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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has allowed the Philippine National Police to return to the government’s anti-drug war. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said under the administrative order signed by Duterte on Oct. 10, though, the lead agency would still be the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. “They must coordinate with the lead agency. Perhaps if they want to resume Oplan Tokhang, they need to ..I don’t know how they will agree on the terms on […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Tuesday belied a militant group’s claims the arrest of transport leader George San Mateo was a form of harassment. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the arrest was “pursuant to a warrant of arrest duly issued by a court and therefore there can be no harassment here.” “We are just allowing the rule of law to prevail,” he said. He said beforehand, San Mateo “was warned […]
(Eagle News) — George San Mateo was arrested by authorities on Tuesday, but gained provisional liberty later in the day after he posted bail. San Mateo was apprehended by police in front of the Quezon City Hall of Justice before noon. The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide leader was at that time on his way to post a P4000 bail set by the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 43 that issued […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday slammed the issuance of a warrant of arrest against transport leader George San Mateo. In a statement, Poe said that while she respects the “independence of the court,” the timing of the arrest warrant issued by Judge Don Ace Mariano Alagar of the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 43 was “suspect and casts doubt on the intent of the complainant in filing such charges.” The warrant signed on […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Itutuloy ng Department of Transportation ang jeepney modernization program sa susunod na taon kahit pa magsagawa ng sunod-sunod na kilos protesta ang mga grupong humaharang laban dito. Nakatakda sana ngayong araw hanggang bukas ang ikalawang nationwide strike ng grupong PISTON at “No to Jeepney Phaseout Coalition” pero ipinagpaliban ito sa pakiusap ni Senador Grace Poe. Ito’y habang wala pang resulta ang imbestigasyon ng senado […]
(Agence France Presse) –The government is prepared for a “worst-case scenario” following warnings that an anti-dengue vaccine administered to several children may worsen the disease in some cases, a health official said Saturday. Department of Health spokesman Eric Tayag said the country had already taken precautions against potential mishaps when it became the first country to use the landmark vaccine in 2016. The developer of the world’s first vaccine for the potentially deadly virus, French pharmaceutical […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Naaresto ng mga otoridad ang pangunahing suspek sa pagpatay sa isang negosyante sa Compostela Valley noong nakaraang taon. Isang taon nang nagtatago si Nolan Macasantos, alias Nicco Santos, nang arestuhin ng mga operatiba ng Detective and Special Operations Unit ng Criminal Investigation and Detection Group sa condo unit sa Barangay Sto. Cristo, Quezon City nitong Huwebes, ika-30 ng Nobyembre, bandang 5:45 a.m. ng madaling araw. Ang pag-aresto kay Macasantos, […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Suportado ng ilang civil society group ang panukala na patawan ng mas mataas na buwis ang coal upang makaipon ng pondo ang gobyerno. Pero ayon sa Sanlakas at Freedom from Debt Coalition, dapat tiyakin na wala itong pass-through provision kung saan sa consumer na naman ito sisingilin ng mga power company. Ayon kay Aaron Pedrosa, secretary general ng Sanlakas, sa halip na umasa sa coal na marumi at may […]
(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Friday called for a Senate investigation into the government’s procurement of the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. Ejercito made the appeal following a statement from the vaccine manufacturer Sanofi that those who were “not previously infected by dengue virus” but were vaccinated “upon a subsequent dengue infection” could, “in the longer term,” develop “more cases of severe disease.” Ejercito said since the issue was about “corruption and accountability,” the blue ribbon […]
(Eagle News) — Dela Salle Lipa on Friday received a hoax bomb threat on Friday. De La Salle Lipa said it received the threat through text message at 7:40 a.m. It said the Institutional Safety, Security and Emergency Services Office conducted paneling and search operations in buildings and surroundings as part of protocol, and found that the school was “100 percent cleared.” The Philippine National Police, it added, has been notified. “Rest assured that we have […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has been officially dropped from the list of members of the 17th Congress. Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Fariñas made the announcement during a regular session on Wednesday. The development came weeks after Roque, then the representative of the Kabayan partylist in the House of Representatives, was named presidential spokesperson by President Rodrigo Duterte. Roque replaced Ernesto Abella, who was later designated as Foreign Affairs undersecretary. Roque was also […]
by Jo Biddle and Charlotte van Ouwerkerk THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch prosecutors were investigating Thursday how a Bosnian Croat war criminal managed to commit suicide in front of shocked UN judges, in scenes set to cast a shadow over the court’s two-decade legacy. Staff at the imposing buildings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague had been expecting to spend the next few weeks quietly winding down […]
