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President Duterte accepts Wanda Teo’s resignation as Tourism Secretary

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Wanda Teo’s resignation as Tourism secretary. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the revelation on Tuesday, May 8, hours after Ferdinand Topacio, Teo’s lawyer, confirmed she tendered her resignation on Monday, May 7, prior to the start of the Cabinet meeting. Teo’s resignation came after the Commission on Audit red-flagged a P60-million DOT placement of tourism advertisements in “Kilos Pronto,” a program of  Teo’s brothers Erwin and Ben […]

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Nine policemen who allegedly bashed Albayalde online surface

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Nine policemen who bashed Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde online have reported to him. “I talked to them. I made them realize na mali yung gumagawa ng mga ganyan. Sabi ko nga we are in a uniformed service. Under the Constitution, we have limited powers, we cannot fully exercise our right to organize…We practise freedom of speech and assembly. Pag nasa uniformed service mayroon kang limitation. Nasa batas […]

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Roque: President Duterte to tap expertise of panel of Asian experts to look into Dengvaxia safety concerns

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will tap the expertise of a three-man panel of Asian experts  to determine the real effects of Dengvaxia. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President arrived at the decision following the conflicting findings of the studies conducted by the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital and the Public Attorneys Office, which both conducted autopsies on individuals who died after they were administered the vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur. “Sa […]

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Production van ng isang TV network, tumaob sa highway ng Morong, Bataan

MORONG, Bataan (Eagle News) — Tumaob ang isang production van ng isang TV network na may plakang PQQ-775 sa highway ng Barangay Mabayo sa bayan ng Morong, Bataan. Sakay ng tumaob na van ang anim katao kabilang na ang driver nito. Ang nasabing production van ng isang TV network ay mula sa taping sa bayan ng Morong, Bataan at patungo sana ng Olongapo City bago nangyari ang insidente. Ayon sa driver ng van na ayaw […]

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Isang hinihinalang sniper ng Maute group, arestado matapos mag-amok at manutok ng baril

Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Nagwawala pa habang may bitbit na baril ang isang lalaki na hinihinalang miyembro ng teroristang grupo nang arestuhin ng mga tauhan ng National Capital Region Police Office-Regional Police Intelligence and Operations Units sa Cubao, Quezon City. Kinilala ang suspek na si Unday Macadato na umano’y sniper ng Maute Group na kasamang nakipagbakbakan sa main battle area sa Marawi City. Natuklasan din ng mga awtoridad na pasok ang pangalan nang suspek […]

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Several lawmakers: Teo should still be charged over P60-million ad placement controversy

(Eagle News)–Several lawmakers believe Wanda Teo should still be charged over the P60-million advertisements placement controversy even if she has stepped down as Tourism Secretary. “Hindi enough yun (resignation). Dapat kasuhan at managot sa batas kasi iyong impunity sa Duterte administration hindi nawawala eh,” Rep. Gary Alejano said. Akbayan party-list Rep. Tom Villarin  and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV agreed. Villarin said apart from Teo, her brothers, Erwin and Ben, of Bitag Media Unlimited that produces […]

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Teo resigns as Tourism Secretary

 (Eagle News) — Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo tendered her resignation letter on Monday, her lawyer said on Tuesday, May 8. Ferdinand Topacio said she tendered her resignation prior to the start of the Cabinet meeting. “Her letter was personally handed by her to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea in the afternoon. Late in the evening, after the Cabinet meeting was when she saw the President to talk to him in private,” Topacio said. Topacio […]

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600 barangay officials, maaaring sampahan ng kaso dahil sa kabiguang malabanan ang droga – DILG

(Eagle News) — Nasa 600 karagdagang barangay officials pa ang maaaring sampahan ng kaso ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Dahil umano ito sa kabiguang tumulong sa war on drugs ng gobyerno kahit na mayroon silang na-organisang Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils o BADAC. Ayon kay Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño, ang mga nasabing opisyal ng barangay ay nakapag-organisa na ng BADAC ngunit hindi naman ito functional. Ang listahan aniya ng mga opisyal ng […]

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Mamao named special envoy to Kuwait

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has named a special envoy to Kuwait amid strained relations between the Philippines and the Middle Eastern country over Overseas Filipino Workers abuse. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President appointed to the post Abdullah Mamao, his adviser on OFW concerns. Roque said Mamao is slated to fly to Kuwait and help in efforts to repatriate Filipinos who wish to come home. The appointment comes after Kuwait recalled its Manila representative […]

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Armenian protest leader set to be elected PM

by Irakli Metreveli Agence France Presse YEREVAN, Armenia (AFP) — The Armenian parliament is due to elect a new prime minister Tuesday with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan set to take the post after spearheading weeks of mass protests against the ruling party. The vote will be Pashinyan’s second attempt to get elected as premier after the ruling Republican Party narrowly blocked his first bid on May 1, despite initially promising not to stand in the […]

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Nasa 29 milyong mag-aaral, inaasahang papasok sa darating na pasukan

(Eagle News) — Nakatakda nang maglabas ng opisyal na school calendar ang Department of Education (DepEd) para sa darating na academic year. Ayon kay Education Secretary Leonor Briones, nasa 29 milyong mag-aaral ang inaasahang papasok sa pagbubukas ng pasukan sa susunod na buwan. Bukod pa ito sa 1.5 milyon mag-aaral sa Senior High School ngayong taon. Samantala, itinakda na sa Hunyo 4 ang pagbubukas ng klase sa School Year 2018-2019, habang maaari namang i-resched ng […]

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China vice premier to visit US for trade talks: White House

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — China’s top economic official will visit Washington next week to continue trade discussions, the White House said Monday, as threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods could be imposed this month. The visit by Vice Premier Liu He — considered President Xi Jinping’s right-hand man on economic issues — comes after he led talks in Beijing last week with a high-level US delegation that made little headway in resolving […]

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