Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte revealed plans of the Maute Group and the Abu Sayyaf Group to attack Basilan City, General Santos City, Cagayan De Oro City and Zamboanga City in Mindanao. He detailed this in his seven-page letter to Congress which sought a five-month extension of martial law in Mindanao “Validated reports disclose that Hapilon and the Mautes have sent an operational fund to ASG sub-leader Furuji Indama in order to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited war-torn Marawi on Thursday, making good on his word to check up on government troops fighting Islamist militants in the area. Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera, 1st Infantry Division spokesperson, said the President made the visit in Camp Ranao around lunchtime. There was no media coverage of the event, as they were only informed about the President’s visit after he left. Prior to this visit, Duterte had attempted to […]
Agence France Presse — Limits on foreign ownership of the Philippine telecom industry should be lifted to attract investment and improve its service, a senior minister said Thursday. Currently foreign firms can own a maximum 40 per cent of Philippine utilities, including telecom companies, which should be raised, according to Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia. “If we want to attract foreign direct investment, they have to have a larger stake in the investment,” he told […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former United States Secretary of State Madeline Albright called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as well as the Maute Group in the Philippines an “infectious virus”. “While much of the world’s attention is on the threat by ISIS, I’m keenly aware the Philippines and your neighbors are also under attack,” Albright said. “They are more dangerous. They are the product of a set of perverse and ambitious […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo said she was ready to face any planned impeachment case against her. “Handa naman tayong harapin. Wala tayong ginagawang mali. Bahagi naman iyan ng democratic process,” Robredo said in an interview. Robredo said though that impeachment was a political process and that the issues being thrown against her should have basis. Robredo added that she would continue to fulfill her duties as vice-president despite the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — The police said on Thursday (July 20) they had arrested 43 foreigners, mostly Chinese nationals, for kidnapping a Singaporean woman at a casino resort in the capital. Police said the gang, believed to be a loan shark syndicate, was targeting foreign high-rollers, with 11 similar cases reported since 2015 involving two groups composed of Chinese and Singaporean citizens. The 48-year-old Singaporean woman was kidnapped at the Solaire casino on July 17 […]
These are just some of the fantastic views of the 62-acre town of Johnsonville, Connecticut, which was once a thriving mill community, a Victorian Era tourist attraction, that had been abandoned for years. The beautiful abandoned old town was featured in an episode of the National Geographic TV series “Abandoned.” It was put up for sale at an online auction on October 28, 2014. The Iglesia Ni Cristo is now the new owner of […]
Agence France Presse — Authorities have said they would monitor large transactions at casinos to curb money-laundering, after proceeds from an $81 million theft were funnelled through several gambling establishments last year. President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law this week adding the gaming sector to monitored institutions. Casinos must now report to the central bank’s Anti-Money Laundering Council all transactions exceeding five million pesos (around $99,000). The law authorizes the council to obtain court orders […]
Agence France Presse — The United States State Department said Wednesday that global terror incidents and deaths fell last year, but portions of certain countries, including the Philippines, have become “safe haven environments” for Islamic State fighters. In its annual country-by-country assessment of terrorism worldwide, the department pinpointed Islamic jihadist groups Islamic State Al-Qaeda and the Taliban as the leading culprits for terror attacks. But it said overall attacks had fallen nine percent last year […]
Agence France Presse — Singapore said Wednesday it has offered surveillance drones and urban warfare training to Philippine troops battling Islamist fighters, to prevent the militants becoming entrenched and threatening the rest of Southeast Asia. Philippine troops have been battling to dislodge militants loyal to the Islamic State group who seized parts of the southern city of Marawi on May 23 in a bid to establish a base in the Mindanao region, which shares sea […]
by Peter Murphy & Geza Molnar Agence France-Presse BUDAPEST, Hungary – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced the European Union’s political demands on Israel as “absolutely crazy,” in remarks leaked from a closed-door meeting with eastern and central European leaders in Budapest. “The (EU) is the only association of countries in the world that conditions the relations with Israel… in every area on political conditions,” he said in a recording heard by AFP. […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian MPs on Wednesday passed a law to strip naturalized citizens of passports for offenses classed as “terrorism” following a deadly April suicide bombing in the Saint Petersburg metro. The lower house of parliament passed the bill in its final third reading. It now goes through the senate and to President Vladimir Putin for a final signature. Putin called for such a law after the April 3 attack in the […]
