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(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Salome” has made landfall over San Juan, Batangas, and is expected to bring heavy rains in Metro Manila up to past midnight. In its 8 p.m. press conference on Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Salome” made landfall an hour earlier, and is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 55 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 90 kilometers per hour. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the administration of the drug war would be back in the hands of the Philippine National Police if the illegal drugs proliferated again in the market. “Sabi ko, o sige (the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) nalang. Pag magtaas nanaman, balik nanaman ang pulis. Alangan namang pabayaan ko bayan ko,” he told members of the Filipino community in Vietnam. He noted that Filipinos “never realized” the country was […]
(Eagle News) — To ensure prosperity, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday proposed that businesses adopt an “inclusive business model” and that policies be adopted that will allow developing countries to “get a larger share of the global value chain.” The President made the suggestions in a speech before businessmen during the Association of Pacific Economic Cooperation chief executive officers summit session 7 in Da Nang, Vietnam. Duterte was one of the keynote speakers in his […]
(Eagle News) — Six soldiers were killed and four others were injured after they clashed with Abu Sayyaf members and sympathizers in Basilan on Wednesday. Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command, made the announcement in a press statement released on Thursday. According to Colonel Juvymax Uy, commander of Joint Task Force Basilan, the soldiers were members of the 18th Infantry Battalion, who conducted a strike operation against the Abu Sayyaf under Siar […]
(Eagle News) — Several lawyers are taking Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to court over a comment they said incited sedition and rebellion. The group of Former Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto Paras, Manuel Luna, Nasser Marohomsalic, and Eligio Mallari said Trillanes should be taken to task for a portion of his privilege speech on Oct. 3, in which they said he “encouraged the military to kill” President Rodrigo Duterte. “Kung makikita ito (Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth) […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Salome” slightly intensified on Thursday as it moved toward Ticlao Island in Masbate. In its 11 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said there will be moderate to heavy rainfall within the 250-kilometer diameter of “Salome.” As of 10 a.m., PAGASA said the center of “Salome,” which is packing maximum winds of up to 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to […]
(Eagle News) — The low pressure area spotted east of Catarman, Northern Samar has developed into a tropical depression, the Philippine Atmospheric and Geophysical Services Administration said on Thursday. In its 8 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said moderate to heavy rainfall is expected within the 200-kilometer diameter of Tropical Depression “Salome,” as the new weather disturbance is called. The center of the tropical depression as of 7 a.m. is in the vicinity of Mondragon, Northern Samar, […]
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered troops to scrap plans of building a fishermen’s shelter on a sandbar in the disputed South China Sea in August, Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana said on Wednesday. He said the plan to build the structures on a 500-square-meter (5,382-square-foot) outcrop located just off Thitu island was shelved after Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano advised Duterte there was an agreement between the two nations not to put up structures on new South […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would clarify with China its plans in the South China Sea. In a press conference prior to his departure for the Association of Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam on Wednesday, Duterte said that while he was grateful for China’s help in Marawi, it was “about time” he asked whether China wanted a controlled passage or a free passage in the area. “This is for […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would talk to United States President Donald Trump about three things: trade, extremism and terrorism, and the South China Sea. Duterte made the revelation when asked by a reporter at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport prior to his departure for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Vietnam. After the APEC summit, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit will be held in the Philippines. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he was “offended” when former Dangerous Drugs Board Chair Dionisio Santiago criticized the government’s plan to rehabilitate drug addicts in a mega rehabilitation center in Nueva Ecija. Without directly admitting he had anything to do with Santiago’s resignation, Duterte said the former DDB chair was assigned to that position to “teach” the President about how to do things and not to issue statements to the press. […]
(Eagle News) — The alleged middleman in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes in May is now a free man. This was after the woman who filed a rape case against Kenneth Dong before the Parañaque Regional Trial Court Branch 195 submitted an affidavit of desistance to say she would no longer pursue the case against him. The warrant of arrest issued by Judge Aida Estrella Macapagal in connection […]
