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(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Aug. 5, visited those who were wounded in an explosion at a checkpoint in Basilan on July 31. The President conferred the Order of Lapu-Lapu on six Scout Rangers, and on the three members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit who were injured in the blast that killed at least 11 people. They were also given financial assistance and cellphones, among others. Authorities are still investigating the blast […]
(Eagle News)–“A political snake.” This was how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano following his word war with former President Benigno Aquino III over the West Philippine Sea issue. In a statement, Trillanes noted how Cayetano was “still a loyal ally of the Aquino administration” when the Panatag stand-off took place in 2012. “..So obviously, he never saw anything wrong with how PNoy (President Noynoy Aquino) resolved it then,” Trillanes […]
(Eagle News)–Deputy Speaker Fredenil Castro said Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s statement all lawmakers would receive a budget regardless of whether they were a member of the majority or the minority shows she treats all her colleagues equally. In a radio interview, Castro said this was the right thing to do, as a Speaker was a Speaker not only for the majority but also the minority. “Ang Speaker, dapat nasa gitna lang,” he said. He said […]
(Eagle News)–“A cheap political stunt and vendetta.” This was how Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate described the P1-million bounty offered by the Citizens Crime Watch for the arrest of four militant leaders for supposed murder. “This is evidently a cheap political stunt and vendetta by sycophants who wants (sic) to claw their way to power,” he said. According to Zarate, if anything happens to Liza Maza, Rafael Mariano, Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casiño, “we will hold […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Manny Pacquiao wants Davao Mayor Sara Duterte to run for senator in 2019. In a radio interview, Pacquiao said this was because he feels she would be able to do a lot in the Senate because of her political will. “Na-manage nga niya nang maayos ang Davao City eh…,” he said. He said the presidential daughter could also help outside the Senate. Earlier, Senator Panfilo Lacson said that among the “fresh, new, young” […]
(Eagle News)—–Jeane Napoles is back in the country and will face the cases filed against her, her lawyer said on Saturday, Aug. 4. In a statement, Jun Encarnacion said he “personally fetched” his client from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Aug. 3, at 3:35 a.m. He said this after confirming his client left the country on July 27, prior to the United States justice department’s announcement she, her sister Jo Christine, Jo Christine’s husband […]
(Eagle News)–“A lame publicity stunt.” This was how Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Secretary General Renato Reyes described lawyer Ferdinand Topacio’s offer of a P1 million bounty for the arrest of former Bayan Muna Reps. Satur Ocampo and Teodoro Casiño, former Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza and former Agrarian Reform Secretary and Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano, who have been ordered arrested by a Nueva Ecija court. “What is the point of the PR gimmick of Topacio et al when […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Aug. 4, lashed out at the Prieto family and ABS-CBN anew, noting what he said were their liabilities to the government. In a speech in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Duterte even expressed his opposition to the television station’s franchise renewal. “Sige, padala ng emissary para kausapin ako….(But) Nothing will happen. I will not talk to you but I will never also intervene,” Duterte said. If he had his way, though, “I […]
(Eagle News)—-Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano lashed out at Former President Benigno Aquino III, who criticized his handling of the West Philippine Sea issue and hoped the secretary’s politics were as “transparent” as their hairstyles. In a statement posted on his Facebook account, Cayetano said it was “regrettable” the former president “chose to play with words, including our haircuts, in responding to an immensely important issue and addressing people’s main questions about the situation […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Aug. 3, said he would send a frigate to Libya if the three Filipinos who were kidnapped by an unidentified group are harmed. “Magpadala rin ako if they begin to hurt the Filipinos there,” Duterte said in a speech in Malaybalay. Earlier, South Korea sent a warship in response to the abduction of one of its nationals by the same group also on July 6. The 4,000-ton vessel, Munmu […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. will appeal before the Supreme Court the Commission on Audit’s order for it to return P163.85 million in bonuses it gave its officials. The order was made after the COA denied PhilHealth’s petition for review of the agency’s earlier decision that ruled the perks were illegal. In denying the petition, COA said that while PhilHealth was not covered by the Salary Standardization Law, its authority under National Health Insurance […]
(Eagle News) — Four of the five members of the family of Janet Lim Napoles who were indicted by a United States federal jury for money laundering are still in the Philippines, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Aug. 3, said. According to Guevarra, Napoles’ children Jo Christine and James Christopher, her brother Reynald Lim and his wife Ana Marie are still in the Philippines, based on Bureau of Immigration records. Napoles’ other daughter Jeane […]
