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(Eagle News) — The Coalition for Justice on Monday, April 30, urged Solicitor General Jose Calida to resign after he denied a request for him to file a quo warranto petition against Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on the basis she supposedly did not file her complete Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. CFJ, which supports Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno who faces a quo warranto case filed by Calida for her alleged failure […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Monday, April 30, formally filed charges against barangay officials who allegedly failed to set up the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council in their areas of jurisdiction, as required by the law. Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño and Assistant Secretary Ricojudge Janver Echiverri filed the administrative complaints before the Ombudsman against the chairs of Barangays 471, 477, 482, 659-A, and 690 in Manila. The filing came on […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has submitted additional evidence in the drug case against Kerwin Espinosa and his co-accused. Included among those submitted by the OSG during the second hearing of the preliminary investigation into the charges of conspiracy in relation to the sale of illegal drugs against Espinosa, Peter Lim, Peter Co, Max Miro, Lovely Impal, Lovely Ruel Malindangan, Jun Pepito and others were the sworn statements of […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A landslide killed nine people in a village in northern China on Monday, authorities said. The disaster occurred in the village of Caijiazhuang shortly before 5:00 am (2100 GMT Sunday), Luliang municipal government in Shanxi province said on its official social media account. More than a hundred firefighters, medical workers, and rescuers — some using earth-moving machinery — were sent to the site to search for survivors trapped under the fallen […]
TIJUANA, Mexico (AFP) — At least 150 Central American migrants reached the border between Mexico and the United States on Sunday, determined to seek asylum from the US. The group arrived in the Mexican border town of Tijuana, part of a caravan of more than 1,000 people who set out from Mexico’s southern border on March 25. “We still need to ask for asylum and we hope the US government will open the doors,” Reyna […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Shares in South Korean builders, railway component makers and other firms with links to the North rocketed on Monday as Friday’s inter-Korea summit fuelled optimism for new cross-border projects. The historic meeting saw the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowing to “encourage more active cooperation, exchanges” and promote “co-prosperity.” The declaration sent shares of many firms which were once involved in now moribund inter-Korean […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Monday, April 30, defended the dismissal of one of its regional directors for alleged corruption. In a statement, the DOTr said the removal of Jun Abrazaldo from the Bicol regional director post, was upon the order of President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who appointed him. The statement was issued after Abrazaldo filed a complaint against Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Chair Martin Delgra III for alleged abuse […]
(Eagle News) – Senate President Koko Pimentel on Monday, April 30, said Qatar or Saudi Arabia could serve as “intermediaries” between the Philippines and Kuwait. Pimentel made the statement following what appears to be a straining of relations between the Asian country and the Gulf state stemming from the abuse of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle Eastern country. Kuwait has ordered the expulsion of Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa and the recall of its Manila […]
(Eagle News) — Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said on Monday, April 30, that the P60-million payment by People’s Television Network Inc. to Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. for the airing of Department of Tourism advertisements on her brother Ben Tulfo’s program was covered by a “government-to-government contract.” Teo said that she never signed any such contract, which “went through a bidding” and was “reviewed by” the DOT’s legal department. “All checks were made payable to […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Monday dismissed “unfounded” accusations by new US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over its “ambition to dominate the Middle East.” Pompeo lashed out at Tehran on Sunday during a rapid tour of Middle East allies ahead of a crucial White House decision on whether to quit a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Speaking during a visit to Iran’s arch-rival and key US ally Saudi Arabia just days after […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, April 30, said it would probe the P60-million payment made by People’s Television Network Inc. (PTNI) to Ben Tulfo’s Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. (BMUI) for the airing of Department of Tourism (DOT) advertisements. The DOT is headed by Tulfo’s sister, Wanda Teo. “Ang alam ko umabot na ‘yung balita (kay Presidente Rodrigo Duterte). I can confirm na meron nang let’s look into this. Gusto niyang malaman ang puno’t […]
