By Mary Noll Christine P. Caadyang SEN. LEILA de Lima proposed on Tuesday Senate Bill 1197 ordering police to use a megaphone for warning suspects before arresting them in operations.
The bill, also known as the “Anti-Extrajudicial Killing Act of 2016” (Anti-EJK Act), stated that a warning before conducting arrest shall be issued by the police through a megaphone.
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By Vann Marlo M. Villegas FOLLOWING PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s threat of junking the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States (US), Sen. Richard Gordon warned the administration that pulling away from the agreement now could put the Philippines in a bad situation.
Gordon claimed that losing EDCA would favor China as it could have the chance to take control of the disputed West Philippine Sea. By Theodore Jason Patrick K. Ortiz A TOTAL of 5,000 netizens have signed a petition for the United Nations to reject the appointment of TV host Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin Jr as the Philippine ambassador to the international organization.
In an online petition platform charge.org, Jov Quio from Ireland plead with UN to deny Locsin’s appointment, calling him a “racist” after his “blatant justification” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “anti-Semitic lingo.” By Theodore Jason Patrick K. Ortiz AN ATTEMPTED holdup by an alleged riding in tandem on an African businessman resulted to a shooting incident in Las Piñas City around 7:45 p.m. tonight.
Chief Tanod of Pulanglupa Dos Las Piñas City Joselito Panotes told the Echo Today that it was the first time for Prince Olajedi, the businessman, to encounter such an incident. By Joelle Alison Mae P. Eusebio THE DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) advised the public to “remain calm,” following the rise in number of Zika virus cases in the Philippines.
After several testings done by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, DOH declared a total of 12 victims in the country, including a 22-year old pregnant, as of Sept. 26. By Kathleen Mae P. Guerrero and Pauline Faye V. Tria THE COUNTRY'S traffic problem is a matter of national emergency that calls for the granting of emergency powers on President Rodrigo Duterte, a Thomasian urban planner claimed on Sept. 23.
In a lecture given at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Makati, Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr., an architect from the University of Santo Tomas (UST), reiterated that traffic is the country’s most pressing challenge. By Jamie Andrea L. Turalba SEN. GRACE Poe hoped on Thursday for a fast approval of the proposed Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, which sought to invalidate 166 exemptions in an Executive Order (EO) issued by President Rodrigo Duterte in July 23.
As chairperson of the senate committee on public information and mass media, Poe announced they have wrapped up the hearings and the panel will prepare a unified decision considering various proposals from other senators. By Amierielle Anne A. Bulan and Mary Adeline Dela Cruz IN LINE with the commemoration of the 44th anniversary of Martial Law, Senators Risa Hontiveros and Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino called for mandatory teaching of Martial Law in basic and tertiary education.
Hontiveros urged schools and educational institutions to include the teaching of Martial Law history to avoid the tampering of the country’s history from revisionists who aim to “paint a rosy picture” of the dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos. By Ryah Sunday Carreon and Jamie Andrea Turalba SEN. LEILA de Lima accused the Malacañang on Tuesday of manipulating the riot inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Building 14 which resulted to the death of convicted drug lord with three injured inmates, along with forcing the inmates to testify against her.
“The official version of the DOJ (Department of Justice) is that this was a riot, of course we do not know yet at this point,” de Lima said in a press conference on Tuesday. By Theodore Jason Patrick K. Ortiz SEN. MIRIAM Santiago passed away at 71 years old today, Sept. 29.
Santiago was reported to have died in her sleep at exactly 8:52 in the morning, according to her official Twitter account, in a private room at St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City. |
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