News Evening Round Up
Oct 12, 2019 • 1 min Read
Gordon says JBC agrees to update shortlist for Carpio’s SC post | INQUIRER.NET – Senator Richard Gordon, an ex-officio member of the Judicial Bar Council, said that the JBC agreed to refresh its previous list of the nominees to replace Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio who will be retiring on October 26 at the mandatory age of 70. Gordon mentioned Justice Diosdado Peralta, Justice Estrela Perlas-Bernabe, Justice Jose Reyes Jr. and Justice Andres Reyes, Jr. as those possible to be in the shortlist.
Albayalde may face ‘very, very strong case’ — Gordon | Philippine Star – Senator Richard Gordon said in a press conference that the allegations against Police Gen. Oscar Albayalde, chief of the Philippine National Police, “can build a very, very strong case criminally and administratively”. Gordon, as Chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said, “We have enough to get Albayalde”.
Palace: It’s ‘early turnover’, not ‘retirement’ for Albayalde on Oct 29 | The Manila Times – Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar clarified that PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde will not have an early retirement on October 29 but a proposal for “early turnover” before his mandatory retirement on November 8.
ACT lambasts government anew as Congress deliberates DepEd budget | Manila Bulletin – Joselyn Martinez, National Chairperson of Alliance of Concerned Teachers, said that “this government is taking teachers for a ride, after three years of guessing game with repeatedly vague promises, it was finally revealed that they only intend to give us so little”.
