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COMELEC defends decision to extend deadline

QUEZON City, Philippines – Commission on Elections (COMELEC) spokesman James Jimenez defended the officials of the commission from the allegations of netizens that the COMELEC officials, particularly COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista, were paid by the Liberal Party to approve their request for extension of the deadline of submission of the Statement of Contributions and Expenses. Jimenez said that netizens should present evidence to back their claims. It should be noted that Bautista voted against the […]

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Police operations will be open to the media

QUEZON City, Philippines – Incoming Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Superintendent Ronald dela Rosa guaranteed that all planned police operations will be open to media to show to the public that their operations are legitimate and to dissuade rumors of salvage and rub-out. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)  

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Duterte to seek ideas from business leaders for his 10-point economic agenda

QUEZON City, Philippines – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and his economic team will meet business leaders on June 20 to 21 for the formulation of his 10-point economic agenda that will serve as a blueprint for the country’s economic development under his term. Duterte’s team is expecting some 300 business leaders to attend the consultative workshop entitled “Sulong Hakbang Patungo Sa Kaunlaran”. The meeting, to be conducted in Davao City, is organized by the Philippine Chamber […]

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LTFRB gives tips regarding colorum vehicles

QUEZON City, Philippines –  The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) gave tips to the public on how to avoid colorum vehicles.   This is in the light of recent events wherein colorum UV express vehicles were used for the commission of various crimes. According to LTFRB Chairman Winston Ginez, there should be a UV Express marking on both sides of the vehicle, as well as an indication of its authorized route. According to […]

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Salary increase seen as solution to eradicate “kotong” cops

QUEZON City, Philippines – Incoming Philippine National Police Chief Supt. Ronald dela Rosa is confident that the problem of “kotong” cops will be solved by increasing the salary of the police. Dela Rosa said that members of the PNP will think twice about extorting money from the public (kotong in local parlance) especially if those who will be reported to be engaged in such activity will be summarily terminated. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano recommended to […]

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Authorities find cockpit voice recorder of missing EgyptAir flight

The Egyptian government was able to locate the cockpit voice recorder of the missing EgyptAir Flight 804 which crash-landed last May. According to the Egyptian Investigative Committee, the memory unit of the said recorder was damaged. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/7av0ZhkaHxg

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COMELEC extends deadline of filing of SOCE

QUEZON City, Philippines –  Voting 4-3, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has extended the deadline of the filing of the Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) of candidates last elections.  The deadline is now on June 30. Candidates who have been declared winners in the May 9 elections cannot assume their post if they failed to submit their SOCE within the prescribed period. A negative ruling from the poll body would have affected Vice President-elect […]

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British MP dead after street attack: police

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British MP Jo Cox has died from her injuries, police said, after being reportedly shot and stabbed in an attack in the street on Thursday. “I am now very sad to have to report that she has died as a result of her injuries,” West Yorkshire Police chief Dee Collins told reporters. Cox was pronounced dead at 1:48pm (1248 GMT), Collins told a press conference in Wakefield, northern England. The […]

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PNP-Mariveles namahagi ng flyers upang masugpo ang Motornapping

MARIVELES, Bataan — Naging epektibo ang kampanya at isinagawang pamimigay ng flyers ng Philippine National Police-Mariveles sa publiko laban sa motornapping o laganap na nakawan ng motorsiklo. Naging epektibo ito hindi lamang sa bayan ng Mariveles kundi maging sa buong lalawigan ng Bataan ng maaresto ang dalawang suspek ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng PNP Mariveles, Provincial Highway Patrol Team ng Bataan at mga concerned citizen. Kinilala ni P/Supt. Cris Conde ang mga suspek na sina Jover […]

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Aquino vetoes bills on LWD’s unpaid taxes, comprehensive nursing law

(Eagle News) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has vetoed two congress-approved measures including the bill seeking to remove conditions for the condonation of all unpaid income taxes of Local Water Districts (LWDs). In his message, President Aquino said the enrolled consolidated House Bill No. 3675 and Senate Bill No. 2518 on the condonation unpaid taxes of LWD’s will remove the laudable intent of Republic Act No. 10026 which is to grant tax reprieve only […]

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Philippines to resume communist peace talks in July

(Eagle News) — Incoming Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will resume stalled peace talks with communist rebels next month, negotiators said, and a step towards ending one of Asia’s longest insurgencies that has killed tens of thousands of people. The long-running talks collapsed in 2013, but Duterte had made a campaign pledge to revive the negotiations aimed at bringing a swift political settlement to a decades-old rebellion. “Formal peace talks will resume in the third week […]

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Ombudsman prohibits Purisima and Napeñas from holding gov’t posts in the future

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Office of Ombudsman ordered the permanent disqualification from public office of former Philippine National Police Chief Alan Purisima and Special Action Force Director Getulio Napeñas.  This was after Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales agreed to the filing of charges of graft against the two due to their involvement in the Mamasapano massacre where 44 members of the PNP-Special Action Forces were killed. Morales also directed that the two former police officials would […]

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