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(Eagle News) — The political officer of the United States Embassy visited several senators, including Antonio Trillanes IV. Josh Morris, chief of the internal political unit of the US Embassy, paid the senators a visit on Wednesday, Sept. 19, based on an entry in the Senate logbook. He listed “various senators” as the target of his visit. Apart from Trillanes, among the others he reportedly visited were Senators Tito Sotto and Gregorio Honasan. Sotto confirmed the […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — A former columnist for state media has been jailed for seven years for “abusive” Facebook posts about Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a court official said Wednesday, the latest case threatening free expression in the country. Ngar Min Swe was sentenced for sedition on Tuesday, Yangon’s Western District Court spokesman Htay Aung told AFP. “He was convicted… for writing abusive posts on Facebook against State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, […]
Pledges of monetary and logistical support have started pouring in after the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) issued an appeal for assistance in its sworn mission to “provide hope to the most vulnerable” communities affected by Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut). As of September 18, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched an emergency appeal seeking 2.7 million-Swiss franc (approximately P152 million) to assist 100,000 individuals from the most affected communities in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 19, hit back at former Commission on Audit commissioner Heidi Mendoza, after she defended the audit agency from the chief executive’s tirades. “Hindi niya ako malecture-an because I was ahead of her by a mile dyan sa understanding sa nitty-gritty. You convict a person by a circular? Not even by law and it’s a violation of circular. A circular? What is its dimension? Does it reach the level […]
by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s toppled leader Najib Razak was arrested Wednesday and will be charged over allegations that $628 million linked to state investment fund 1MDB ended up in his personal bank accounts, officials said. Allegations that Najib and his cronies looted huge sums from the investment vehicle were a major factor in the shock defeat of his long-ruling coalition in elections in May, at the hands […]
(Eagle News) – To help people affected by the onslaught of typhoon “Ompong,” the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) immediately conducted relief operations, including the distribution of food and other needed items in various areas in Northern, Central and Southern Luzon starting Sunday, September 16. Relief operations were in full swing as soon as “Ompong” (international name Mangkhut) left the country over the weekend leaving at least P16.76 billion in damage to agriculture, […]
(Eagle News) — Former Health Secretary Janette Garin has filed criminal charges against her successor, Paulyn Ubial, over the Dengvaxia mess. In a complaint filed before the Department of Justice, Garin sued Ubial for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, apparently blaming her for the deaths allegedly associated with the controversial dengue vaccine. Garin took note of Ubial’s move to expand the dengue immunization program from a school-based program to a community-based project. According to Garin, “deaths were […]
(Eagle News) — Damage to the agricultural sector due to Typhoon “Ompong” is now at P16.76 billion, the Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday, Sept. 19. According to the DA, affected was “a total of 636,908 hectares of agricultural areas with an estimated volume of production loss at 731,294 metric tons” in the Cordillera Administrative Region, and in Regions 1, 2, 3 and 4A. Agri-fishery investments worth P16.76 billion were also affected, with the volume […]
(Eagle News) — Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 19, slammed a Supreme Court aspirant for allegedly working for the withdrawal of a case filed against the Davao mayor so she could “take notice” of him. Without naming names, Duterte instead said the Office of the President should “think twice” about appointing the individual, who she said has been “trying to spin” the case filed against her after she punched a court sheriff during a demolition […]
(Eagle News)– Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 19, filed two new libel cases against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The cases filed before the Davao Prosecutors’ Office stem from Trillanes’ allegations in media the presidential son was involved in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment. Rainer Madrid, Duterte’s lawyer, said Trillanes had called his client a drug lord in an interview over radio dzmm on June 6 and over CNN Philippines on June 14. […]
Article quoted Trillanes as saying he and his colleagues “did not admit to the charge of coup d’etat or anything na finile sa amin” (Eagle News) — A Makati court has ordered GMA News TV to produce a “duly authenticated” copy of its 2011 report that said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV availed of the amnesty granted by the then-government for the Oakwood mutiny and the Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Makati Regional Trial […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday, Sept. 19, cited in contempt the alleged consignee of the four magnetic lifters believed to contain shabu estimated at worth P6.8 billion and that slipped into the country in August. Gordon also ordered SMYD Trading’s Marina Signapan confined in the Senate after what he said were “several attempts at compassion and understanding.” “She already lied on her status as consignee and she cannot claim that she was just consignee. […]
