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(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ordered President Rodrigo Duterte to comment on the quo warranto petition filed against him by former nuisance presidential candidate Elly Pamatong. The High Court gave the President 10 days to do the same. In filing the 6-page petition for quo warranto, Pamatong, who also ran for president at least two times and was tagged a nuisance candidate in 2016, referred to what he said were Duterte’s public admissions […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to charge a Department of Environment and Natural Resources official over the Canada trash mess. In a statement, the Ombudsman said Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna, who was also found guilty of simple misconduct and ordered suspended without pay for three months, will face charges for violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act after it was found he “acted with gross […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, June 29, accused the Philippine National Police of manipulating the number of those killed in the drug war. De Lima cited as alleged proof the PNP’s 2017 accomplishment report to President Rodrigo Duterte in which it allegedly pegged the number of dead at 20,322, “combining the number of those killed in police operations and so-called ‘deaths under investigation,’ the PNP’s euphemism for vigilante killings committed by […]
Says not all barangay officials, however, should be armed (Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Friday, June 29, expressed support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to arm barangay officials. He said, however, that only those in areas with high crime rates, rebellion, or insurrection should be given the weapons so they could “protect themselves and their community.” He added that those who were in the drug list or those who have criminal records should not be […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is seeking an investigation into the Philippine National Police’s intensified campaign against loiterers. In filing Senate Resolution No. 775, Trillanes said the drive “poses a grave threat to human rights of Filipinos and violates due process of law.” Trillanes noted that the drive has resulted in the death of detainee Genesis Argoncillo. The police, said, however, that Argoncillo was arrested for “alarm and scandal.” Earlier, Senator Bam Aquino sfiled […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana lashed out at Jose Maria Sison, a day after the founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines said the National Democratic Front of the Philippines can no longer hold peace talks with President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. “Mr. Sison, you know that the peace talks is the only thing that is keeping you in the limelight. Without it, you are irrelevant,” Lorenzana said. According to Lorenzana, Sison was […]
(Eagle News) — Jose Maria Sison, founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines, clarified on Friday, June 29, that the peace talks between his group and the government were not terminated. In a statement posted in the National Democratic Front of the Philippines website, Sison said he “can only make the pertinent advice” to the National Council of the NDFP in his capacity as chief political consultant. He said “only the (NC) of […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has named a new Acting Prosecutor General. In a statement, the Department of Justice said Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon was the new officer in charge of the Office of the Prosecutor General effective June 30, 2018. The DOJ said Fadullon would replace Makati Prosecutors Office head Jorge Catalan Jr., who resigned. The DOJ said Fadullon, who headed the DOJ panel of prosecutors that heard the 2009 […]
(Eagle News) — Isa nang ganap na bagyo ang low pressure area (LPA) na binabantayan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration sa loob ng Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Pinangalanan ito ng PAGASA bilang bagyong ‘Florita’ na huling namataan sa layong 946 kilometro silangan ng Basco, Batanes. Taglay nito ang lakas ng hangin na umaabot sa 45 kilometro kada oras malapit sa gitna at pagbugso na umaabot sa 60 kilometro kada oras. Kumikilos […]
(Eagle News) — Resigned Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo and a former Tourism official ordered the withdrawal of almost P2.52 million worth of goods from Duty Free in 2017, the Commission on Audit found. According to COA, Teo issued memos for the withdrawal of P43,885 worth of items, while Undersecretary for Administration and Special Concerns Rolando Cañizal ordered the withdrawal of items worth P1.37 million. According to COA, Duty Free also withdrew items for the Tourism Department […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
