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A video posted by the Syrian Presidency on YouTube showed Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad driving to Eastern Ghouta on Sunday (March 18). Assad paid his first visit in years to the battered enclave to congratulate his troops for their bloody assault on rebels. Syrian state television also broadcast photos of the president dressed in a shirt and jacket surrounded by soldiers, some perched on a tank behind him, in an unspecified part of Eastern Ghouta. […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has recommended the filing of charges against former Immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles for their alleged attempt to extort P50 million from gaming tycoon Jack Lam in November 2016. This was after the plenary on Tuesday adopted the report and the recommendations of the blue ribbon committee to file the graft and corruption, plunder and direct bribery charges against them. The panel, led by Senator Richard Gordon, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks fell for the third straight session on Tuesday as high-tech shares faced selling pressure after a Facebook data breach scandal sent US stocks sharply down. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.47 percent or 99.93 points to close at 21,380.97, while the broader Topix index was down 0.21 percent or 3.68 points at 1,716.29. “High-tech shares were hit by the data breach at Facebook,” said Hikaru Sato, senior technical […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, March 20 said that the proposed bill allowing divorce will go through a lengthy debate in the Senate. On Monday, the measure which allows a married couple to divorce passed on third reading with a vote of 134-57 with 2 abstentions in the House of Representatives. Escudero’s statement was made after President Rodrigo Duterte through Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that he does […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been directed to revoke the licenses and permits of mining companies that are “supplying explosives” to communist rebels, and violating rules on the handling of explosives. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who held a press conference on Tuesday, the directive was given by President Rodrigo Duterte himself during the National Security Council Executive Committee Meeting in Malacañang on Monday. In previous speeches, Duterte […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook’s chief of security said late Monday his role has shifted to focusing on emerging risks and election security at the global social network, which is under fire for letting its platform be used to spread bogus news and manipulate voters. Alex Stamos announced the change in his work role after The New York Times reported he was leaving Facebook in the wake of internal clashes over how to […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said it was now finalizing arrangements for the formal signing of an agreement with the Kuwaiti government on the protection of overseas Filipino workers deployed in the Gulf state. In a statement on Tuesday, March 20, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) may take place in the first week of April. The venue of the signing has […]
(Eagle News) – An official of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said that it would require the Senate to actually agree to the withdrawal of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court (ICC) before the country can be considered that it is actually withdrawing from the international body. CHR commissioner Roberto Cadiz, the current CHR officer-in-charge, also said that it was “too late in the day” for the Philippine government to stop the […]
(Eagle News) — I will not resign. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre had this to say on Tuesday, in response to calls he step down following the dismissal of drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others by his agency’s National Prosecution Office. “There’s no reason why I should resign because wala akong kasalanan..Hindi mo naman masasabing nalusutan (ako) kasi di pa nakakarating (sa opisina ko),” he said. He said at the time news about the matter […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said that President Rodrigo Duterte wants to talk to the country’s big rice traders. In a Facebook post, President Rodrigo Duterte tasked the National Food Authority to invite the rice traders to “have coffee” with him and to discuss the situation of national rice supply in the country. “You invite them. Sabihin mo mag-kape lang kami,” was reportedly Duterte’s instruction to NFA Administrator Jason Aquino […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Monday, March 19 issued an eviction order to 32 erring business establishments in two barangays in El Nido, Palawan. The DENR issues the eviction order due to violation by the owners of the three-meter easement zone from the seashore. DENR-Palawan, Felizardo Cayatoc said that the establishments were given 30 days to vacate and self-demolish their stalls. The order was served […]
Seek to initiate contempt proceedings vs her (Eagle News) — Forty-eight congressmen are calling for the resignation of Sandra Cam as board member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. Through Resolution No. 1777 introduced by Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., Rep. Danilo Suarez, and Rep. Robert Barbers, the lawmakers also sought to initiate contempt proceedings against her. The move, the lawmakers said, stems from Cam’s “contemptuous and threatening remarks” against Teves, whom she accused of being […]
