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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would “personally invite” the Human Rights Commissioner of the United Nations to set up a satellite office in the country. Duterte made the announcement amid repeated criticisms from some affiliated with the Catholic church and the opposition that there were human rights violations in the conduct of police operations in line with the President’s war against illegal drugs. It also came after the House of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday declared Sept. 21 a “national day of protest.” “Lahat ng gustong magprotesta laban sa government, pumunta kayo,” he said in an ambush interview with reporters. Noting that work and classes were suspended on that day, he said even communists fighting a war in the mountains could attend the protests. He said the “Red Army” would not be arrested, noting that the police and the military would all […]
The military said Sunday it had captured the command center of Islamic State group supporters who have besieged Marawi for nearly four months. Security forces have engaged in ferocious street to street combat and launched airstrikes in their efforts to expel the fighters from the city, in a conflict that has raised fears that IS is looking to establish a Southeast Asian base in the Philippines. The military said it had captured the militants’ control […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Makabayan bloc on Thursday announced they would be leaving the House of Representatives’ supermajority, saying it “would be a violation of (their) duties and principles” if they remained. In a statement, ACT Teachers Reps. Antonio Tinio and France Castro, Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago, Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao, Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, and Gabriela Reps. Emmi de Jesus and Arlene Brosas said they decided to bolt the House majority […]
(Eagle News) — The military on Thursday said they have “not monitored” any destabilization move against President Rodrigo Duterte. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Eduardo Año made the statement after Senator Antonio Trillanes IV verbally distanced himself from the allegations made in a post circulating online about the supposed plot. The Facebook post–which Trillanes said was made by one “General Kakilala”—quoted the supposed account of a “respected journalist,” who reportedly got word from […]
(Eagle News) — Nanindigan si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na hindi ito pipirma ng waiver upang ilantad ang nilalaman ng kanyang bank accounts. Matatandaang, una nang ibinunyag ni Senador Antonio Trillanes ang pagkakaroon umano ng Pangulo ng mga bank account na naglalaman ng bilyong piso at inakusahan pa ang Pangulo na di pagdedeklara ng kanyang 211 million savings account sa Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). “If Trillanes wants to find something of fault with me, […]
(Eagle News) — The Iloilo mayor being tagged as a narcopolitician by President Rodrigo Duterte has filed a sick leave. In a radio interview, Jed Mabilog’s spokesperson and lawyer Mark Piad said the mayor’s leave was effective Sept. 11. “He filed the leave purposedly to recuperate physically because of the stress he underwent,” Piad said. He noted that his client had also been diagnosed with stage 2 diabetes long before he left the country for […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said the government was building a case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV—whom at one point he called “crazy”— over his alleged offshore bank accounts. According to the President, the amount in these accounts was less than the required amount to raise red flags. He said Trillanes–who also has a “(disbursement acceleration program) problem” — maintains these offshore accounts with other Chinese. “Even if he signs […]
(Eagle News) — A congressman is seeking to exempt government officials and employees from the ban on the disclosure of deposits in banking institutions under the Bank Secrecy Law. Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano’s House Bill No. 3155 says the ban on the disclosure should not apply to “elective or appointed officials” or employees of the Republic of the Philippines. He said this includes ” the officers and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, […]
Refutes police version of events (Eagle News) — The taxi driver allegedly held at gunpoint by Carl Angelo Arnaiz surfaced on Sunday, and claimed the statement police showed in public was not his. In a press conference, Tomas Bagcal said in the police station, he was “only asked” his birthday, name, age and then the OR/CR of his vehicle. He said this was after a man he picked up from Navotas and who was later […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accused Senator Antonio Trillanes IV of owning bank accounts outside the country. “I’m coming out with Trillanes’ bank accounts all over,” the President said in his speech during the closing ceremony of the 26th Mindanao Business Conference in Cagayan de Oro. Duterte made the announcement after Trillanes accused his son, Paolo, and son-in-law Mans Carpio of owning more than P100 million each in each of their accounts, of […]
CHR to issue request “one more time” (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Friday that President Rodrigo Duterte has thumbed down the Commission on Human Rights request to view police case folders on supposed extrajudicial killings. “Yes. It’s something like that,” DILG officer-In-charge Catalino Cuy said in a chance interview when asked if Duterte would heed the CHR’s request. He said he already informed CHR Chairman Chito Gascon […]
