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SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) — The NBA will not regulate speech and won’t apologise for a controversial tweet from a Houston Rockets executive that has sparked a Chinese backlash, the organisation’s commissioner said Tuesday. The tweet by the Rockets’ general manager Daryl Morey supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has infuriated fans in China, a major market for the NBA. But commissioner Adam Silver said the organisation would continue to “support freedom of expression and […]
By Phoebe Salvador (Eagle News) — Recruitment agencies and migrants’ organizations are pushing for the creation of an overseas counterpart of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) under the proposed Department of Overseas Filipino Workers. During an interview on Aprub’s Aksyon OFW, Raquel Bracero, president of Philippine Association of Service Exporters Inc. (PASEI) discussed the proposed establishment of the Overseas Labor Relations Commission (OLRC). “The OLRC will be part of the Department of OFW focusing […]
by Dan Martin Agence France Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — China on Tuesday scrapped plans to air NBA exhibition games as the league faced an escalating punishment campaign in the lucrative Chinese market ignited by an American basketball executive’s pro-democracy tweet. The National Basketball Association also faced a counter-attack in the United States, where presidential candidates, influential senators, and fans accused it of kowtowing to authoritarian China. The crisis erupted Friday when Houston Rockets […]
(Eagle News)–The family of Darwin Dormitorio has filed criminal charges against the seven Philippine Military Academy cadets police said were behind his death. Charged with murder raps and for violation of the anti-torture and anti-hazing laws were Cadet First Class Axl Rey Sanopao, Cadet Second Class Christian Zacarias, Cadet Third Class Shalimar Imperial, Cadet Third Class Felix Lumbag, Cadet Third Class Julius Carlo Tadena, Cadet Third Class Rey David John Volante and Cadet Third Class […]
(Eagle News)–Around 70 members of the Special Action Force were deployed on Tuesday, Oct. 8, to guard the New Bilibid Prison. The SAF personnel from the 33rd Special Action Company, 3rd Special Action Battalion replaced their colleagues from the 72nd Special Action Company, 7th Special Action Battalion earlier deployed to the national penitentiary. The National Capital Region Police Office said the 70 SAF members would be deployed to “critical areas” in the NBP “as part […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, Oct. 8, denied Metro Manila was experiencing a “mass transit crisis,” saying commuters could still get to their destinations. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after Bayan Secretary General Renato Reyes Jr.’s comment following the breakdowns of the Light Rail Transit 1 and 2, and the Metro Rail Transit 3 last week. Panelo added commuters could also adjust to the situation and leave early to get to their destinations […]
by Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service ILAGAN CITY, Isabela (Eagle News) – Limampung sako ng binhi ng mais ang ipinamahagi kahapon ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Ilagan sa mga magsasaka sa Brgy. Sindon Bayabo, isa sa pinakaliblib na barangay na sakop ng lungsod. Tangi sa mga binhi ng mais, ipinamahagi rin sa mga magsasaka ang limampung sako ng abono at P6,000 cash assitance para sa bawat ektarya na pagtataniman nila ng mais. Ayon sa mga lokal […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 8, declared as constitutional the “lump-sum discretionary funds” in the 2014 General Appropriations Act which then-Manila Councilor Greco Belgica argued was pork. In dismissing for lack of merit the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by Belgica, the SC noted that his reliance on the 2013 Belgica vs Ochoa case to argue that lump-sum appropriations are unconstitutional was “misplaced.” In its 2013 decision, the SC abolished the pork […]
(Eagle News)–Carlos Celdran has died. His wife Tesa said in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Oct. 8, that he died of “natural causes.” He was 46 years old. Celdran had been living in Spain since January of this year, months after the Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Appeals decision that sanctioned him for disrupting a Catholic service at the Manila Cathedral in 2010. Celdran, an advocate for the reproductive health law, had barged in […]
by Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service LINGAYEN, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Nakararanas ngayon ng labing isang oras na power interruption ang malaking bahagi ng Central Pangasinan dahil sa ginagawang pagsasaayos sa mga linya ng kuryente at mga poste kaugnay ng ipinatutupad na malawakang road clearing operations ng gobyerno. Kabilang sa mga apektadong lugar ay ang mga bayan ng Binmaley, Lingayen, Bugallon, Aguilar, Mangatarem, Urbiztondo, Malasiqui at San Carlos City. Ayon kay Engr. Rodrigo Corpuz ng […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has yet again deferred action on the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said the PET did not act on the protest during the tribunal’s session today, Oct. 8, which means the case “remains pending and is still being deliberated by the members of the tribunal.” This is at least the second time the PET deferred action on […]
(Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan has junked another case against former President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda. Citing insufficiency of evidence, the second division dismissed the P1.052-billion ill-gotten wealth case also filed against Bienvenido Tantoco Sr., among others, less than two months after the anti-graft court junked the P102-billion ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses and 11 others. In the P1.052-billion ill-gotten wealth case, prosecutors accused Tantoco of acting as a dummy for the wealth of […]
