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Roque: President Duterte asked China to enter PHL telecommunications industry

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has offered China the opportunity to put up a telecommunications company that would rival PLDT and Globe. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President made the offer during a bilateral meeting with Premier Li Keqiang. According to Roque, there had long been plans of breaking up the PLDT-Globe duopoly. Then-Informations and Communications Technology Rodolfo Salalima, however, he said did not act on this soonest. Salalima, a former Globe official, […]

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Ex-DOTC Secretary Abaya, several others charged over “anomalous” P3.8-B MRT-3 maintenance contract

(Eagle News) — Militant groups on Monday filed criminal charges against former Department of Trade and Communications Secretary Emilio Abaya and several others over an allegedly anomalous  P3.8-billion maintenance contract for the Metro Rail Transit 3. Abaya, former MRT General Manager Roman Buenafe, former Undersecretary Rene Limcaoco, Jose Rodante Sabayle, Maria Cecilia Natividad, Eldonn Uy, Elizabeth Velasco, Belinda Ong Tan, Catherine Gonzales, Edwin Lopez, Oscar Bongon,  Brian Velasco and Chae Gue Shim, Ofelia Astrera, Charissa Eloisa Opulencia face charges […]

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President Duterte: No more talks with NPA; Group to be declared a terrorist entity

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would declare the New People’s Army a terrorist group, noting what he said were their “depredations,” including the supposed killing of a 4-month-old baby. “I’ll be issuing a proclamation. I will remove them from the category of a legal entity, or at least a semimovement which would merit our attention, placing the—same as America—terrorists,” Duterte said. He reiterated he no longer wanted to talk to […]

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19 dead in Beijing fire: state media

BEIJING, China (AFP) — A fire tore through a house in Beijing Saturday killing 19 people and injuring eight, Chinese state media said. The inferno broke out in Beijing’s southern Daxing district, Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. The report did not specify the cause but said an unspecified number of suspects were in police custody. Xinhua said the fire was brought under control some three hours after it erupted and that the injured […]

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IS not dead yet but ‘caliphate’ dream in tatters

by Ali Choukeir and Sarah Benhaida Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Its “caliphate” has imploded, its de facto capitals in Iraq and Syria have fallen, and hundreds of its fighters have either surrendered or fled. The Islamic State jihadist group may not be dead yet but its dream of statehood has already been buried, analysts say. No one in IS “will now think of imposing ‘the territory of the caliphate’,” said Hisham al-Hashemi, an Iraqi […]

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Duterte: Gov’t officials who went on unauthorized trips using public funds to be fired next week

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would order the dismissal of public officials who went on unauthorized trips with public funds next week. Duterte made the announcement during a speech in Davao City. “A number of them are lined up to be fired. Those who went out of the country to waste the money without permission of the authorities, in this case, the President, they have to go,” Duterte said. He […]

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“Tino” develops into tropical storm; is now outside PAR

(Eagle News) — “Tino” has developed into a tropical storm, but is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in its 10 a.m. advisory  that moderate to heavy rainfall would be felt within the 300-kilometer diameter of the tropical storm. As of 9 a.m., the center of “Tino” was located 70 kilometers east northeast of Pag-asa island in Palawan. “Tino” is packing maximum sustained winds of […]

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All tropical cyclone warning signals lifted; “Tino” to exit PAR by Saturday

(Eagle News) — All tropical cyclone warning signals have been lifted all over the country, as Tropical Depression “Tino” continued to make its way out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, however, said that Mimaropa, Bicol, and the Visayas were still expected to experience light to moderate rains. As of 10 p.m., the tropical depression was spotted 190 kilometers west-northwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. It is packing […]

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Man gets life in prison for deaths of Basilan congressman, 5 others in 2007 Batasan bomb attack; 2 others acquitted

A man was jailed for life Friday over the deaths of a congressman and several others in the Batasang Pambansa bombing a decade ago. Ikram Indama was found guilty of the November 13, 2007 murders of House of Representatives member Wahab Akbar and five others in a motorcycle bomb attack which wounded several more including two other legislators. Indama, who worked as a driver for  Gerry Salapuddin,  Akbar’s bitter political rival in Basilan, was also […]

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Roque: I am “without means to pursue a Senate bid”

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he was “without means to pursue a Senate bid.” “So while OK, I am thankful, I reiterate that my priority is to be the the best spokesman that I can be for the president,” Roque said in a statement issued after Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez announced he would run for senator in 2019 and was included in the PDP-Laban’s slate. Alvarez said apart from Roque, also included were […]

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Uson: I have no plans of running for senator yet

(Eagle News) — Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson said she has no plans of running for senator as of this time. Uson made the statement after Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez announced during a mass oath-taking of new PDP-Laban members that she was included in the party’s slate in the next elections. “Una po sa lahat, we attended the oath-taking of the new PDP-Laban members upon the invitation of presidential assistant for the Visayas Martin Dino, Walang […]

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UPDATED: TD “Tino” maintains its strength as it prepares to make landfall over Palawan

(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Tino” maintained its strength as it prepared to make landfall over Palawan on Friday. In an advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 4 p.m., the center of “Tino” was spotted 65 kilometers east of Puerto Princesa. The tropical depression is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 90 kilometers per hour. Moderate to heavy […]

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