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Manila government to push through with “conversion and redevelopment” of Rizal sports complex

(Eagle News) — Despite opposition from heritage advocates, the Manila City government is pushing through with the “conversion and redevelopment” of the pre-war Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, saying “everything (was) old already.” “Oo, sigurado ‘yun,” Mayor Joseph Estrada said when asked if plans to that effect would push through. According to Estrada,the conversion of RMSC–which is owned by the government— is part of his administration’s urban development program.  “E, wala nang gumagamit. Wala nang kinikita. Luma […]

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Trillanes claims Duterte dinner invitation for Robredo, just a “trap”

  (Eagle News)– Opposition senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that the dinner invitation by President Rodrigo Dutetre was a trap for Vice-President Leni Robredo as he warned the latter not to be “disarmed” by the President. The senator warned Robredo “not (to) fall for that trap again” in a statement he issued about the dinner invitation. Trillanes said the dinner was meant to “disarm and politically neutralize her at this time that (Mr.) Duterte is […]

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PNP says no extrajudicial killings in Philippines; calls out Robredo, media for “wrong reporting”

(Eagle News) — There are no extrajudicial killings in the country. This was the statement of the Philippine National Police on Monday, as media reports labelling all killings as extrajudicial continued to proliferate. In a press conference, the PNP clarified that extrajudicial killings were necessarily “state-sponsored.” No killing in the country, however, they said, was state-sponsored. “It is the media that is insistent in (using the term),” PNP Director General Ronald dela Rosa said. Chief […]

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President Duterte invites Robredo and children to dinner with his family

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has invited Vice-President Leni Robredo to dinner after Robredo talked to him during the Philippine National Police Academy commencement exercises, assuring him that she does not want him to be removed from office. Duterte replied that he believed her. Speaking to reporters in Bukidnon, Duterte said: “Yes, ganito yan she mention on destab destab. Sabi niya wala ako niyan. Sabi ko Leni I believe you.” The President also told […]

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“Who allowed drug addicts to get to 4 million?” Duterte demands answers from previous administration

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is demanding answers from the previous Aquino administration why it had allowed the drug problem to become worse and balloon into this tragedy wherein he said four millions Filipinos are now drug addicts. “You read the crimes that were committed before the drug campaign. Look at the victims! Children who are raped, two years old, night shift workers and everybody else,” Duterte said during the groundbreaking of the […]

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Duterte says he won’t let Filipino youth be destroyed by drugs; thanks China for help in building rehab centers

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not let the Filipino youth  be destroyed by drugs, stressing that this was a campaign promise that he made and he would not renege on it. The President also stressed the importance of rehabilitation of illegal drug dependents, which is a twin program of the Philippine goverment’s fight against drugs. On Saturday, March 25, President Duterte led the groundbreaking ceremony of the a site where […]

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Paris Agreement to take effect in Philippines in April

(Eagle News) — The Paris Agreement on Climate Change will take effect in the Philippines next month. This is according to Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change. According to Legarda, the historic agreement that aims to keep global average temperature to well below two degrees Celsius below pre-industrial levels, and to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, will enter into force in the country on April 22, exactly a year the […]

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48 NCRPO policemen undergo “internal cleansing” program

(Eagle News) — Forty-eight erring policemen were made to undergo an intensive disciplinary training and reorientation, as the Philippine National Police stepped up its campaign against scalawags in the force. The 48 policemen who are members of the National Capital Region Police Office began the 15-day training on Friday at Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan in Taguig. The men in uniform had either been administratively charged, or had been warned for certain lapses while on duty. […]

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China iginagalang ang karapatan ng Pilipinas sa Benham Rise

Eagle News — Muling nilinaw ng China na iginagalang nila ang sovereign rights ng Pilipinas sa Benham Rise na deklaradong bahagi ng continental shelf nito. Batay sa inilabas na pahayag ng Chinese Foreign Ministry, sinabi ng China na hindi nila hinahabol ang maritime rights sa nasabing teritoryo lalo’t malinaw naman na sakop ito ng Pilipinas. Muling iginiit ng China na napadaan lamang ang kanilang survey ship sa Benham Rise at wala silang intensyong pag-aralan at […]

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Pamilya Marcos hindi pabor sa impeachment complaint laban kay VP Robredo

Eagle News — Hindi pabor ang pamilya Marcos na ma-impeach si Vice President Leni Robredo. Ayon kay  Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, mas gugustuhin umano nila lalo na ng kanyang kapatid na si dating Senador Ferdinand  “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.,  na ipursige ang election protest laban kay Robredo kaysa sa impeachment. Sinabi ni Gov. Marcos, wala ring kinalaman ang kanyang pamilya sa pagsasampa ng naturang impeachment complaint sa pangunguna ni Atty. Oliver Lozano . Aniya, si […]

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Ombudsman Morales , sinampahan ng disbarment case sa Korte Suprema

Eagle News —  Sinampahan ng disbarment case sa Korte Suprema si Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales dahil sa pag-abswelto kay dating Pangulong Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III sa isyu ng Disbursement Acceleration Program( DAP). Ang disbarment case laban kay Morales ay inihain ni dating Manila Councilor Greco Belgica na isa sa mga petisyoner noon na kinuwestiyon ang DAP sa Korte Suprema. Ayon kay Belgica, nilabag ni Morales ang lawyer’s oath nang aprubahan nito ang resolusyon na nag-aabswelto kay Aquino sa […]

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Duterte, Robredo share stage for the first time since impeachment issue in PNPA rites

    (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice-President Leni Robredo were on the same stage for the first time during the 38th commencement exercises of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) since the controversial impeachment issue cropped up. Duterte and Robredo were seated side by side, albeit a bit awkwardly, on the stage during the event. Duterte led the PNPA graduation rites of Masidlak Class of 2017 at Camp General Mariano Castañeda in Silang, […]

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