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VP Robredo greets President Duterte on his bday, wishes him success for his administration

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Birthday greetings and wishes for the 73rd birthday of President Rodrigo Duterte continue to pour in, including those from Vice-President Leni Robredo. When asked about her message and wishes for President Duterte, Robredo said she wished him good health and success for his administration. “Siyempre, parati nating birthday wish iyong good health, iyong success sa administrasyon. Kasi iyong success naman ng administrasyon ng ating Pangulo, wala naman doong ibang […]

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Ombudsman opposes Napoles’ “preposterous” plea for custody transfer

She has a “misplaced, twisted sense of entitlement,” Ombudsman says (Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has filed a written opposition to  Janet Lim Napoles’ urgent plea for a custody transfer to the Department of Justice, slamming the alleged pork barrel scam queen for having  a “misplaced and twisted sense of entitlement.” According to the Ombudsman prosecutors, the request of Napoles, who is detained in Camp Bagong Diwa,  was “preposterous” given the fact that she still […]

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MRT-3 starts inspection and maintenance work; LRT, PNR to also conduct system checks on March 29

METRO MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) on Wednesday, March 28 stopped its operation to start its annual general maintenance of trains. In its advisory, the MRT-3 said that it will suspend operations until Sunday, April 1. It will resume operations on Monday, April 2. The move is to give way to their general maintenance activities as the mass rail system aims to deploy 15 trains after the long […]

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Dominguez cites urgency of harmonizing tax policies among Asia-Pacific economies

  Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III underscored the urgency of harmonizing and constantly updating tax policies and administration practices across the Asia-Pacific region to combat tax evasion against the backdrop of an increasingly borderless world. Dominguez cited, in particular, the cigarette manufacturing industry, where harnessing new tools for surveillance, the improved documentation of tax payments, and closer cooperation between tax and customs authorities are needed to check against tax fraud. In the Philippines, Dominguez said […]

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CTA clears Mikey Arroyo in P27.3-million tax evasion case

(Eagle News) — The Court of Tax Appeals has cleared former presidential son Mikey Arroyo in the P27.3-million tax evasion case filed against him. In its 69-page decision dated March 21, the First Division said this was after the prosecution failed to prove the  son of former President Gloria Arroyo had underdeclared his wealth in his income tax returns in 2004 and 2006, and in 2007. According to the court, the BIR’s “net worth method” […]

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SC urged to transfer trial venue of cases filed vs ex-NBI official, others

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to transfer the trial venue of the cases filed against Atty. Augusto Eric Isidoro, the alleged owner of the Catanduanes property where a shabu laboratory stood, and his co-accused  to any court in the National Capital Region instead. In his letter to Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said this was because the “accused in these cases are politically connected […]

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Staunch Suu Kyi ally elected Myanmar president

  NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP)  —  Myanmar’s parliament on Wednesday elected a staunch ally of Aung San Suu Kyi as the country’s new president, allowing her to maintain a tight grip on top-level decision-making. Win Myint, 66, had been tipped for the role after former president Htin Kyaw suddenly stepped down last week, citing the need for rest. Suu Kyi is barred by the military-drafted constitution from the presidency because she was married to a foreigner […]

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Panelo on LP plan to create “resistance” coalition: They can always try and fail

(Eagle News) — “They can always try. They can always fail.” This was the response of Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panel when asked to comment on the Liberal Party’s plan to create a “resistance” coalition in time for the 2019 polls. “There is nothing new there. They’ve been resisting this administration,” Panelo said. He said even then, it was a “free society.” “They are welcome,” he said. In a statement on Tuesday, LP President Senator […]

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BMW sued in US over diesel emissions

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — German luxury carmaker BMW has been sued in the United States over “defeat devices” installed in tens of thousands of vehicles in order to cheat diesel emissions tests, lawyers for the plaintiffs said Tuesday. The case, filed in federal court in New Jersey, will become a class-action suit once it is certified by a judge. The suit singles out the BMW X5 and 335D model diesel cars sold between […]

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Former NBI official tagged as owner of land on which Catanduanes shabu lab stood surrenders

(Eagle News) –A former National Bureau of Investigation official who was tagged as the owner of the property where a shabu laboratory in Catanduanes once stood has surrendered. The NBI said Atty. Augusto Eric Isidoro, who was the director of the NBI Central Mindanao Regional Office, is now under its custody in the main headquarters in Manila after his voluntary surrender on March 20, 2018. The NBI said the Fifth Judicial Region, Regional Trial Court […]

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LTFRB says 3 more applicants for TNVS to be Grab’s competitors soon in PHL

  (Eagle News) – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board announced that there are three more applicants for Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) which have already signified their intention to enter the ride-hailing system as possible competitors of Grab, which has taken over its previous major competitor, Uber. LTFRB Board Member Atty. Aileen Lizada said that the three TNVS applicants have already submitted their papers. “Nag-apply na po sila. They have already submitted their […]

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Oracle’s big-money case against Google gets new life

by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — An appeals court on Tuesday gave Oracle another shot at wringing billions of dollars from Google in a keenly watched legal battle over the use of freely available Java software code. A federal appellate court revived Oracle’s case, ruling that the application programming interface (API) code at issue is protected by copyright law and sending the case back to the original judge to […]

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