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(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Professional Regulation Commission Commissioner Alfredo Po of all the criminal charges filed against him in connection with what the Ombudsman said was an anomalous lease contract signed by the agency in 2012. The anti-graft court’s seventh division made the acquittal after it found the prosecution was unable to prove Po’s guilt “beyond reasonable doubt” in the charges of graft, direct bribery, robbery, and violation of the code of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV closed his bank accounts and transferred the money–which he said was “possibly” used to “destabilize” the government— to other individuals before signing a waiver and going to Singapore to supposedly check those accounts. In an interview over state-run television, Duterte said Trillanes was able to close the accounts online at 10 p.m., on September 8. Although the President did not say what these […]
GREENBURGH, New York (Eagle News) – No Phil Jackson. No Carmelo Anthony. No media circus. Not a problem for the New York Knicks. A different vibe surrounded the team’s training camp facility on Monday, leaving the media with questions on what to expect this season after the departure of Carmelo Anthony to the Oklahoma City Thunder. “We need some fresh air in here,” says center Kristaps Porzingis, now the face of the Knicks franchise. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo reminded Over-All Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang to follow the Office of the Ombudsman’s own rules regarding premature disclosures of ongoing investigations of the Ombudsman, particularly the probe on the alleged bank account of President Rodrigo Duterte. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said that Carandang forgot that the Ombudsman’s own regulation prohibited premature disclosure of its investigations. Panelo explained that this will not […]
The Fifth Association of Southeast Asian Nations Energy Outlook, a document on the long-term goal of achieving energy security and sustainable energy development of the ASEAN region, was launched in the ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting recently. Philippine Secretary of Energy, Alfonso G. Cusi said that the outlook–formed with the cooperation of the 10 ASEAN nations—-aims to address the long-term goals of the sustainable development in ASEAN’s future energy mix. “The outlook provides us with pathway to […]
(Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday denied President Rodrigo Duterte was intimidating the Office of the Ombudsman, noting that it was the chief executive who welcomed a probe into his family’s wealth in the first place. “No one is intimidating the Ombudsman..(The President) is not intimidating the Ombudsman,” Panelo said when asked in a television interview for his reaction to the anti-graft body’s statement that it would not be intimidated […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang said that President Rodrigo Duterte will reveal evidence if needed, to prove that the Bamboo Triad, allegedly an international illegal drug trafficking group, was able to enter the Philippines. Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella made the statement in response to Taiwan’s challenge to prove that this Taiwanese group is the number one illegal drug supplier in the Philippines. Abella also said that President Duterte has sources. “He (Duterte) has very credible […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for stricter campus security for colleges and universities all over the country. With his proposed Senate Bill No. 946, Angara aims to guarantee the safety of students while they are inside the school’s campus. The bill also pushes for the creation of Crime Prevention Committee to monitor the safety of students. https://youtu.be/Sr7vIuK-OaU
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Manchester City’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero “sustained injuries” in a car crash in the Netherlands and is returning to Britain to be checked ahead of the weekend’s Premier League fixtures, the club said Friday. “Sergio Aguero will be assessed by club doctors today after being involved in a road accident on Thursday. The City forward was in Holland on his day off and has sustained injuries,” said the statement. The […]
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (Reuters) — Yosemite National Park crews have re-routed roads around the base of the towering El Capitan granite formation after a series of at least eight rock falls over two days killed one man and injured two other people, a park spokesman said on Thursday (September 28). The latest slide, which took place at about 3:20 p.m. Pacific time (6:20 p.m. EDT) on Thursday afternoon, was the largest yet and injured […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The combined impact of blood-related diseases like leukemia, anemia and bleeding disorders is extremely great, representing a significant factor in the total deaths due to cancer. In 2009, former President Gloria Arroyo declared the month of September as Blood Diseases Month by virtue of Proclamation No. 1833 to raise people’s awareness and understanding of blood-related diseases. There are different blood diseases, some are benign or non-cancerous while others can be considered as […]
by Glenda Kwek Agence France-Presse ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) — Futurist and inventor Elon Musk unveiled ambitious plans Friday to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth’s major cities in under half-an-hour. The founder of SpaceX said a planned interplanetary transport system, codenamed BFR (Big Fucking Rocket), would be downsized so it could carry out a range of tasks that would then pay for future Mars missions. […]
