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Nina Aser Bulanadi at Godofredo Santiago Eagle News Service CONCEPCION, Tarlac (Eagle News) – Arestado ang isang barangay councilor na umano’y kabilang sa high value targets (HVT) ng mga pulis at ang isa pang kasama nito sa pagbebenta ng iligal na droga. Naaresto ang konsehal na si Dennis Quilala Maliwat, 36, at ang kasama nitong si Gerardo Zamora Bucu, 35, kapwa residente ng Brgy. Alfonso, Concepcion, ng mga tauhan ng Concepcion Municipal Police Station. Nakumpiska sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Monday released a teaser video on the New Generation Currency Coin Series. The video posted on the BSP’s Facebook account showed the physical appearances of the P1, P5, and P10 coins. The P10 coin features hero Apolinario Mabini and at the back, the kapa-kapa plant. The BSP said the coin was also “milled with edge lettering.” The P5 coin, the BSP said, features Andres Bonifacio and at […]
(Eagle News)–The Quezon City government has revoked the business permit of Dimple Star Transport on Monday, after one of its buses fell into a cliff in Occidental Mindoro, killing 19 people. Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista said the company’s main terminal in Santolan, Quezon City was also ordered shut down. “Noong tiningnan sa Quezon City Business Permits and Licensing Office, ang Dimple Star eh non-compliant sila. Tapos nagkaroon sila ng aksidente,” he said. The shutdown and […]
(Eagle News) – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has ordered Bureau of Customs officials (BoC) to “set up data arrangements” with three more of the country’s top trading partners in a bid to curb smuggling. In a statement on Monday, the Department of Finance said Dominguez made the directive for the BoC to establish the system with South Korea, Japan, and the United States during a recent executive meeting. The Finance chief said that in particular, […]
(Eagle News) — Former Ilocos Norte Rep. Roquito Ablan Jr. passed away on Monday. His son, Communications Assistant Secretary Kris Ablan, confirmed the news in a Facebook post. The government official said his father was 85 years old. “My dad passed away peacefully this morning. Lucky to be at his bedside when he died,” the younger Ablan said. His father was an 8-term representative of the 1st district of Ilocos Norte in the Lower House. He also […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to go on a 31-day trip to the United States. The Fifth Division approved Estrada’s motion to travel from April 30 to May 30 in open court on Monday. In his motion, Estrada had asked that he be allowed to travel from April 21 to May 31 as he had accepted to become guest speaker of the US Pinoy for Good Governance (USP4GG) annual general membership […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service At least nine Philippine National Police Academy cadets are facing criminal charges over the beating of six inspectors who just graduated from the institution on Wednesday. Chief Supt. Joseph Adnol, PNPA director, said if found guilty, Donald Kissing, Jem Peralta, Clintjohn Baguidodol, Paul Christopher Macalalad, Loreto Tuliao Jr., and four others known only by their last names–Delos Santos, Calamba, Coplat and Amanon—will also be dismissed from the academy for mauling […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — The Malaysian government Monday proposed a law to combat “fake news” which could see offenders jailed for 10 years, sparking fears authorities aim to stifle criticism as elections loom. Governments in several countries, emboldened by US President Donald Trump’s fulminations against “fake news,” are considering such legislation. But rights groups warn that authoritarian regimes are likely to use the new laws to crack down on dissent. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib […]
(Eagle News) — Parents of the 10 Aegis Juris fraternity members who were charged over the death of Horacio Castillo III have asked the National Bureau of Investigation to keep custody of their children. The parents said in a letter addressed to NBI director Dante Gierran that their children would not be safe after all if they were transferred to the Manila Police District. “The MPD is one of the complainants in the above-entitled […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima is detained over “serious drug charges.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say following former President Benigno Aquino III’s comment the former justice secretary was in jail because of her principles and political beliefs. Aquino made the pronouncement during the launch of her electronic book “Dispatches from Crame I,” as he urged the public to continue to support her. “The lady senator was arrested and incarcerated because […]
(Eagle News) — Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 40 Judge Alfonso Ampuan Jr. has inhibited himself from the Horacio Castillo III hazing case. Ampuan said he found it “appropriate” to grant the motion to inhibit of accused John Robin Ramos and Juan Miguel Salamat because they and their respective counsels “already nurtured any (bias at) the back of their minds the thought that the Presiding Judge of this Court has now tilted the scales of […]
(Eagle News) – By 2022, the Philippines would already have a federal form of government, and Filipinos will vote for a new president to rule the country. This was the assurance made by former Chief Justice Reynato Puno in a media briefing on Monday, March 26, 2018. “By 2022 we should have already federalized. Meaning, we will no longer have a unitary government, we’ll have a federal government and the powers of the government […]
