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(Eagle News) –Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea will serve as caretaker of the government during President Rodrigo Duterte’s trips abroad this month. Duterte made the announcement in Special Order 310, which he signed on Tuesday, April 3. “The Executive Secretary shall act as OIC to take care of day-to-day operations in the Office of the President and to oversee the general administration of the Executive Department,” the President said. He said “all acts of the Executive […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice-on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno is asking four of the tribunal’s justices to “inhibit” from the quo warranto petition filed against her by the Office of the Solicitor General. Sereno filed a motion for inhibition against Associate Justices Noel Tijam, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Francis Jardeleza. Justice Tijam was the justice assigned to write whatever will be the decision on the […]
There’s still so much rice, though, Evasco says (Eagle News)– The National Food Authority has less than a day’s worth of rice buffer stock, but NFA Council Chair Jun Evasco said there was no need to panic. While the buffer stock equivalent to 200,000 bags was only good for 0.35 of a day, the NFA Council chair said the country still had more than enough rice. The government requires a 15-day buffer stock at any […]
DAET, Camarines Norte (Eagle News) – Mataas pa rin ang backlog ng mga hindi pa kumukuha ng drivers license na 5-year validity sa Land Transportation Office-Camarines Norte. Nasa 8,000 mula sa 20,000 pa lamang ang nakakakuha nito ayon kay LTO-Camarines Norte chief Nenita Llaban. Tuloy-tuloy naman anila ang pag-iimprenta ng naturang lisensiya sa kanilang tanggapan. Patuloy naman sa pagsasagawa ng alternatibong paraan ang ahensya upang masolusyunan ang naturang suliranin. Orlando Encinares
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The supply of rice for the country is still sufficient. This is according to Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Special Concerns Atty. Ranibai Dilangalen despite reports on the alleged shortage of buffer stock of the National Food Authority (NFA). In an interview with Net 25’s Radyo ng Agila, Dilangalen clarified that the shortage of the NFA is on the buffer stocks, but that the overall rice sufficiency was more […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — On the third day of the manual recount of votes on the poll protest of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos against Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, revisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) found several unused or excess ballots that were “pre-shaded” in favor of the Vice President. The allegedly pre-shaded ballots came from the town of Baao in Camarines Sur, Robredo’s home province. The manual recount and […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang on Wednesday, April 4, said that it has not received resignation letters from Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go, in a letter to Malacañang media, said that they have not received any letter from Aguirre nor from Bello. The statement came after reports floated that one or two cabinet members were going to be given the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno will attend oral arguments on the quo warranto petition filed against her. Jojo Lacanilao, one of Sereno’s spokespersons, said Sereno will appear before her colleagues on April 10 and “engage them.” “We believe that Solicitor General (Jose) Calida is wrong in filing the petition,” Lacanilao said, reiterating that the “appropriate measure” to remove the Chief Justice was via impeachment. “We hope that the […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila de Lima have asked the Supreme Court to allow them to intervene and oppose the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In a five-page motion, Trillanes and De Lima said as “citizens, taxpayers and senators of the Republic,” they “have the right and duty to uphold the Constitution and to oppose government actions that are clearly patently unconstitutional.” They added they also […]
Says both parties should comply with “past mutual binding commitments and agreements” instead (Eagle News) — While he welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s openness to the resumption of peace talks, Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Zarate said on Wednesday that both the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the government should not “set preconditions.” Zarate said in a statement that it would be “best” if the two parties would just comply with “past mutual […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The Kremlin has demanded an apology from British Prime Minister Theresa May and her government which implicated President Vladimir Putin in the nerve agent attack on a former double agent, saying this “idiocy has gone too far” “Their theory will not be confirmed in any case because it is not possible to confirm it,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on a visit to Ankara Tuesday evening. “And the British foreign minister who […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police will continue to go after communist rebels. Chief Supt. John Bulalacao, PNP spokesperson, made the pronouncement even after President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that peace talks with the communists could continue if they stop committing alleged atrocities and agree to a ceasefire. “In fact, ang intel community, tuloy (ang paghahanap sa kanila)..Habang walang peace talks tuloy ang effort na yun,” Bulalacao said. He […]
