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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs announced that there were no Filipinos affected in the shooting incident at a Hong Kong park near to a busy shopping mall on Tuesday, June 26. The announcement came following the gun attack in Hong Kong that left two persons dead and two others wounded. The DFA in a Twitter post announced that no Filipino was hurt during the incident. “The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong […]
(Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, June 27, said they had to “speak out” against the “lies propagated by the Marcos camp.” Romulo Macalintal made the statement after the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, fined Robredo’s lawyers and parties P50,000 each for their release of sensitive information on the ongoing manual recount in violation of the sub judice rule. The recount stems from the vice presidential […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Wednesday, June 27, lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte for his statement on loiterers. In a statement, NUPL president Edre Olalia said “vagrancy, as any freshman law student or lawyer who even perfunctorily listens to sedate Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) classes to ensure that their knowledge of the law is updated, is no longer a crime.” “It was decriminalised in 2012. Any existing ordinance […]
(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday, June 27, said the #Babaeako social media campaign against President Rodrigo Duterte was bound to fail. In an Instagram post, the Davao mayor said that in the first place, “what (the President) doesn’t like lies not in the gender, but in the character.” “He has no respect for weakness. And many women and some men are known to be damsels in distress, that #babaeako included,” she said. […]
(Eagle News) — Isang namumuong sama ng panahon o low pressure area (LPA) ang namataan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration sa layong 190 kilometro, kanluran ng Clark, Pampanga. Ayon sa weather bureau, nagdadala ng pag-ulan ang sama ng panahon sa Mindoro at Palawan. Maulap na kalangitan na may mahina hanggang sa katamtamang mga pag-ulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat ang inaasahan sa mindoro at palawan dahil sa trough ng LPA. Hindi inaasahan o mababa […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court for it to allow her to take part in oral arguments for the opposition lawmakers’ petition questioning the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the Rome Statute. “..This Honorable Court is respectfully asked to take judicial notice of its practice of permitting members of Congress to appear before it and argue their cases,” De Lima, who was among those who filed the petition against the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has fined the parties and lawyers of Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Bongbong Marcos P50,000 each. In a Twitter post, the PET said this was for violation of the sub judice rule in connection with the ongoing manual recount. The recount stems from the electoral protest filed by Marcos against Robredo, whom he accused of cheating in the 2016 vice presidential elections. In […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would consult the Cabinet on his proposal to arm barangay chairpersons and tanods. “..Pero ang aking proposal no heavy firearm, shotgun lang..O mga tanod siguro ninyo, .22. Basta may panlaban lang,” Duterte said in a speech in Zamboanga del Sur. According to Duterte, the idea was to give the officials on the ground a role in the fight against criminality. “Kung bibigyan ko kayo ng armas, fight […]
(Eagle News) – The senate chairman in Guam of the committee on health, tourism, military affairs and senior citizens made a courtesy call to the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo on Tuesday, June 26 at the INC’s Central Office in Quezon City. During his courtesy call, Senator Dennis Rodriguez Jr. thanked the INC Executive Minister for the positive contributions of not only the Church, but also of […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of National Defense (DND) will hold a joint probe into the alleged “misencounter” between army troopers and police operatives in Samar. DILG OIC-Secretary Eduardo M. Año said in a statement on Tuesday, June 26, that a board of inquiry will be formed to determine the lack of prior communication and coordination between local military and police […]
(Eagle News) – Natunton na ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ang 10,000 libong pisong kumalat sa social media. Kinumpiska na ng BSP ang mga pekeng pera. Sinabi ni Joy Lorico, managing director ng currency management ng BSP, sa Pampanga nila nakuha ang pekeng pera at nag-iisa lang ang kopya nito. Naging viral sa social media ang P10,000 perang papel kaya agad na nagpalabas ang Bangko Sentral ng abiso sa kanilang facebook account. Nilinaw ng […]
(Eagle News) — Ininspeksyon ng National Food Authority (NFA) ang ilan sa pangunahing palengke sa Quezon City gaya na lamang ng Commonwealth Market kaninang umaga, pagkatapos na maibalik sa merkado ang mas murang imported NFA rice. Kasama sa nag-ikot si NFA Administrator Jayson Aquino sa mga tindahan ng bigas sa Commonwealth Market naabutan pa ang ilang mga mamimili na 27 pesos na variant ng NFA rice ang piniling bilhin. Naging positibo naman sa mga mamimili […]
