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(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe has filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into ABS-CBN’s compliance to its franchise. In filing Senate Resolution No. 22, Poe noted the allegations by the Office of the Solicitor General that the network had violated the terms of the same when the network offered pay-per-view channel services without the necessary government permits. The SolGen also accused ABS-CBN of violating the constitutional restriction on foreign ownership of mass media […]
(Eagle News)–The San Juan government wants to determine if the Greenhills Shopping Center management has liability over the incident involving the father-in-law of Senator Grace Poe. In a radio interview, Senior Superintendent Dindo Reyes, San Juan City Police chief, said the city council will pass a resolution to that effect. So far, he said Dr. Teodoro Llamanzares was in stable condition after he was rushed to the Cardinal Santos Medical Center when his vehicle fell from the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares filed her certificate of candidacy before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Intramuros, Manila. Poe was accompanied by her mother Susan Roces. (Photos by Eagle News Service Jerold Tagbo)
Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Correspondent DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Pinakawalan na ang dalawang stranded na pawikan sa karagatan ng Bonuan, Binloc sa Dagupan City. Pinangunahan ni Senator Grace Poe, Engr. Rosendo So ng abono Partylist at Dr. Westly Rosario ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (BFAR-NIFTDC) ang pagpapakawala sa dalawang olive ridley sea turtle. Ayon kay Sen. Poe nakakatulong sa pagbalanse ng ecosystem ang mga pawikang […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday, July 16, vowed to stop any “Cha-cha express,” saying the “product” of the Constitutional Commission, a “document as important as the basic law,” should be “rigorously studied, and not railroaded.” “I will block any Cha-cha express, especially one driven by people with expiring terms and fuelled by selfish interest,” she said in a statement. According to Poe, she took the “centrist view of giving the Con-com’s product the courtesy […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe has filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the Philippine National Police’s purchase of Mahindra patrol vehicles worth P1.8 billion. In Senate Resolution No. 777, Poe asked that the Senate blue ribbon committee and the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs conduct the inquiry into the 2015 purchase which the Commission on Audit described as being “riddled” with irregularities. According to Poe, the COA report “validates concerns raised […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, July 5, expressed support for Senator Grace Poe’s call for a probe into the Philippine National Police’s purchase of Mahindra police patrol jeeps worth P1.8 billion in 2015, saying all officials involved, including then-Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, should be summoned. In a press conference, Lacson, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, said he would call for a hearing if the resolution […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The policemen who continue to arrest loiterers can be “liable for arbitrary arrest,” Senator Franklin Drilon said on Thursday, June 21. According to Drilon, “vagrancy,” after all, was “not a crime.” “I do not know on what basis the arrests are being made. There must be a crime committed,” Drilon said. President Rodrigo Duterte, who ordered the Philippine National Police to intensify the operations, denied, however, that arrests were […]
(Eagle News) — Senators on Monday called on the public to continue to be brave in defending the country, noting the heroism of war heroes and veterans. Senate President Koko Pimentel said in a statement this was “a time when the country needs all its citizens, not to fight in trenches, but to make the Philippines better for Filipinos.” “Filipinos never failed to respond to the call of duty when their country needed them..It’s time to […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday said that all those responsible for the death of Joanna Demafelis should be punished. Poe made the statement a day after a Kuwait court sentenced to death by hanging a couple who employed the Overseas Filipino Worker before she was found in a freezer in February. “Swift and sure justice is what (Demafelis) deserve(s),” Poe said. She said the agreement between Kuwait and the Philippines to ensure […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday slammed what she said was the “special treatment” being given to Janet Lim Napoles. Poe made the statement after Napoles was provisionally admitted to the Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program following her execution of an affidavit supposedly providing additional details about the P10-billion pork barrel scam. “There are requisites for one to be admitted as a state witness, most notable requirements are that the accused does […]
(Eagle News)– Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Saturday said Senator Grace Poe’s bill against “fake news” was “presumed unconstitutional.” In a brief statement, Roque added Senate Bill 1680 that bars government employees and officials from peddling the same was “…infirm..” He said this was because it was “violative of (the) equal protection clause as (there is) no basis for singling out (government) employees.” The bill filed by Poe, chair of the Senate committee on public […]
