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(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections on Tuesday, Jan. 22, rescheduled the canvassing of votes in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite to Wednesday, Jan. 23, instead. This was after the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBOC) for the BOL based in the Comelec headquarters in Intramuros, Manila received no certificates of canvass from the areas covered by the plebiscite as of 11:30 a.m. On Jan. 21, residents of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Jan. 22, said he would support the lowering of the criminal age of liability but on a number of conditions. In a statement, Lacson said the “youth offender” should have been “proven to have acted with discernment when he or she committed the crime, especially serious ones”; “sentencing” should be “suspended until the offender reaches the age of majority”; and there should be “enough and properly supervised […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators opposed the lowering of the age of criminal liability, with one saying an “iron fist ” was not the solution to the problem. Senator Kiko Pangilinan, author of the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act that pegs the age of criminal liability at 15 years old, said in the first place, “poverty and hunger are the roots of the problems of these children.” “Additional pay and income, jobs, lower prices of goods, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Jan. 22, welcomed the Senate’s approval of the proposed 2019 national budget. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the proposed budget will “lay the groundwork for an anticipated impressive economic performance.” A bicameral conference committee is slated to meet to reconcile their versions of the General Appropriations Bill. Earlier, the Senate deleted the P75 […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has a new spokesperson. Senior Superintendent Bernard Banac will replace Chief Supt. Benigno Durana, after he was named the new acting director of the PNP’s Directorate for Community Relations. Banac, who took up BS Civil Engineering in the University of the Philippines, is a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1992. He served as provincial director of Sorsogon, and was also assistant chief of the PNP Supervisory […]
Reasons given by four other mayors for re-validation (Eagle News)—Five mayors who were not in their respective areas of jurisdiction during the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong” may face administrative sanctions after the reasons they gave for their absence were found to have been “inadequate and unjustified.” “Despite having knowledge of the impending typhoon and the DILG advisory, said mayors were not in their post during the typhoon. Such act on their part may be considered […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia big man Joel Embiid scored 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds Monday as the 76ers withstood a 37-point performance from James Harden in a 121-93 NBA victory over the Houston Rockets. Harden notched his 20th straight game with 30 or more points, but the Rockets were no match for the 76ers in a sometimes testy encounter. Embiid added two assists, two steals, and three blocked shots, provoking the […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has landed back in Harare, state television said Tuesday, after cutting short a foreign tour over nationwide protests that were met with a brutal security crackdown. Police and soldiers launched a large-scale operation against suspected protestors, activists and organizers of the strike last week, which was triggered by a sharp rise in fuel prices. At least 12 people were killed and 78 treated for gunshot injuries, according […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A hotel employee arrested after a window she was cleaning fell onto a busy Hong Kong street and killed a tourist was released on bail Tuesday as investigators try to work out what caused the fatal tragedy. Police said a 24-year-old female tourist from the Chinese mainland was struck by the window which fell from the 16th floor of the Mira Hotel in the busy Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigit tatlong daang libong manggagawa ang kailangan ngayon ng Japan para sa 14 na industriya. Sa Abril, may ilulunsad na bagong employment track kung saan may pagkakataon ang manggagawa na madala ang pamilya at magkaroon ng “immigrant status.” Nakipagpulong na ang mga opisyal ng Japan sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) para ilunsad ang bagong employment track na tatawaging “specified skilled worker visa.” May dalawang kategorya sa ilalim ng bagong programa depende […]
by Richard CARTER Agence Franc Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Carlos Ghosn is likely to remain in Japanese custody for the foreseeable future after a Tokyo court denied him bail Tuesday despite a last-ditch personal appeal by the former Nissan boss. The decision was expected as the court had previously judged him to be a flight risk who could potentially tamper with evidence. Even Ghosn’s own lawyer has said his client will likely remain in […]
(Eagle News) – The Senate is set to tackle today, Tuesday, Jan. 22, the bill lowering the age of criminal liability, from the previous 15 to the age of 12. This is much higher than the House of Representatives approved version of the bill that lowered the minimum age of criminal liability to nine years old. Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said that he agreed with lowering the minimum age of criminal liability to […]
