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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, April 18, stood firm in his stand against the divorce bill, which is being pushed by House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. “I’m sorry but I cannot follow you,” Duterte said in his speech during military change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo. Duterte said his daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, was “not happy with that, really.” “Mag-usap na lang kayo ni Sara (Just talk to Sara Duterte),” he […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that his CIA chief has held secret talks with North Korea’s leader in Pyongyang, as the South said it was exploring paths to a peace deal with the nuclear-armed North. Seoul’s push for discussions on formally declaring an end to inter-Korean hostilities was the latest in a series of diplomatic initiatives involving the divided Korean peninsula that would have been unthinkable just months […]
(Eagle News) – “A miscarriage of justice.” This was how Senator Leila De Lima described on Wednesday, April 18, the Supreme Court’s dismissal of her appeal of its previous decision that junked her petition questioning, among others, the validity of the drug charges filed against her. “After all, my legal team, led by former Solicitor General Florin T. Hilbay, has more than ably presented and argued our position that the allegations in the Information amount […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno suffered a dip in her net satisfaction ratings as she falls to a personal “record-low” of a negative seven “neutral” rating this first quarter, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Sereno’s ratings had a “double digit decline” in the March 2018 survey, down by 13 points from the +6 rating which she had in December 2017. This is already 6 […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Western Mindanao Command head Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez formally took the helm of the 85,000-strong military in change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday, April 18. Galvez, who was the overall commander of military operations during the Marawi siege, replaced General Rey Leonardo Guerrero, who bowed out of military service after 38 years. Guerrero reached his mandatory age of retirement on December 17 last year, but the […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Wednesday, April 18, approved the accreditation of another Transportation Network Company in the country. Hype Transport Systems Inc.’s certificate of accreditation was signed by LTFRB Chair Martin Delgra III and Board Members Ronaldo E. Corpus and Aileen Lizada. It was attested to by Executive Director Samuel Jardin. According to the certificate, Hype’s accreditation will be valid for two years after LTFRB approval. Hype’s accreditation […]
(Eagle News) — The net satisfaction rating of Vice President Leni Robredo declined in the first quarter of 2018, according to the survey conducted by Social Weather Survey. From her +42 net satisfaction ratings in December 2017, Robredo’s overall net satisfaction rating dropped down to 8 points, settling at +34 points which is still considered a “good” rating. “The 8-point decline in the overall net satisfaction rating of Vice-Pres. Robredo was due to decreases of […]
(Eagle News) — Former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Rey Leonardo Guerrero will remain in public office. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte named Guerrero, who had just formally transferred command of the 85,000-strong military to Western Mindanao Command Chief Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez Jr., to the helm of the Maritime Industry Authority on Wednesday, April 18. Duterte ordered Guerrero to report to Marina next week. Guerrero reached the mandatory […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Jr., said that President Rodrigo Duterte will fire another undersecretary this week. The announcement was made during a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, April 17. Roque also said that the undersecretary who will be fired is part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to remove corrupt officials. “Mayroon talagang [undersecretary] na scheduled para sibakin,” Roque said. This came after President Rodrigo Duterte in a speech during the mass […]
Filipinos have “unlimited freedom of expression,” but foreign nun’s criticisms vs PHL a “violation of PHL sovereignty,” he says (Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, April 18, admitted it was he who ordered Catholic nun Patricia Fox investigated. “I ordered her to be investigated..not arrested..but invited her to an investigation for disorderly conduct,” Duterte said during change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo. According to Duterte, Philippine laws “provide that I can deport you […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iimbestigahan ng National Food Authority (NFA) ang napaulat na umano’y ibinebentang mabahong bigas sa merkado. Nasabay kase ang nasabing isyu sa distribusyon ng bigas, nitong Martes, Abril 17 mula sa Nueva Ecija na nagkakahalaga ng 39 pesos kada kilo bilang pansamantalang pamalit sa NFA rice. Ayon kay NFA Spokesperson Rex Estoperez, bagaman hindi galing sa NFA ang nasabing bulok na bigas ay titignan pa rin nila ito para matiyak […]
(Eagle News) — Some lawyers’ groups have asked the United Nations Special Rapporteur to “take urgent action” on President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncements that they allege “punctuate the long-winded attacks on judicial independence…” “The recent tirades of the President against the Chief Justice do not sound at all foreboding..,” the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Alternative Law Groups, the leftist National Union of People’s Lawyers, Ateneo Human Rights Center, Free Legal Assistance Group, Manananggol Laban sa […]
