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(Eagle News) — Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is welcome to join the Liberal Party slate if she decides to run for the Senate in 2019, Senator Francis Pangilinan said. According to Pangilinan, the LP president, Sereno “would be a strong addition” if that was the case. “And if she is willing to help us lead and she wishes to lead the opposition, we welcome all efforts at uniting the opposition so that we […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new commissioner of the Commission on Elections. Comelec-Davao deputy director Marlon Sabucido Casquejo was appointed to the post based on an appointment letter dated June 18. The letter was signed by the President. Casquejo’s term as ad interim commissioner will expire on Feb. 2, 2025.
(Eagle News) — Patuloy na binabantayan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Servics Administration (PAGASA) ang isang low pressure area (LPA) na magdudulot ng pag-ulan sa Bicol Region at eastern Visayas. Huli itong namataan sa layong 100 kilometro sa silangang bahagi ng Daet, Camarines Norte. Dahil dito, nagbabala naman ang PAGASA na ang nasabing LPA ay maaaring magdulot ng pagbaha. Samantala, dahil sa habagat, uulanin din ang ilang bahagi ng Ilocos, Cordillera Regions, Islands of […]
(Eagle News) — A University of Pangasinan graduate has topped the nursing board exams held in June. Based on the results released by the Professional Regulation Commission on Tuesday, June 19, Mark Tristan Pangilinan Robosa garnered an 87.6 percent rating. He was followed by Andrew Rey Lao del Fierro, Philip Gabriel Gillegao Gimotea, both of Xavier University; Deanna Corinne Enano Serrano of Bicol University-Legazpi; and Sherwynne Paola Lasam Trinidad of St. Paul University-Tuguegarao; who all […]
(Eagle News) — Nais idagdag ng Department of Education (DepEd) ang Good Manners, Right Conduct at Proper Values sa edukasyon sa pamamagitan ng pag-review ng curriculum sa K to 12 program. Ayon kay Secretary Leonor Briones, nais ng ahensya na palakasin ang “basic skills” sa Kinder-Garten, Grade 1 at Grade 2. Ilang halimbawa sa good manners and right conduct ang pagbati gaya ng “good morning” at kung paano makikibagay sa ibang bata. Ito ay pagtugon […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 19, lashed back at critics of his intensified campaign against loiterers. “Sabi ko ‘yung mga istambay paalisin ‘yan dyan para ang tao maglakad sa gabi…,” Duterte said in a speech at the 81st anniversary of the Government Service Insurance System in Pasay. Duterte in particular lashed out at human rights advocates, who he said should not order him around. He said when he was mayor of Davao, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, June 19, urged the public to respect the Supreme Court decision that upheld with finality Maria Lourdes Sereno’s ouster as Chief Justice. “Like it or hate it, we have to succumb to the SC decision that is now a final and executory decision,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, “ang hinihingi ng Presidente (Rodrigo Duterte) ngayon ay magsama sama muli ang samabayanang Pilipino.” Roque said the President […]
(Eagle News) — Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, June 19, said she had yet to decide whether she would run for public office in 2019. In a television interview, Sereno said an announcement on what her decision was would be made “at the right time.” “Some people believe it should be in the halls of the Senate where that voice is heard. Some others are saying, ‘No, no, it must be always […]
(Eagle News) — Maria Lourdes Sereno’s statement that the House of Representatives “held hostage” the budget of the judiciary so she could be removed as chief magistrate “sounds cunningly crazy even from her!” House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said. In a statement, Fariñas said in the first place, the 15 impeachment hearings against Sereno were held by the House justice committee on Nov. 22, 2017 to Feb. 27, 2018 or “long after the HOR approved the (judiciary) […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has upheld the Sandiganbayan’s junking of the ill-gotten wealth case filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government against former President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda, and his alleged cronies. In upholding the anti-graft court’s August 5, 2010 ruling against the Marcoses, construction magnate Rodolfo Cuenca, Manuel Tinio, Victor Africa, Roberto Cuenca, Mario Alfelor, Don Ferry and Oscar Beltran, the SC’s First Division said the “Republic […]
(Eagle News) — Top officials of the Commission on Higher Education and its employees on Monday, June 18, underwent mandatory drug testing. The move is in response to the call of President Rodrigo Duterte for a drug-free work environment. “This initiative is being undertaken consistent with Civil Service Commission memorandum circular number 13 series of 2017, which provides the guidelines in the mandatory drug test for public officials and other purposes,” Officer-in-Charge Prospero de Vera […]
(Eagle News) – Police are only arresting “tambays” or people loitering the streets who have violated local ordinances. This was according to National Capital Region Police Office Chief General Guillermo Eleazar. Among those arrested by the police were those found to be drinking along public roads or sidewalks, and those who violated the local curfew laws, including those found walking in public half-naked. He said that the PNP has been enforcing these ordinances and that […]
