Vice Pres. Robredo wala daw kinalanam sa impeachment complaint vs Duterte — Hernandez

Itinanggi ng kampo ni Vice President Leni Robredo ang mga alegasyong may kinalaman siya sa impeachment complaint na inihain laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.

Ayon sa tagapagsalita ni Robredo na si Georgina Hernandez, mismong ang naghain ng reklamo na si Congressman Gary Alejano ang nagsabing Magdalo Group lang ang nasa likod ng impeachment complaint.

Malinaw rin aniyang sinabi ng kongresista na walang kinalaman si Robredo sa paghahain ng reklamo.

Si House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez ang nagsabing si Robredo ang nasa likod ng impeachment complaint.

Ani Alvarez, nagmamadali si Robredo na pumalit kay Duterte.

Kalbo ang lakas ng loob maghain ng Impeachment complaint vs President Duterte sa Kamara

Naghain ng impeachment complaint laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Magdalo Party-list sa pangunguna ni Representative Gary Alejano.

Kabilang sa mga basehan ng impeachment complaint na inihain ni Alejano ang ‘culpable violation of constitution, betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption, bribery at high crimes.’

Inihain ang reklamo sa House Office of the Secretary General.

Naniniwala si Alejano na maraming susuporta sa reklamo.

Samantala, pag-aaralan naman ng partido ang isyu sa Benham Rise para maisama sa impeachm

Trillanes itinangging may pinaplanong destabilisasyon laban kay Pres. Duterte

Itinanggi ni Senador Antonio Trillanes IV na mayroon siyang pinaplanong kudeta o destabilisasyon.

Sa isang statement, sinabi ni Trillanes na dahil wala siyang gagawing kudeta ay wala ring kailangang pondohan.

Nagsasabi lang aniya ng katotohanan ang mga self-confessed hitman na sina Edgar Matobato at Arturo Lascañas.

Problema na umano ng administrasyon kung ‘nayayanig’ sila sa mga ibinunyag nina Matobato at Lascañas na nagdidiin kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.

Sinabi rin ni Trillanes na kaibigan umano ng pangulo ang mining companies kaya hindi nito maipatupad ang mga suspension order ni Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez.

kaibigan din umano niya ang mga drug lord kaya’t ni isa ay wala pa aniyang nahuhuli at puro mahihirap lamang ang napapatay.

Sen. De Lima refuses to enter plea on 'disobedience to summons' case file against her

In her first public appearance since her detention, Sen. Leila de Lima refused to enter a plea before the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court over her alleged 'disobedience to summons' case during hearings at the Lower house last year into the illegal drug trade in Bilibid.

Proyekto kontra-pangongotong sa delivery trucks pinirmahan

Nagsanib-puwersa ang Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) at Philippine National Police (PNP) para masawata ang pangongotong sa mga delivery truck ng perishable goods.

Nilagdaan ng nasabing mga ahensiya ang isang memorandum of agreement (MOA) para sa food lane project.

Layunin ng nasabing proyekto na matiyak na hindi makokotongan ang mga delivery truck at mapabilis ang pagde-deliver ng mga pagkain sa pamilihan.

Kukuha ng akreditasyon sa DA ang mga trucker para makakuha ng food lane sticker.

Gayunman, sinabi ng DA na hindi magsisilbing ‘pass’ ang nasabing sticker para makalusot sa mga traffic violation, pagdadala ng droga at iba pa.

Defense chief Lorenzana 'losing sleep' over Abu Sayyaf

Terrorists, drug lords, communist insurgents, an intrusive neighbor and rumored destabilization plots — these occupy the mind of the country's defense chief.

But what's leaving him on edge are the bandits — members of the Abu Sayyaf group — down south.

"The problem in the Southern Philippines, piracy and kidnapping, is actually giving me, personally, a headache. Sometimes I could not sleep at night thinking about how to solve the problem there," said Delfin Lorenzana, Secretary of National Defense.

"Kidnapping has not abated. When the President was inaugurated on June 30, there were only 18 hostages being held by the Abu Sayyaf. Now, there are 31. So dumami pa [it has increased]," Lorenzana added. "It's very embarrassing to the whole world."

Just last week, Abu Sayyaf bandits beheaded a German hostage, Juergen Kantner.

·         AFP confirms that Abu Sayyaf beheaded the German National

Speaking to reporters and alumni at the National Defense College of the Philippines, Lorenzana said he hopes to "solve the Abu Sayyaf problem" by June, adding he is willing to give the Armed Forces a two-month leeway.

·         AFP aims to erase the Abu Sayyaf by June of 2017

Secure sea lane

Lorenzana said the Department of National Defense (DND) is working with its counterparts from Indonesia and Malaysia to drive out pirates and kidnappers from the waters around Western Mindanao and Borneo Island — where the bandit group had been attacking and abducting victims.

·         Pres. Duterte agree to chase those drug dealer & pirates

The Armed Forces is planning to set up a permanent station on Jolo Island in hopes of driving bandits away for good. Lorenzana said a task force will be formed to guard the area using fast seacraft and drones.

In April or May, navies of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia plan to begin joint patrols in the waters in and around Sibutu Passage. Their goal is to create a secure sea lane for civilian vessels.

Lorenzana admitted that beating the Abu Sayyaf may be a long shot "but we are doing a lot of things within our power," he added.

Chinese ships spotted

But bandits are not the only problem out at sea.

Lorenzana revealed that, from July to December 2016, marine patrols spotted Chinese survey ships in the areas of Recto Bank and Benham Rise.

Recto Bank lies 80 nautical miles northwest of Palawan. It lies within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone, as affirmed by the arbitral ruling on Manila's maritime case against Beijing.

·         Philippines wins maritime arbitration case against China

Benham Rise lies 135 nautical miles east of Aurora, near the Philippine Trench. The United Nations declared it part of Philippine territory in 2012.

Both Recto Bank and Benham Rise are thought to be rich in minerals, natural gas and oil — not to mention marine life.

Lorenzana said the Chinese may have been eyeing Benham Rise as a passage for their submarines.

'Keep protesting'

"The thing here is we should protest," Lorenzana said, referring to notes verbales, a way of diplomatically protesting another country's actions in one's territory.

Duterte, nakiusap sa local executives ng Mindanao na tulungan ang gobyerno laban sa terorismo

Nakiusap si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga lokal na opisyal ng Mindanao na tulungan siya sa paglaban sa terorismo sa rehiyon.

GInawa ito ni Duterte sa kanyang pakikipagharap sa mga mayor at gobernador ng buong Mindanao sa Davao City.

Binigyang-diin ng pangulo na tanging local executives ang makatutulong o makagagawa ng paraan upang maiwasang kumalat ang terorismo sa kanilang mga lugar.

Sinabi ng pangulo na maaari ding hingin ng mga lokal na opisyal ang suporta ng militar kung kinakailangan.

Giit ng pangulo na kung magiging ‘out-of-control’ na ang karahasan sa Mindanao dahil sa mga terorista, mapipilitan siyang magdeklara ng Martial Law.

Tiniyak naman ni Pangulong Duterte na makaaasa ng tulong mula sa kanya ang mga mayor at gobernador na makakasuhan sa Ombudsman hinggil sa kampanya para sa kapayapaan.