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(Eagle News) — Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday said he has plans of asking the Supreme Court to reverse a Court of Appeals decision clearing former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes of any involvement in the killing of environmentalist Gerry Ortega. “We are ready and raring to take this case all the way to the Supreme Court. There will be no miscarriage of justice under my watch,” Calida said. Calida issued the statement a day […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son has been caught on tape seemingly drunk outside a strip club talking about a key natural gas deal, leading to political fallout on Tuesday. The audio recording of Yair Netanyahu, who has been the subject of controversy in the past, was aired by Israel’s Channel 2 television late Monday. On the recording, said to be from 2015, Yair Netanyahu, now 26, can be heard speaking with […]
(Eagle News) — Martin Diño is now undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. President Rodrigo Duterte himself made the appointment, months after he was asked to give up his post as chair of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority chair “in the name of public interest.” The President then appointed lawyer Wilma Eisma, then the SBMA administrator, in Diño’s place. The chief executive did this after issuing Executive Order 42 that effectively repealed a […]
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea said it was willing to send athletes and a high-level delegation to the forthcoming Winter Olympics in the South on Tuesday as the rivals held their first official talks in more than two years after high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program. Seoul urged that reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War — one of the most emotive legacies of the […]
(Eagle News) — The government is eyeing to kick off the construction of the $500-million Metro Manila Flood Control Management Project this January. In a statement, the Department of Finance said this was following the approval by the boards of the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank of the co-financing for the project. Of the $500 million, the DOF said $207.603 million will come from the WB, “as approved by its board of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea will not seek to renegotiate a deal with Japan on wartime sex slavery, it said Tuesday, despite new President Moon Jae-In saying on the campaign trail he “could not accept” the agreement. The issue of women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II is a hugely emotional one that has long marred ties between the South and its former colonial ruler. Ousted president Park […]
(Eagle News) — The officer in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government officially turned over the reins of the agency to its new head in ceremonies held on Tuesday. Former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Eduardo Año took the helm of the DILG from Catalino Cuy, who was officer in charge for almost a year. Cuy will now head the Dangerous Drugs Board. The turnover ceremonies came four days after President […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday that it was verifying reports foreign terrorists have again entered Mindanao. Lorenzana said reports from neighboring countries like Malaysia and Indonesia showed that there was an increase of foreign fighters in the island group in the southern part of the country. “But we are trying to verify that. Up to now, wala pa kaming na-coconfirm,” he said. Army Chief Lt. Gen. Rolando […]
(Eagle News) — Good news for teachers! President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Budget and Management and “all other agencies” to “find means to increase the salary of teachers.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President made the pronouncement during a Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on Monday. According to Roque, the President did not say how much the increase would be. “But judging by what he wanted for the PNP and the AFP, […]
PASADENA, United States (AFP) — Late night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel was amused by last year’s best film “flub” at the Oscars — but said any repeat should result in everyone at his network getting sacked. The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences, which organizes the prestigious annual prize-giving, was left red-faced in February last year when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the wrong winner for best film after a mix-up with the envelopes. “If […]
(Eagle News) — Expect a “cleansing” among local government officials. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte declared his intent to do this in a Cabinet meeting on Monday afternoon. “The President mentioned (in the Cabinet meeting) his resolve also to clean up the ranks of the local government executives to highlight that it’s not just presidential appointees that would be subject to this campaign to promote public accountability but includes everyone in government,” […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 50 percent of Filipinos expect their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The survey held from December 8 to 16, 2017 yielded a 4-point increase in the resulting net personal optimism score from the rating in September last year. The SWS said the December rating, +46, “matches the record-high level that was first achieved in June 2016.” It is classified as […]
