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(Eagle News)–Three resource persons were cited in contempt by the Senate on Thursday, Sept. 12, for “continuously lying.” It was Senator Ronald dela Rosa who motioned for Atty. Fredric Anthony Santos, suspended Bureau of Corrections legal unit chief; New Bilibid Prison hospital doctor Urcisio Cenas; and suspended BuCor records and documents unit chief Ramoncito Roque to be sanctioned before the end of the hearing on problems in BuCor. Roque and Cenas denied they received any […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture is still waiting for the result of another laboratory test that will identify how virulent is the type of African Swine Fever virus that hit the country. The initial Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test on the swine blood samples collected from small backyard farms in Rizal had already confirmed that the pigs which mysteriously died there were positive for African Swine Fever (ASF) The PCR test result from […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government will ask the the Dutch government for help in the extradition of Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the Philippine government will in particular seek a “special arrangement” with the country that has no extradition pact with the Philippines. According to Año, the grounds would be that Sison’s “‘refugee status’ is no longer tenable […]
Inmate says illegal drug transactions also take place in Ward 3 (Eagle News)–At least two people on Thursday, Sept. 12, said there were corruption and other illegal activities ongoing in the New Bilibid Prison hospital. Inmate former Valencia, Bukidnon Mayor Antonio Galario, who had been confined in the hospital for kidney problems, said he paid NBP doctor Urcisio Cenas at least P1,000 each time he transacted with him. “I asked for a medical abstract, […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck Nueva Vizcaya on Thursday, Sept. 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 7 kilometers northwest of Ambaguio at 8:01 a.m Depth of focus was 1 kilometer. The following intensities were reported: Intensity IV – Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya Intensity III – Atok & Bokod, Benguet; Tinoc, Ifugao Intensity II – Baguio City No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A prison guard inside the New Bilibid Prison was hurt after he was stabbed by an inmate on Thursday, Sept. 12. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said Duty Officer Edgardo Ferrer sustained a “superficial stab wound on his lower abdominal” after he was attacked by the inmate who was suffering from schizophrenia at 8:40 a.m. The inmate was not identified. Perete said Ferrer has been given “commensurate medical care.”
(Eagle News)–Former Bureau of Corrections officer in charge Rafael Ragos on Thursday, Sept. 12, detailed other forms of corruption in BuCor, noting that then-Justice Secretary Leila de Lima was one of the “beneficiaries.” Under questioning by Senator Panfilo Lacson, Ragos, who was appointed by De Lima at the helm of the BuCor, said he himself delivered P5 million to De Lima in her house in Parañaque at one time. Ragos said he found the money […]
(Eagle News)–The suspended chief of the Bureau of Corrections documents and records section on Thursday, Sept. 12, denied he knew anything about Janet Lim Napoles being included in the BuCor list of convicts to be released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. “Wala po akong impormasyon, Your Honor,” Ramoncito Roque said under questioning by Senator Richard Gordon. Gordon noted that the crime supposedly committed by Napoles, who was convicted of graft and corruption in […]
NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) — About 2,500 people are unaccounted for in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian, the archipelago’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Wednesday. NEMA spokesman Carl Smith told reporters that some of the missing people may eventually be located. “At this point, there are approximately 2,500 individuals registered on the Bahamian government register (of missing people),” Smith said. “This list has not yet been checked against government records of who is staying in […]
(Eagle News)–Suspended Bureau of Corrections legal affairs unit chief Fredric Anthony Santos does not believe Good Conduct Time Allowances can be sold at a price for the release of inmates. In an ambush interview on Thursday, Sept. 12, Santos said he first heard about the so-called GCTA for sale in the Senate inquiry into the problems in the BuCor. But Santos admitted during the Senate joint hearing into problems in BuCor that there was corruption […]
(Eagle News) — Singapore President Halimah Yacob visited the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City on Wednesday, Sept. 11, as she stressed her country’s interest in continuing cooperation on biodiversity conservation. President Yacob visited the conservation facility where 30 Philippine eagle raptors are kept for conservation and breeding at the Malagos Nature Park. She is the first foreign head of state to visit the center. The Philippine Eagle Foundation manages the Philippine Eagle Center.The center […]
(Eagle News)–The tropical depression monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said TD “Marilyn” entered PAR at 9:30 a.m. The weather bureau earlier said CALABARZON, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Aurora, Quirino, Isabela, and Cagayan will experience cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rainshowers as the trough of the tropical depression affects Southern Luzon and Visayas. Metro Manila and the rest of the […]
