eagle News) — In this special Eagle News online video, noted Philippine historian Professor Xiao Chua gives his views about the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) as it marked its 104th anniversary since the Church was first registered in the Philippines, and its 50th year in the West. In this interview by Eagle News Service, Chua traces the Church’s history since it was first registered on July 27, 1914 by the Church’s first […]
(Eagle News) — Living in a foreign land with the dedication of true public servants, the Philippines’ foreign service personnel who are assigned in various Philippine embassies and consulates around the world, do heroic deeds which — more often than not — are untold. They work behind the scenes doing their best to help Filipinos in need, something that they do selflessly. They do it without fanfare; it is part of their work, their […]
