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by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan exploded for 42 points as the Toronto Raptors clinched their place in the NBA playoffs with a 121-119 overtime victory against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. DeRozan added six assists and four rebounds in a virtuoso performance that hauled the Raptors back from the brink of what would have been an upset loss to the Pistons. Toronto improved to 47-17 with […]
But Associate Justice De Castro calls out Sereno in same event: “That’s sub judice” (Eagle News) – “I will not yield.” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had this to say on Thursday, barely an hour before the House Committee on Justice, voting 38-2, found probable cause to impeach her. “The oath that I have taken is to protect the Constitution, the independence of the judiciary, and to take a stand for every judge whose freedom […]
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Inaalis na ng Bureau of FIsheries and Aquatic Resources ang pagbabawal sa pangunguha, pagkain at pagbebenta ng mga shellfish na nagmula sa Honda Bay sa Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. Ang naturang kautusan ay nakapaloob sa anunsyo ng BFAR noong ika-7 ng Marso. Matatandaang buwan pa ng Disyembre ng nakaraang taon nang ipagbawal ang pagkain at pagkuha ng iba’t ibang uri ng shells sa Honda Bay dahil sa pagpopositibo nito […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s team played down talk of a trade war Wednesday as it fought to limit a financial market sell-off, promising a quick decision on contentious tariffs that prompted a popular economic advisor to the president to quit. Administration big guns Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin rushed to the cameras to calm market jitters over proposed steel and aluminum […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday said she would ask Senate President Koko Pimentel for a meeting on the possible conduct of a “refresher course” on proper decorum during an impeachment trial. Binay made the pronouncement just as the House justice panel, voting 38-2, said there was probable cause to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Rep. Reynaldo Umali, panel chair, also slated the next hearing to March 14, at […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Authorities arrested on Wednesday night a Philippine Army official who allegedly moonlights as a drug pusher. Apart from 2nd Lt. Hamel Abubakar Samsuddin of the 9th Infantry Division’s 83rd Infantry Battalion, arrested in the buy-bust operation launched by members of the Quezon City Police District were his live-in partner, Aslimah Aliba, and one Mohair Masicuin. According to QCPD director Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, the operation in Mapayapa Village, Barangay […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagviral sa social media ang memorandum ukol sa umano’y presensya sa bansa ng ISIS bombers at mga bomb expert na nagpaplano umanong umatake sa mga mall sa Zamboanga, Davao, Cebu, Manila, Ilo-Ilo, Cagayan De Oro at mga siyudad sa Northern at Southern Luzon. Pero base sa isinagawang beripikasyon ng PNP, negatibo umano ang nasabing impormasyon. Sa harap nito, ayaw daw magpakasiguro ng National Capital Region Police Office. Kaya naman habang […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Wala umanong planong hadlangan ng Palasyo kung bubuksan ng Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) ang bank accounts ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Tugon ito ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque nang matanong kung ipag-uutos ni Pangulong Duterte sa AMLC na makipag-ugnayan sa imbestigasyon ng Ombudsman sa umano’y tagong yaman ng Pangulo. Ayon pa sa kalihim, sa tingin niya ay puwede namang magkusa ang AMLC na buksan ang tinutukoy na bank account ni Pangulong […]
(Eagle News) – Voting 38-2, the House Committee on Justice on Thursday, March 8, found “probable cause to impeach” Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. This was announced by House Committee on Justice chair Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali who also stressed how the proceedings in the case were very much different from what happened with the impeachment of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona. Umali earlier announced that the voting was 37-2, […]
Also charged was accountant who certified Rappler financial statements “despite clear omission, misstatement,” BIR says (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Internal Revenue has sued Rappler Holdings Inc. for tax evasion. In a statement on Thursday, the BIR said the criminal complaint against RHC, its president Maria Ressa, and treasurer James Bitanga was filed before the Department of Justice. The complaint was in connection with RHC’s alleged “willful attempt to evade or defeat tax” and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s prime minister warned Thursday that North Korea’s offer of denuclearization talks with the United States could be a ploy to play for time and stressed the need for Pyongyang to take “concrete” steps. In his first public comments since an apparent diplomatic breakthrough between North and South Korea, Shinzo Abe said that talking for the sake of talking was “meaningless.” “I’ve repeatedly said that we have to create a situation […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinasura ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang reklamong paglabag sa batas laban sa Tunisian national na umano’y miyembro ng ISIS terrorist group. Sa pitong pahinang resolusyon ng DOJ prosecution panel na pirmado ni Senior Asst. State Prosecutor Peter Ong, kawalan ng sapat na batayan o probable cause ang dahilan ng DOJ kung bakit ibinasura ang reklamo ng Philippine National Police (PNP) laban sa dayuhang si Fehmi Lassoued alyas Haytham Abdulhamid […]
