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(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was acting based on her own discretion when she issued the temporary restraining order on the Commission on Elections’ proclamation of party-lists in 2013. According to her lawyers, this is in accordance with Section 6, Rule 7 of the SC Internal Rules that states that “the Chief Justice is expressly empowered to ‘act’ on urgent cases requiring immediate action, including initiatory pleadings praying for the issuance […]
Apologizes for incident in September (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday apologized for September’s incident that saw two Vietnamese who were poaching in Philippine waters killed in an alleged encounter with the Philippine Navy, and five others arrested. “We are all Asians.. I’m sorry for the incident, I hope it will never happen,” Duterte said in send-off ceremonies for the other five Vietnamese crewmen, in Sual, Pangasinan. After a bilateral meeting with Vietnam President Tran […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading the proposed P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018. All 16 senators present voted for the budget bill months after the House of Representatives passed its own in September. A bulk of the budget, once passed into law, is expected to go to the Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program. Also expected to get a big share of the budget, if passed into law, […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Bureau of Customs has filed a smuggling complaint against two individuals for allegedly misdeclaring a shipment of used luxury vehicles and auto parts valued at P7.8 million. A copy of the complaint filed by the BoC before the Manila Prosecutors Office said charged also for unlawful importation were the shipment consignee Julius Catalig, owner of Julerjac Trading; and Customs broker Rodrigo de Guzman. According to the BoC, the shipment […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Nanindigan si Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald dela Rosa sa kaniyang pahayag na may tatlong diumanong ahente ng National Bureau of Investigation na sangkot sa pagkidnap sa isang Korean national sa Angeles, Pampanga noong Biyernes, Nobyembre 24. Giit ng PNP, ang naturang impormasyon ay galing mismo sa mga biktima at sa mga naarestong suspek. “Iyon ang lumabas sa investigation and we never made up that […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Wednesday voiced “grave concern” over North Korea’s test of a missile capable of striking anywhere in the United States and called for talks to peacefully resolve the nuclear crisis. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Beijing’s proposal for North Korea to freeze weapons tests in return for the US to suspend military drills in the region was the best approach to ease tensions. Washington has rejected that approach. China hopes all […]
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Mahigpit na babantayan ngayon ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) ang mga pantalan sa Palawan sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay ng mga sub-station dito. Ito ang sinabi ni PDEA General Director Aaron Aquino sa pagdalaw niya sa lalawigan kamakailan. Base umano sa kanilang intelligence report ay nagagamit bilang bagsakan at lugar ng transaksyon ng iligal na droga na nagmula sa ibang bansa ang mga pantalan. Kabilang na nga dito […]
KUMALARANG, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Patay ang isang lalaki na dati umanong miyembro ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) matapos pagbabarilin ng riding-in- tandem sa Purok Malinawon, Barangay Poblacion, Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur noong Martes, ika-28 ng Nobyembre. Kinilala ng PNP-Kumalarang si Modrika Abubacar alyas “Mog,” 35, dating miyembro ng MILF at residente sa nabanggit na barangay. Base sa imbestigasyon, habang papauwi ang biktima sa kanilang bahay bandang 10:54 ng umaga kasama ang kaniyang […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un declared his country had achieved its long-cherished goal of full-fledged nuclear statehood after successfully testing a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday. The United States and its allies have always maintained they would never accept a nuclear North Korea, but have been forced to watch from the sidelines as Pyongyang pursued an accelerated weapons drive. But what did the latest test actually achieve […]
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) — Bali’s international airport will re-open Wednesday afternoon after a nearly three-day shutdown, Indonesian airport authorities said, as ash from a rumbling volcano that looms over the island paradise shifted direction. The eagerly awaited decision opens up a window of hope for some of more than 120,000 tourists stranded after a spike in activity at Mount Agung grounded hundreds of flights since Monday. But airport officials cautioned that the only direct international […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in peril from climate change and widespread bleaching, but scientists said Tuesday a small portion may be resilient enough to keep much of the rest alive. About three percent of the World Heritage site — home to the planet’s largest collection of coral reefs with 3,800 in all — has so far emerged relatively unscathed from a host of threats, from warming waters to pollution […]
Says CJ act of not consulting with her, the member in charge, also a violation of SC rules (Eagle News) — Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on Wednesday confirmed that Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno did not consult her when she issued a blanket temporary restraining order on the Commission on Elections’ proclamation of party-lists in 2013, an act she said was a violation of court rules. “I am the member in charge. Under […]
