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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that bans all forms of hazing and other initiation rites that will inflict physical and psychological harm, with the signing of the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 or Republic Act No. 11053. It calls for stiffer penalties such as fine of P3 million, aside from penalty of reclusion perpetua for those who planned or participated in the hazing which results in death, rape,sodomy […]
(Eagle News) – Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu assured the public that Boracay Island will officially reopen on October 26 after the six-month period set for its rehabilitation. Cimatu made the categorical announcement during Wednesday’s hearing in Congress which is inquiring into the building of illegal structures in the world-renowned resort island. “I would like to say categorically that we will be opening Boracay on October 26,” Cimatu said during the hearing before members of […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he wanted to step down even before 2019 because he was already “very tired” and wanted a “transition President” to be elected as the country moves towards a federal government. This was what the President said at the start of Monday night’s (July 9) cabinet meeting where he stressed the need for a “transition leader” that will guide the country during the transition period to a federal […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte approved the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019 in a cabinet meeting on Monday night, the Palace spokesperson said Tuesday, July 10. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque disclosed that the President approved the national budget during the 27th Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on Monday, July 9, 2018. “Kahapon din po ay na-approve po ng Gabinete ‘yung ating budget for 2019. At ang ating budget po ay P3.757 trillion […]
(Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na totoo ang planong pagpapatalsik ng komunistang grupo kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ito ay batay sa mga narekober na dokumento ng militar subalit tumanggi naman idetalye ni AFP Spokesperson Col. Edgarad Arevalo sabihin kung kailan narekober ng militar ang nasabing mga dokumento. Nabuo ng komunistang grupo ang kanilang planong pagpapatalsik sa Pangulo noong kasagsagan ng usapang pangkapayapaan. Nilinaw naman ni Arevalo na wala silang […]
(Eagle News) — The 22-member Consultative Committee (ConCom) which was tasked by President Rodrigo Duterte to review the Constitution unanimously approved on Tuesday, July 3, in an en banc session, the draft of the proposed charter that will allow a shift to federal-presidential form of government. The final draft will be submitted on July 9 to the President, in time for his State of the Nation Address on July 23. The Consultative Committee is headed […]
(Eagle News) –The Palace on Monday, July 2, shrugged off the pronouncement of Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, that the ouster of President Rodrigo Duterte was “highly probable.” “Mantakin niyo, patatalsikin daw si Presidente, di raw matatapos ang termino, Joma Sison, gumising ka na,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Roque also lashed out at Sison, who he said was a “braggart.” “Di ka pwede magpatalsik ng gobyerno pag […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte clarified that he instructed policemen to enforce the law, and did not order the police to immediately arrest “tambays” or loiterers but just to accost them first and advise them to go home. In his speech during this year’s National Information and Communications Technology (NICT) Summit on Friday, June 22 in Davao City, President Duterte said he was aware that loitering was not a criminal offense. “I never […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, June 21, said he would push through with land reform even if peace talks with the Communist rebels will not continue. “With or without the talks with the communist, I will go ahead and forge a good land reform until the end of my term,” the President said in a speech in Davao City. The President had already said he would push through with the reform even if he […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday, June 20, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel to stop extorting money from tourists, particularly Korean and Chinese nationals. “Pagka na-istampan na kasi ‘yang [passport], admitted to the country for so many days, […] they are always bugged by Immigration and police, and that has to stop,” Duterte said in his speech in Cabanatuan, Iloilo. He threatened to send BI personnel approaching any of the tourists in the […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte emphasized the importance of paying taxes in financing and implementing the free college tuition law during the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and almost 200 tertiary academic institutions on Wednesday, June 13. Quoting Education Secretary Leonor Briones, Duterte said the public must realize that they need to pay their taxes for […]
https://youtu.be/2JIHF6oGHKI (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte warned police officials and other uniformed personnel not to even think about engaging in corruption or illegal drug operations, as he swore in 59 newly promoted personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). He said that illegal drugs and corruption are the two things that he will not […]
