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(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense on Friday welcomed the Senate’s possible probe into the P15.7-billion frigate acquisition project. “We have long been waiting for the opportunity to shed light on this issue so that the truth will finally be known,” Defense spokesperson Dir. Arsenio Andolong said in a brief statement. Earlier, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana defended Bong Go from allegations he intervened in the project, particularly in the bidding for the Combat […]
(Eagle News) — Two lawmakers on Friday said attempts to implicate Special Assistant to the President Bong Go in the allegedly anomalous P15.7-billion frigate acquisition project were nothing more but part of a “desperate hack job against President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.” In a statement, Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles said he and his brother Assistant Majority Leader Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles were “convinced” about this, considering that the “issue was raised out […]
IQUIQUE, Chile (AFP) — Pope Francis on Thursday strongly defended a Chilean bishop accused of covering up a priest’s sexual abuse of minors. “The day they bring me proof against Bishop Barros, then I will speak,” the pope said in response to a journalist’s question about the 61-year-old bishop, appointed by Francis in 2015 despite being accused of covering up another priest’s abuse of boys. “There is not a single piece of proof against […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — A car ploughed into a crowd on Rio de Janeiro’s tourist-packed Copacabana seaside promenade on Thursday, killing a baby and injuring 17 people, authorities said, with the driver telling investigators he suffered a seizure. The black car, its windshield shattered and the front caved in, came to rest on the beach where some of the injured were frantically being treated. The Rio de Janeiro health secretariat told AFP that […]
by Jim Mannion Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The US House of Representatives passed a stop-gap funding measure late Thursday that would avert a government shutdown, sending it to the Senate where Democrats have vowed to block it. With the federal government set to run out of money Friday at midnight — the eve of the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration — the bill cleared the House with a 230-197 vote. But prospects appeared […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday said a Senate probe into the P15.7-billion frigate acquisition project would be an opportunity to determine “if (the) Aquino government committed any anomalies in the bidding.” As such, the filing of Senate Resolution No. 584 by minority bloc senators Francis Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Leila de Lima, Antonio Trillanes IV, Franklin Drilon and Bam Aquino was a “welcome move,” Roque said. The opposition senators called for an inquiry […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – Chinese authorities detained a prominent human rights lawyer on Friday, people familiar with the case said, just hours after he provided journalists with a letter calling for constitutional reform. Around a dozen people, including a SWAT team, seized Yu Wensheng as he left his Beijing apartment to walk his child to school, two sources told AFP. Local police said they were unaware of his detention. Yu has been a persistent voice for reform in […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly rose Friday after another positive week across trading floors but investors’ desire for more buying was being tested by profit-taking and worries about a possible US government shutdown. Wall Street came off record highs to end lower as Washington lawmakers bicker over a federal funding deal, which must be passed by midnight on Friday US time. The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday but there […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The minority bloc in the Senate on Friday called for an investigation into the Navy’s P15.7-billion frigate acquisition project. Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Antonio Trillanes IV, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros and Leila de Lima filed Resolution No. 584 which they said aimed to look at whether the project–where Special Assistant to the President Bong Go was alleged to have interfered—“complies with pertinent laws.” The lawmakers said the hearings […]
by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Note to action movie directors: you probably don’t need to tell Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson — juvenile crack dealer turned multi-millionnaire rapper and movie star — how to take a bullet. It was a liberty first-time filmmaker Christian Gudegast felt comfortable taking, however, during the filming of Jackson’s latest movie, gritty heist thriller “Den of Thieves.” “There’s a point where I get shot in […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi na nakapalag pa ang Filipino-Pakistani na si Abdul Razak Bukhari nang arestuhin ng mga operatiba ng Cybercrime Division ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sa ginawang entrapment operation noong Martes ng gabi sa Quezon City. Nag-ugat ang reklamo mula sa dating karelasyon nito na tumanggi nang magpakilala matapos dumulog sa NBI ukol sa banta ng suspek. Sa imbestigasyon ng NBI, nagkakilala lang sa social media ang dalawa at […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hihingi ng clemency ang Malacañang sa gobyerno ng Malaysia para mailigtas sa parusang kamatayan ang siyam na Pilipinong militante na nahaharap ngayon sa death row. Sa isinagawang press briefing sa Albay, sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na tungkulin ng estado na tiyaking ligtas ang mga Pilipino na nasa ibang bansa. Ayon kay Roque ang tanging magagawa ng Malacañang ay umapela para sa clemency ng siyam na Pilipino na nasa […]
