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(Eagle News)—Below are the order and resolution issued by the first division of the Sandiganbayan directing the lifting of the hold departure order against former Senator Bong Revilla for plunder, and the warrant of arrest issued against him for graft. The division issued the same after Revilla was acquitted of plunder, and after he posted a P480,000 bail for the 16 counts of graft against him. After posting bail, Revilla underwent a medical checkup at […]
(Eagle News) — Dumating na sa Subic Port ang dalawang 24-meter fast patrol boats (FPB) ng Philippine Coast Guard. Sa pagdating ng dalawang patrol boats, nakumpleto na ang apat na bahagi ng pagpapatupad ng Philippine Ports and Coast Guard Capability Development Project ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) at ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Tatawaging BRP Malamawi (FPB 2403) at BRP Kalanggaman (FPB 2404) ang dalawang bagong dating na mga bangka. Samantala, isa pang 82-meter offshore […]
(Eagle News) — A Davao court has ordered the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for libel. The arrest warrant issued by Judge Melinda Alconcel-Dayanghirang of the Davao City Regional Trial Court Branch 54 stems from the libel charges filed by former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte against the senator. The presidential son filed several libel complaints against Trillanes after the senator accused him of being a member of an international crime syndicate, of the Davao […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Dec. 7, urged the public to respect the decision of the Sandiganbayan acquitting former Senator Bong Revilla of plunder. “While justice grinds so slow most of the time it does grind, and when it stops it renders a verdict that is exacting immutable,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said of the special first division’s decision promulgated on Friday that also found Revilla’s former chief of staff, Richard Cambe, and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday on a report that the US Federal Reserve could soon pause interest rate hikes, news that also boosted US markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended up 0.82 percent, or 177.06 points, at 21,678.68. Over the week, the index lost 3.01 percent. The broader Topix index gained 0.61 percent, or 9.85 points, to close at 1,620.45. Over the week, the index fell 2.82 percent. “Japanese […]
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Road accidents kill someone every 24 seconds, with a total of 1.35 million traffic deaths around the world each year, the World Health Organization said Friday, demanding global action. The number of fatalities annually has swelled by around 100,000 in just three years, with road accidents now the leading killer of children and young people between the ages of five and 29, the UN health agency […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures released by the Philippine National Police, former Senator Bong Revilla is seen undergoing a medical check-up prior to his expected release after posting a P480,000 bail for his provisional liberty for 16 counts of graft. Revilla posted the bail before the Sandiganbayan after he was acquitted of the plunder case filed against him in connection with what the prosecution claimed were over P200 million of pork barrel funds Revilla […]
(Eagle News) — Isang memorandum of agreement ang nilagdaan ng Philippine National Police at Social Security System o SSS ukol sa pagtulong ng PNP sa paghahain ng warrant of arrest sa mga kumpanya na hindi nagreremit ng SSS contribution ng kanilang mga empleyado. Naniniwala ang SSS na magsisilbi itong babala sa mga negosyante na hindi tumalima sa isinasaad ng batas hinggil sa SSS contribution. Kasabay nito, nagbigay naman ang SSS ng mga direction sinages sa […]
(Eagle News) — Makakaranas ng winter solstice ang Pilipinas sa Disyembre 22, 2018. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), magiging mas mahaba ang oras ng gabi sa nasabing araw dahil sa winter solstice. Ito ay isang astronomical event kung saan ang araw ay nasa pinakamalayong posisyon sa timog na bahagi ng equator. Sa ibang bansa, hudyat ito nang pagsisimula ng winter season sa northern hemisphere at summer naman sa southern hemisphere. […]
(Eagle News) — The passage of the proposed P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget will be derailed if a joint session on the proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao pushes through on Wednesday, Dec. 12, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Friday, Dec. 7. “That will delay the budget schedule because we start 10 in the morning everyday. Definitely it will delay because we have to travel siyempre pupunta kami sa Kongreso para sa joint session dahil […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather says his New Year’s Eve bout with Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa will be “all about the entertainment”. The nine-minute exhibition in Japan will have no official winner or loser if it goes the distance, and Mayweather said at a press availability at his training base in Las Vegas on Thursday that he was looking forward to the event as a chance to sample “something different”. The […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese state-run media on Friday condemned the arrest in Canada of a top executive of telecoms giant Huawei on a US extradition request as a “despicable rogue’s approach” to contain Chinese high-tech ambitions. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer, has angered the Chinese government and raised concerns that it could disrupt a trade war truce between the world’s two biggest economies. “The Chinese government should seriously mull over […]
