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Some 40 UNHRC member-countries concerned about drug-related killings, death penalty reimposition in PH

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several members of the United Nations Human Rights Council expressed grave concern over the alleged incidents of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines, this after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano gave an account of the human rights record of the Philippines before the international body in Geneva, Switzerland. The delegates from the United States and Australia said that it was important that the government look into the alleged 7,000 reported incidents of extra-judicial killings to identify […]

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Panukalang palawigin ang validity ng mga lisensya, pasado na sa Senate committee level

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pasado na sa Senate committee on public services ang panukalang palawigin pa ang validity ng driver’s license. Walang tumutol nang isalang sa botohan ang panukalang batas na gawing limang taon ang validity ng lisensya mula sa kasalukuyang taon. Sa pamamagitan ng inaprubahang panukala, aamyendahan ang Republic Act No. 4136 o ang Land Transportation and Traffic Code. Sa pagdinig nangako ang Land Transportation Office na hindi ito magpapataw ng dagdag na singil […]

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Party-list lawmaker bucks calls to declare UN Special Rapporteur persona non grata

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A party-list lawmaker expressed his disagreement to calls of protest groups to declare United Nations Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard as persona non grata. AKO Bicol party-list Representative Rodel Batocabe said that this move would only result in image problems for the Philippines, and would cast doubt on the country’s democracy. Batocabe said that Callamard should be allowed to express her opinions so government can rebut them. Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial […]

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Sunod-sunod na road accidents, ikinababahala ng publiko

Naa-alarma na ngayon ang publiko dahil sa sunod-sunod na aksidente na kinasasangkutan lalo na ng mga pampublikong sasakyan. Kaya naman ang isyu ay umabot na rin hanggang sa Senado, na nais matutukan ang kapakanan at kaligtasan ng mga mananakay at mga motorista. Malaking oras ang nasasayang dahil sa traffic, na hanggang sa ngayon ay hindi parin nahahanapan ng solusyon. Sayang ang perang mabilis sanang iikot at lalago kundi lang sana sa abala na dala ng […]

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Mocha Uson appointed PCOO assistant secretary

(Eagle News) — The Presidential Communications Operations Office has a new assistant secretary. Mocha Uson, a known supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been appointed to the post. “Pursuant to the provisions of existing laws, you are hereby appointed (as such),” a letter from Malacanang dated May 8 said. “By virtue hereof, you may qualify and enter upon the performance of the duties of the office, furnishing this office and the Civil Service Commission of copies […]

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Robredo asks PET to junk Marcos’ bid to dismiss her counterprotest

(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to junk former Senator Ferdinand Marcos’ motion that seeks the dismissal of her counterprotest in connection with the 2016 elections. In her motion dated May 5, Robredo’s camp said her compliance to the PET’s order that she pay the first tranche of a protest fee of P15.44 million has rendered Marcos’ motion moot. The former senator had sought the help of the […]

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Commission on Appointments can’t be investigated, CA members claim

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments cannot be investigated by the Senate and the House of Representatives, two senators who are members of the CA said amid calls to probe the powerful body. According to Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto and Senator Panfilo Lacson, the Commission on Appointments (CA) is an independent constitutional body and therefore could not be investigated by the houses of Congress. “Not by the House, not […]

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Cimatu, good choice as DENR Secretary- Lacson

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Roy Cimatu is a good choice as secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), according to Senator Panfilo Lacson. “He is definitely a good choice. I happen to know him all the way back to our military days,” said Lacson in a statement after Cimatu’s appointment. Lacson said that he knows Cimatu since the time that […]

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Alaska’s tundra releasing more CO2 than it takes in: study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Alaskan tundra appears to be emitting more carbon dioxide than it captures, a dynamic that could accelerate climate warming as vast stores of CO2 trapped in Arctic soils are unlocked by rising temperatures. A question scientists have had is whether a warming climate would lead to a greater intake of CO2 through photosynthesis during the summer growing season. But a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National […]

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President Duterte: “We were ignorant” when typhoon Yolanda hit

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said “we were ignorant” when typhoon Yolanda hit in November 2013. Duterte made the statement during the launch of the first-ever humanitarian mission ship, MV Amazing Grace. “I was really appalled that despite the fact that the warning came to us early, (that there was the) most powerful typhoon so far in the century, many of our countrymen took it lightly,” he noted. “We were ignorant when the typhoon hit,” Duterte, […]

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Warriors beat Jazz; 121-95

The Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz, sweeping the best of seven series. The Warriors defeated the Jazz with two-time MVP Stephen Curry leading in the scoring department with 30 points. Klay Thompson contributed 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals. Because of the win, the Golden State Warriors are now advancing in the finals of the Western Conference.

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