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(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted three Supreme Court justices for the Chief Justice post. Shortlisted for the post to be vacated by Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Oct. 17 were Justice Diosdado Peralta, Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Justice Andres Bernal Reyes Jr. Peralta and Perlas-Bernabe got seven votes each while Reyes got four. From those initially interviewed by the JBC for the post, Justice Jose Reyes, Jr. who was ninth in rank, […]
(Eagle News)–Three additional train coaches will hit the Metro Rail Transit-3 tracks starting today, Oct. 15, the MRT-3 said. In a statement, the MRT-3 said the three coaches will be deployed during evening off-peak hours, from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., after Japanese maintenance provider Sumitomo Corporation-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – TES Philippines on Monday, Oct. 14, signed a consent for the limited deployment of one Dalian train set. Under the consent, the train set will […]
By MJ Racadio Eagle News and Features contributor Official Trailer of Guerrero Dos When it comes to sports, victory comes sweet, but there can only be one declared winner. But still, there are some who suffer defeat, even physical injuries and experience the agony of pain but continues to fight until the end. And thus, the story of EBC Films’ “Guerrero Dos: Tuloy Ang Laban” continues, as the first Guerrero film’s main character boxer Ramon […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 126 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos at 9:37 a.m. Depth of focus was 33 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Oct. 15, said she was “half-relieved” but at the same time “frustrated” over the Supreme Court decision to release the results of the manual recount of votes covering the three pilot provinces in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest. In a televised press conference, Robredo said she was “half-relieved” because the SC decision would allow the public to know what happened during the recount and “sino […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Tuesday, Oct. 15, said there was a need to revisit the system of filing electoral protests in the country. Marcos made the statement in a televised interview with reporters after the Supreme Court ordered the release of the results on the manual count of votes covering Iloilo, Camarines Sur and Negros Oriental in connection with his protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, and ordered the Marcos and Robredo camps […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, decided to “severely reprimand and issue a stern warning” to a Manila Times reporter over his 2016 story alleging SC justices were offered P50 million each to disqualify Senator Grace Poe as a presidential candidate. The SC said the en banc voted “unanimously” to level the sanction on Jomar Canlas, who had cited unnamed sources in making the allegations. Canlas said in his story that the magistrates […]
Asks camps of Marcos, Robredo to comment on results (Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, ordered the release of the results of the manual recount of votes covering three pilot provinces in connection with the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos. The SC made the announcement even as it failed to make a vote on a report made by Associate Justice Alfred Caguioa, the member-in-charge, on the recount as early as […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police will no longer have authority to probe former PNP chief Oscar Albayalde for possible administrative liabilities in connection with the 2013 irregular Pampanga raid once he retires from the police force in November. This is according to Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, who was designated PNP officer-in-charge after Albayalde stepped down amid the allegations he intervened in the status of the cases filed against the 13 policemen who were accused of […]
(Eagle News)–A rainfall advisory has been hoisted over parts of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate rains are expected over Cagayan, in Alcala, Amulung, Baggao and Gattaran. PAGASA said these may persist within one to two hours. Light to moderate rains are so far being experienced over Abulug, Allacapan, Aparri, Ballesteros, Buguey, Camalanuigan, Gonzaga, Lallo, Pamplona and Santa Teresita in Cagayan. “All are advised to take precautionary […]
(Eagle News)–A resolution hailing gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo and boxer Nesthy Petecio will soon be filed in the Senate. Senator Sonny Angara said he would file the resolution following the gold medal wins of the two Filipino athletes in the 41st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and in the 2019 Aiba Women’s World Boxing Championships last Saturday in Ulan-Ude, Russia. “Over the weekend, Carlos and Nesthy gave the entire nation two huge […]
(Eagle News) – Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director-General Gerald Bantag vowed to clean the BuCor and the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP), with the help of other committed government and police personnel, despite threats to their safety and even to their family. In an exclusive interview by Eagle News Service reporter Gerald Rañez, Bantag said that he values the trust given to him by President Rodrigo Duterte when he appointed him as Bucor chief. How […]
