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Aguirre sues Tulfo, Inquirer editors for libel, cyber-libel; wants P1 in “symbolic” damages

(Eagle News) — Former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday, June 28, sued columnist Ramon Tulfo, and Inquirer editors and officials for libel and cyber-libel. Charged with 12 counts of cyber libel and 10 counts of libel were Tulfo, Inquirer publishers Marixi Prieto, Alexandra Prieto-Romualdez and Renato Reinoso, Inquirer executive editor Jose Ma. Nolasco, online associate editor Abelardo Ulanday, opinion editor Rosario Garcellano, Bandera publisher Eileen Mangubat, editor-in-chief Dona Policar, deputy editor Jimmy Alcantara, and others who […]

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Duterte shrugs off Sison’s refusal to hold peace talks with his admin; “So we continue with the war,” the President says

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 28, shrugged off the Communist rebels’ decision to no longer hold peace talks with his administration. “E di mas mabuti..Ano to, negotiations, negosyo? If they are not willing to talk to me, that’s fine,” the President told reporters in Panglao, Bohol. According to Duterte, he was just a “worker of government” whose “main task is just to find peace for my country.” He questioned Sison’s earlier proposal […]

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Sison: No more peace talks with Duterte admin

(Eagle News) –The National Democratic Front of the Philippines will no longer negotiate with the government of President Rodrigo Duterte, Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, said on Thursday, June 28. “So long as (Duterte) heads the (Government of the Republic of the Philippines), the Filipino people, especially the oppressed and exploited, cannot expect any benefit from negotiating with the Duterte regime,”  Sison said in a statement posted on the […]

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Duterte on Sereno’s possible run for Senate seat: “E di mabuti, botohin ninyo”

(Eagle News) — “E di maganda.” President Rodrigo Duterte gave this reaction when asked to comment on ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s statement she was open to running for a Senate seat in 2019. “Palit siya from Chief Justice to senator. Maganda. Botohin ninyo..,” he said. The President then, however, openly lashed out at Sereno, who she said “wasted the prestige of (being) Chief Justice.” “With that kind of behavior, (Senator Leila) […]

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Alleged pork barrel scam witness recants testimony vs Revilla

(Eagle News) — Alleged pork barrel scam whistleblower Marina Sula has recanted her earlier statement against former Senator Bong Revilla, saying she was only told by the prosecution to “corroborate” the statements of Benhur Luy, another alleged whistleblower. Under direct examination in the Sandiganbayan, Sula, an employee of alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles’ JLN Corporation, denied she met Revilla for the implementation of projects funded by the Priority Development Assistance Fund. “Sinabihan […]

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Palace: Bello proposal of P200 subsidy for minimum wage earners should be studied

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday, June 29, said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s proposal to give minimum wage earners P200 over a three-month period should be studied. Even then, Roque already showed he was cool to the idea, noting what he said would be the need for higher taxes for the proposal to push through. “Pero kung magbibigay na naman tayo ng benepisyo, ibig sabihin saan natin kukunin ‘yung ibibigay natin […]

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Palace to critics of intensified campaign vs loiterers: Challenge it before Supreme Court

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, June 29, said those who think the intensified campaign against loiterers was not legal should question it before the Supreme Court. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the pronouncement, as he also welcomed a congressional investigation into the same. Roque made the move after Senator Bam Aquino filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the death of Genesis Argoncillo, who critics said was arrested for merely loitering, in […]

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Sereno open to running for Senate seat in 2019

(Eagle News) — Ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is open to running for a Senate seat in 2019. Sereno made the statement in a television interview on Thursday, June 29. According to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, a member of the opposition group Tindig Pilipinas’ selection committee, he personally spoke to Sereno to convince her to run. He said the opposition needed a brave candidate in their slate. “Open siya, pinakikinggan niya the […]

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Sotto visits detained De Lima

(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto paid Senator Leila de Lima a visit in detention on Thursday, June 29. In a statement, Sotto said he visited De Lima, who is detained in Camp Crame on drug-related charges, “para makita ang kaniyang kalagayan.” “Pinagusapan din namin ang mga bills na kanyang sinusulong at kung papaano siya makakasama sa mga hearings,” he said. All in all, his visit lasted 37 minutes. De Lima has been detained […]

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Acting prosecutor general Jorge Catalan Jr. resigns from post

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The acting prosecutor general who approved the dismissal of drug-related charges against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and several others in December last year has resigned from the post. Makati Prosecutors Office head Jorge Catalan Jr., who was designated head of the National Prosecution Office on June 22, 2017,  said that “much as (he) would like to carry on with the parallel arrangement,” he “cannot compromise or sacrifice (his) […]

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Saklaw ng war on drugs campaign, dapat palawakin – Sen. Pimentel

(Eagle News) — Hinimok ni Senador Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III ang gobyerno na palawakin ang saklaw ng kampaniya nito kontra iligal na droga. Paliwanag ni Pimentel, panahon na para puntiryahin ang mga drug lord gayundin ang mga galamay nito na nasa likod ng paggawa at pagpupuslit ng droga sa bansa. Bunsod nito, dapat nang pagsabay-sabayin ang pagtugis sa mga drug lord na itinuturing na malaking target kasama ang mga small time pushers at maging ang […]

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“Silungan sa Barangay” para sa tambay, itatayo ng DSWD

(Eagle News) — Aminado ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) na hindi nila kayang akuin lahat o i-accommodate ang maraming mga batang palaboy. Sa harap na rin nito ng inaasahang pagdami ng mga batang palaboy na maaaring damputin ngayon ng mga pulis matapos sabihin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na isusunod niyang target ang mga batang lansangan. Sa press briefing sa Malacañang, sinabi ni DSWD acting secretary Virginia Orogo na sa pangkabuuan ay mayroon […]

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