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(Reuters) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday (December 8) he would allow Jack Lam, one of Asia’s top casino kingpins, to do business in the country after he had ordered his arrest on charges of economic sabotage and bribery. Duterte said he would allow the casino boss to come back to the Philippines if he settles his liabilities, pays his taxes and apologises for allegedly bribing an official. Lam, from the Chinese […]
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo continues its fast spread in Africa, as it established a foothold in 16 countries in this dark continent in just this year alone. Under the leadership of INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, two new chapels were dedicated and eight more are to be opened in 2017. Conversions and baptisms have been particularly aggressive in South Africa and Kenya. “This has been a particularly challenging year […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte challenged Senator Leila De Lima to file impeachment charges against him after his speech defending policemen allegedly involved in the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. “They can go ahead. Bakit pa mas maraming daldal? Sige na, impeach na,” the President said. Duterte in a speech expressed that he would still support policemen who risk their lives in the line of duty and will not allow them […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in its own human rights probe claimed there is no massive human rights violations in the country. “There will be human rights violations. Is it massive or not? Indications based on the case showed that it is not massive… indicatively there is no human rights violations or it is at the barest minimum,” Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing III said Friday (December 9). “We should continue […]
(Eagle News)– Former transportation secretary Joseph Emilio “Jun” Abaya and six other officials of the dissolved Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) are facing graft charges for the purchase of P3.8 billion worth of license plates under the Aquino administration. Former Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) general manager Al Vitangcol led the filing of the case against Abaya at the Department of Justice on Tuesday (December 6). Vitangcol told […]
(Eagle News)– The Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) will open the gates of Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City to the public as part of the solutions to heavy traffic during the holiday season. “Ito’y makakaginhawa nang husto sa ating mga kababayan lalo na ‘yung napakabigat na North at Mindanao Avenue,” Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Thomas Orbos said. Once opened, vehicles passing North Avenue may enter the main gate of […]
(Eagle News)– Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon said the Senate constitutional amendments committee will conduct hearings on Charter change (Cha-cha) in other localities outside Metro Manila. The Senate committee, which Drilon chairs, plans to hold hearings in Baguio, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro “to get as wide a spectrum as possible of our people’s views.” The Senate panel held on Thursday its first hearing on proposals to amend some provisions in the 1987 Constitution. […]
(Eagle News)– Eleven senators have signed the committee report saying there was no proof of government-sanctioned killings related with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs. The report also said the committee saw no evidence to prove the existence of Davao Death Squad (DDS). The report was principally drafted by Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate committees on justice and human rights, and public order and dangerous drugs, which jointly held […]
by Jung Ha-Won Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach President Park Geun-Hye, stripping away her sweeping executive powers over a corruption scandal and opening a new period of national uncertainty. The National Assembly ballot immediately transferred Park’s authority to the prime minister, pending a decision by the Constitutional Court on whether to ratify the decision and permanently remove the president from office. A ruling […]
(Eagle News) — Liberal Party (LP) senators Franklin Drilon and Leila de Lima have dismissed allegations from President Rodrigo Duterte that his “yellow” critics are plotting his impeachment. “Walang katotohanan yan. We have not discussed any plot to change the President. We respect the mandate of the people,” Drilon told reporters. De Lima, a staunch critic of Duterte, said LP stalwarts were just making their voices be heard when they opposed the so-called extrajudicial killings, reimposing of death penalty, […]
Eagle News – Sa year-end conference sa Boracay kamakailan lamang, kinumpirma ng Department of Social Welfare and Development o DSWD na hindi maibibigay ngayong 2016 ang ipinangako ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na 20 kilo ng bigas na ibibigay sa bawat benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program o 4Ps. Kaugnay nito, ayon kay Beverly Salazar, focal person ng 4Ps, patuloy pa rin umanong inaalam ng DSWD central office kung bigas ba o cash na lamang ang […]
ILOILO CITY – Dapat na umanong tuparin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pangako nito sa nagdaang kampanya nito na pawawalan na ang mga political prisoner ayon sa isang consultant ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines o NDFP. Ayon kay Maria Concepcion “Concha” Araneta-Bocala, consultant ng NDFP sa Visayas at isa sa 19 na consultants ng samahan na pinalaya noong Agosto kaugnay ng nagpapatuloy na peace talks, nasa 430 na political prisoners pa ang dapat […]
