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Lacson says this is “unless his contempt citation is lifted by the Senate acting as a collegial body” (Eagle News) — Former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon “may” have to work via “remote control” from the Senate detention facility when he assumes the post of deputy administrator at the Office of the Civil Defense. According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, this is “unless his contempt citation” that led to him being detained in the first place is […]
(Eagle News) — Social Welfare Assistant Secretary Lorraine Badoy has been appointed to the Presidential Communications Operations Office. Undersecretary Emmanuel Leyco, officer in charge of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, confirmed her new appointment as undersecretary in the PCOO on Wednesday. “…(She) is now in the process of completing and turning over her responsibilities which is expected to last until the end of the month,” Leyco said. He also thanked Badoy for her contributions to […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has a new associate justice. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo takes the place of Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza, who retired on Aug. 13, the Supreme Court said on Monday. In a letter to SC Chief Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said President Rodrigo Duterte had signed Gesmundo’s appointment, making him the 178th justice of the country’s High Court. Gesmundo chaired the anti-graft court’s seventh division […]
(Eagle News) — I trust him. President Rodrigo Duterte said he continues to trust Cesar Montano amid allegations he committed “irregularities” as chief operating officer of the Tourism Promotions Board. “I trust the guy. Kaya ko inappoint yan,” he said in a media briefing on Monday night. He noted that Montano, who has made a name for himself in the showbiz industry, “did not need money.” “I don’t think he would go for that,” Duterte said, in apparent reference to the […]
(Eagle News) — Matapos magpahinga ng isang linggo, humarap na sa media ngayong araw si Presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte at inilatag ang mga gagawin sa bansa. Ilan sa mga tiniyak ni Duterte ang pagsugpo sa iba’t ibang uri ng krimen gaya ng ilegal na droga maging ang paghiling aniya sa kongreso na ibalik ang death penalty para sa mga karumaldumal na krimen. Ipapatupad din aniya ang mandatory curfew sa mga menor de edad kung saan […]
