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Palace: Gov’t ready if Duterte vetoes entire budget bill

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, April 12, said the government was ready should President Rodrigo Duterte veto the 2019 budget bill in its entirety. Economic managers have prepared contingency plans “responsive to any conceivable event, and they will correspondingly adjust their targets, which include the execution of programs and projects relating to infrastructure as well as the delivery of basic services to the people,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, “while we are […]

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Comelec suspends elections for congressman in 1st district of S. Cotabato with creation of lone district of GenSan

  (Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections has suspended the elections for representative of the first district of South Cotabato following the approval of the implementing rules on the law that reapportioned this district to create the lone district of General Santos City. In a resolution promulgated Thursday, April 11, Comelec approved the implementing rules and regulations for Republic Act No. 11243 entitled “An Act Reapportioning the First Legislative District of the Province of […]

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Andaya: Veto of entire budget bill will give President “opportunity to restore” Senate cuts on chief exec’s projects

(Eagle News)—House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya Jr. said the House of Representatives will respect whatever President Rodrigo Duterte decides to do with the 2019 budget bill. He said a veto, however, would give the chief executive the “opportunity to restore more than P80 billion” allegedly slashed by the Senate “from allocations intended for the President’s  projects.” He said he was “confident that the Office of the President would consider our exposés in their review of […]

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4.5-magnitude quake hits Batanes

(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Batanes on Friday, April 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake hit 71 kilometers southwest of Sabtang at 11:46 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 35 kilometers. An Intensity II and an instrumental Intensity II were reported in Basco. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.

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UN chief says “democratic aspirations” of Sudanese people must be realized, calls for calm after Bashir ouster

  (Eagle News) – United Nations chief António Guterres on Thursday reiterated his call for calm and “utmost restraint by all” as he stressed that the “democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people” need to be realized through “an appropriate and inclusive transition process”. The statement was made following the overthrow and arrest of President Omar al-Bashir by order of the country’s new military governing council. In a statement issued in New York by his Spokesperson, […]

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Updated: Suicide blast rips through Pakistani fruit market, killing 20

  by Maaz Khan Agence France Presse QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 20 people were killed and 48 wounded Friday by a powerful suicide blast apparently targeting the Shia Hazara ethnic minority at a crowded fruit market in Pakistan’s Quetta city, officials said. Body parts littered the scene and injured people screamed for help as black smoke cloaked the market after the explosion. A faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed the attack, which occurred […]

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De Lima seeks court permission to vote in upcoming polls

(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court to allow her to vote in the May 13 elections. De Lima, who is detained on drug charges, filed the motion following a recommendation from the Commission on Elections for her to “still exercise her right to suffrage through the escorted voting system..” The Comelec made the suggestion after it denied De Lima’s request for  “a special polling place at […]

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DOE blames another “unplanned” power plant outage for “major generation inadequacy”; Gatchalian wants Senate probe

(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, April 12, wants to probe why there have been rotating brownouts in the country, even if the Department of Energy gave a previous assurance there was enough energy supply. In an interview over GMA’s News to Go, Gatchalian, chair of the Senate’s committee on energy, said the probe would focus on why there was a lack of reserves and why different power plants bogged down at the […]

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Sotto says he will support a presidential veto of entire 2019 budget bill

(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto on Friday, April 12, said he would support a veto by President Rodrigo Duterte of the entire budget bill for 2019. “Do (you) remember that that was my original suggestion when it came to my attention that the House leaders were being difficult,” Sotto said a day after President Duterte said  he would do the same “pag talagang tagilid yan,” referring to the Congress-transmitted budget bill. Duterte said […]

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Former military comptroller Ligot found guilty of perjury

(Eagle News) — Former military comptroller retired Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot has been found guilty of perjury. The Sandiganbayan also sentenced Ligot to one year for each of the five counts he was convicted of over the false declarations made in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth from 1993 to 2001. The other perjury cases against the former military official, however, were dismissed. Earlier, the Court of Tax Appeals cleared Ligot and his […]

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US urges Sudan army to bring civilians into government

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Thursday urged Sudan’s army to bring civilians into government after ousting veteran leader Omar al-Bashir, saying an announced two-year timeline was too long. Washington calls “on transitional authorities to exercise restraint and to allow space for civilian participation within the government,” State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters. His comments came after Sudan’s army announced “the toppling of the regime,” to be replaced by a transitional […]

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Luzon grid placed under red, yellow alerts for third straight day

(Eagle News) — The Luzon grid has been placed under red and yellow alerts for a third straight day. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said the red alert was in place from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and the yellow alert from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. The NGCP said the Luzon grid has an available capacity of 10,220 MW against a peak demand of 10,334 MW. […]

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