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(Eagle News) – The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has “deplored” a recent statement of President Rodrigo Duterte urging police forces not to cooperate with UN special rapporteur who is tasked to investigate the alleged human rights violations in the Philippines. In his oral address on March 7 to the 37th human rights council, Zeid said he was also concerned with the “continued vilification” of UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard […]
(Eagle News) — Rappler on Friday slammed the administration for its alleged use of government resources to go after the media entity. “The Duterte administration is mustering state resources at the risk of grave embarrassment and accusations of arbitrariness and brazen harassment. What is this government so afraid of?” Rappler said in a statement posted on its site. The statement came after the National Bureau of Investigation filed a cyber-libel complaint against Rappler executive editor […]
(Eagle News) – Stop interfering. Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had this to say to politicians who she claimed were “harassing” her and therefore encroaching in judicial independence. In a speech at the Panpacific University in Pangasinan on Friday, March 9, Sereno, wearing an all-black outfit, even appeared to liken herself to Captain America in the movie “The Avengers: Civil War,” to the protagonists of “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” and to the main character […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that gives selected Philippine National Police officials the power to issue subpoenas. Republic Act No. 10973, signed by the President on March 1, 2018, particularly gives the PNP chief, and the director and deputy director for administration of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group the authority to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum “in relation to their investigation.” “The subpoena shall state the […]
(Eagle News) — Former Philippine National Police Chief Alan Purisima has asked the anti-graft court to allow him to go on an 11-day trip to the United States so he can attend the annual meeting of his organization, and meet his family. Purisima told the Second Division, where he faces perjury cases over alleged falsehoods in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth from 2006 to 2009, and from 2011 to 2014, that he planned […]
She has already done a “magnificent job in alienating her own colleagues,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is not bullying Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Palace said on Friday, noting that she has already “done a magnificent job in alienating her own colleagues.” In an online interview, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said proof of this was that it was Sereno’s colleagues themselves “who say she does not deserve the post.” “Hindi […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Concerned government agencies will conduct an ocular inspection of Mayon Volcano and its surroundings to check for lahar flow that can happen when the rains come. The move to conduct the ocular inspection came after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology lowered Mayon’s alert level from 4 to level 3 because of its decreased volcanic activity. Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs and Mayon Eruption Over-all Crisis Manager Francis […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named the wife of former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro as the Philippines’ representative to the United Nations Children’s Fund. Based on the appointment paper dated March 7, Monica Prieto Teodoro’s term will last for a year–from September 26, 2017 to September 27, 2018. The female Teodoro served as Tarlac 1st District representative from 2007 to 2010. Her husband, who was defense secretary from 2007 to 2009, was offered the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has dismissed the rebellion complaint against the widow of slain Maute terrorist group leader Otto Maute. In a resolution dated March 7, the DOJ ruled there was a lack of probable cause for the complaint filed by the police and the military against Najiya Dilangalen Karon-Maute. She was arrested in January by the police and the military who accused her of aiding members of the terrorist group. In junking the […]
Krest-Anne Cortes Eagle News Service SANTIAGO, Chile—Miles de personas marcharon por Chile para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Mujer. En la capital, la marcha empezó por el sector de la plaza de Baquedano cerca de las 19 horas, la que, de acuerdo a las estimaciones, convocó más de 30,000 personas. Participaron distintas agrupaciones sociales como “Ni Una Menos,” la Confederación de Estudiantes de Chile, la Central Unitaria de Trabajadores y “No+AFP (Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones)” […]
(Eagle News ) — Tinatayang 20 katao ang sugatan matapos ang nangyaring karambola ng sampung sasakyan Biyernes ng umaga, Marso 9, sa Roxas Boulevard, Parañaque City. Sa 20 katao, nasa kritikal na kondisyon ang 12. Kabilang sa salpukan ang dalawang bus, apat na jeepney, dalawang UV Express van at dalawang motorsiklo. Ayon sa salaysay ng isang opisyal ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Metrobase, isa sa mga bus ang hindi kaagad nakapagpreno dahilan upang nagresulta ito ng […]
Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – Quarterfinal action at Madison Square Garden kicked off Thursday as the 36th annual Big East tournament got underway. In the last daytime session game, the Providence Friars moved on with a 72-68 overtime victory against the Creighton Blue Jays. The Friars are in the tournament Semifinals for the 11th time, their fourth trip in five years. A game that was a bit sloppy from […]
