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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Nov. 11, said Communist Party of the Philippines peace negotiators Luis Jalandoni and Fidel Agcaoili had requested for a meeting with him in the Philippines. According to Duterte, “ang problema nila kapag huhulihin sila.” As such, he said he called for a cluster meeting with the military to discuss the same. “Sabi nila, baka, baka pa lang. It’s not a very big margin there,” he said. In November, Duterte terminated […]
(Eagle News) – The National Privacy Commission is alarmed regarding the data breach involving 102,209 Philippine passengers of Cathay Pacific Airways whose sensitive data information including credit card details and passport information had been breached since March this year. Cathay Airways only notified the NPC about this data breach on October 25, prompting the Commission to issue an order asking the airline company to explain why it failed to immediately or “timely notify” the government […]
(Eagle News)—-The Palace on Saturday, Nov. 10, reiterated Proclamation No. 572 is “by no means an intrusion or usurpation into the powers of the other independent branches of government.” “As correctly stated by the Makati court, the President’s proclamation does not trample upon the Congressional prerogative to concur with the grant of amnesties since it is not the amnesty proclamation that was declared void, but its implementation,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, referring to Branch […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia on Saturday called off the search for passengers of a Lion Air plane, almost two weeks after the jetliner plunged into the Java Sea killing 189 people on board. Some 196 bags containing body parts have been recovered from under the water with 79 victims identified and handed over to their families for burial. “Since yesterday afternoon until today we have not found any more victims and therefore I declare […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi poured his remains down the drain after dissolving him in acid, a Turkish newspaper reported Saturday. Samples taken from the drains at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul showed traces of acid, pro-government daily Sabah said, without quoting sources. This led investigators to believe the dead body of the insider-turned-critic of the Riyadh regime was disposed of through the drains as liquid, the paper […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Flash floods killed 11 people in Jordan and forced nearly 4,000 tourists to flee the famed ancient desert city of Petra, emergency services said on Saturday. Search teams were scouring valleys near the historic hill town of Madaba for two young girls still missing after Friday’s floods, civil defense spokesman Iyad Amru told state television in an update. Five people have already been confirmed dead in the area southwest of […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the K to 12 program, saying the petitions against it failed to prove it was in violation of the Constitution. The SC also declared constitutional the related issuances from the Commission on Higher Education and Department of Education, and lifted the temporary restraining order on the exclusion of Filipino, Panitikan as core college courses. “For having failed to show any of the above in the passage of […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation on Saturday, Nov. 10, gave the assurance there would be no hike in MRT-3 fares even with the planned rehablitation of the trains. “Mariin na instruction ni Secretary Tugade na hindi tayo mag-i-increase ng anumang pasahe hangga’t hindi nararamdaman ng ating mga commuters ang improvements sa services ng MRT-3,” DOTr Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John Batan said. Batan made the statement after the Philippines and Japan signed a loan pact for […]
(Eagle News)—The Judicial and Bar Council has released the names shortlisted for the position of Chief Justice. Included in the shortlist were Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Andres Reyes Jr. The shortlist will undergo scrutiny on Friday. Those shortlisted are vying for the position left vacant by Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro, who retired in October.
By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service The gathering of the captains and movers of the construction industry, government policy makers, and foreign and domestic stakeholders at the 3rd Philippine Construction Industry Congress focused on relevant issues vital to the growth and sustainability of the Philippine construction industry. Held last November 8, 2018 at the Conrad Hotel Manila, key topics included the liberalization of the construction industry, government infrastructure initiatives, infrastructure opportunities and delivery models, training […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (Eagle News) — Wildfires from one end of California to the other has filled the state’s skies with smoke and caused thousands to evacuate from their home. Images from Southern California wildfires Images from Northern California wildfires (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News)—The Department of Justice has found probable cause to charge Davidson Bangayan and several others for alleged manipulation of rice prices. In a resolution dated Nov. 5, the DOJ said Bangayan, whom it also found guilty for the unauthorized use of the alias “David Tan,” and Elizabeth Faustino used “multipurpose cooperatives as dummies in bidding for the importation of rice.” David Lim, Judilyne Lim, Eleanor Rodriguez and Leah Echeveria, the DOJ said, also resorted […]
