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President Duterte to Inquirer and ABSCBN: You are “a bunch of (trash)”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday again lashed out at Inquirer and ABSCBN, saying they were corrupt media organizations that were “a bunch of” trash. “Kaya sinasabi ko dyan, sa Inquirer, wag kayo magbasa dyan. Basura yan….Just like ABSCBN. They’re all a bunch of (trash),” Duterte said, using a more forceful expletive to describe the media organizations during the inauguration of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s crisis center in Guadalupe, Makati. His statement drew […]

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N. Korea fires projectile into Sea of Japan: S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Nuclear-armed North Korea on Wednesday fired a suspected missile into the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s defense ministry said. “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into the Sea of Japan this morning from (the eastern port of) Sinpo,” the ministry said in a statement. If confirmed to be a missile, it would be the latest such launch by Pyongyang and will fuel international concerns about the isolated regime’s military ambitions. It […]

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Tragedy of suspected chemical attack seeps into Syria conference

  by Alex PIGMAN Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium – For Diaeddin Al Zamel, the call to save Syria at a EU-UN conference in Brussels was not supposed to be a punch to the gut. The gathering was meant to be an all-too-typical plea for aid from rich donors — but then came the text message from the world’s bloodiest battleground. A source on the ground said the town of Khan Sheikhun in Idlib Province had […]

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President Duterte on why he fired Sueno: I did not like his answer

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he fired then-Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mike Sueno because he “did not like his answer” when asked about the questionable firetruck deal the DILG had entered into. “Last night I fired a Cabinet member in a full Cabinet meeting because I did not like his answer because it was a plain lie,” he said during the inauguration of the Metropolitan Manila Development […]

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President Duterte defends embattled Speaker Alvarez

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday took up the cudgels for Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, who has come under fire after admitting he had another girlfriend and children out of wedlock. “Sino ba walang babae dito? Mayor Herbert (Bautista) tumingin ka sa akin and I’ll tell you you’re a liar,” he told the Quezon City mayor, drawing laughs from the audience at the newly inaugurated Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s Crisis Monitoring and Management Center. […]

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Dismissed DILG chief Sueno insists he is not corrupt, but accepts Duterte’s decision

  (Eagle News) — Dismissed Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno said he has accepted “wholeheartedly” the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte, but insisted he is not corrupt. In a statement, Sueno also said he would have wanted the President to have “validated” the information that had reached him. “I just wished the information was validated. If only the President asked DILG personnel from the central down to the regional and field offices, […]

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Truce on agenda in new round of Philippine rebel talks

NOORDWIJK AAN ZEE, Netherlands (AFP) — Philippine government officials Monday launched a new round of talks with communist rebels aiming to hammer out an interim ceasefire in moves to end one of the world’s longest insurgencies. The talks, which got under way in The Netherlands, are due to last until Friday and are the fourth round between the National Democratic Front and Manila. “We welcome the openness of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines […]

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President Duterte asks AFP, PNP awardees to give Pandi housing units up; Says “nicer, bigger” ones to be built for them

    (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday asked the military and police who are awardees of a housing project in Pandi, Bulacan to give up the units illegally occupied by members of an urban poor group, saying he would construct “nicer, more comfortable and bigger” ones for them. Duterte made the appeal during the 120th anniversary of the Philippine Army in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. “Meron akong pakiusap. This ruckus in Bulacan, parang inagaw ng mga kapwa natin […]

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Philippine soldiers kill ‘more than 10’ militants in bid to free captives

Philippine soldiers killed “more than 10” Abu Sayyaf militants in an attempt to free Vietnamese captives held on a remote southern island as troops fired howitzer shells on rebel positions. Major-General Carlito Galvez, Military Commander of Western Mindanao, said 32 soldiers were also wounded in Sunday’s assault on an Abu Sayyaf hideout in Talipao Town, where the militants were believed to be holding six Vietnamese captives. There was no word on the fate of the […]

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PHL tourist destinations featured in Portugal’s biggest international tourism fair

Philippine tourist destinations were recently featured at Portugal’s biggest annual tourism fair. Portugal’s national and regional tourism boards, airline companies, hotels and resorts, tour operators, travel agencies, embassies and other members of the tourism industry joined the Bolsa De Turismo De Lisboa or BTL 2017 at the Feira Industrial De Lisboa located in Parque Das Naçoes. More than 75,000 visitors and 400 foreign tour operators from around 36 countries gathered for the event. This is […]

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CHR airs concerns about President Duterte’s statement he would grant pardon to police in Espinosa killing

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights has expressed its concerns about the pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte to pardon the policemen involved in the death of former Albuera, Leyte Mayor Roland Espinosa Sr. “Ngayon po, dapat sampahan ng kaso sa ating mga korte at dumaan sa proseso at antayin yung kapasyahan ng korte kung may sala man o wala,” Commission on Human Rights Chairman Chito Gasco, in an interview said. […]

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Abella: DBM approves more than 800 immigration bureau posts

(Eagle News) — The Department of Budget and Management has approved the addition of more than 800 immigration posts to address the apparent shortage of people at the Bureau of Immigration, which has led to long queues at immigration desks in airports, including the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said on Monday that the 887 “immigration officers and assistant positions” approved on March 28 were in addition to the existing 1203. It was unclear if […]

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