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QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte promised to bring home to the country Overseas Filipino Workers who had been granted clemency in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain. There are currently 5000 OFWs who received pardon from the Middle East and are scheduled to be repatriated to the Philippines. The President went to the Middle East for a round of official visits.
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Naglaan ang Estados Unidos ng P200 milyon upang matulungan ang Pilipinas na masugpo ang child online trafficking at child labor trafficking. Ang paglaan ng P175 milyon para sa child online trafficking, at P25 milyon sa child labor trafficking ay bahagi ng Child Protection Compact Agreement na nilagdaan ng Estados Unidos at ng Pilipinas ngayong Martes, ika-11 ng Abril. Ang kasunduang nilagdaan nina Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II at United States Charge […]
Nine people including four members of the Philippine security forces were killed Tuesday in clashes with 10 suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap group on the resort island of Bohol, authorities said. The incursion would be the first on a key Philippine tourist destination in recent years by the group which pledges allegiance to the Islamic State and often targets foreigners in the lawless southern Mindanao region. Five gunmen were killed, and four […]
(Eagle News Service) — Vice President Leni Robredo’s net satisfaction rating took the biggest dip among government officials’ ratings that declined in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. From a net satisfaction rating of +37 in December last year, Robredo’s rating slid to +26 in the March survey. The survey was conducted from March 25 to 28, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide. Of the 1200, 300 each came from Balance Luzon, […]
https://youtu.be/0TOcXF-7biA People flock to the tragic scene of the April 7 terror truck attack in the heart of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, where four people were killed and 15 were injured. With flowers and prayers, the mourners wrote their messages of love and peace on colorful sticky notes that they placed on a wall of Ahlens department store at the corner of the Drottninggatan pedestrian street, where a stolen beer truck mowed […]
(Eagle News Service) — What infighting? President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday allayed fears there was infighting in his Cabinet. “No, there is (none)…There is no infighting, no ruckus there, no trouble there,” Duterte said in a press briefing prior to his departure to the Middle East. The President made the statement following reports of a rift among members of his Cabinet, namely Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez and Environment Secretary Gina Lopez. Lopez had accused Dominguez of “usurping” […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal Bin Bandar Al Saud and other Saudi government officials welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte as the presidential plane carrying him touched down at King Khalid International Airport on Tuesday. The plane arrived at 2:43 AM PST. Duterte is on a two-day state visit to boost bilateral ties between the two countries. Among the other government officials who welcomed the president were Consul General Imelda […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered immediate relief operations in the towns in Batangas which were devastated by the series of quakes that continue to shake the province, saying it was important to “restore normalcy in the affected areas as soon as possible.” While there had been no reported deaths in Batangas, the President said that Filipinos should still continue to be vigilant and be always prepared for disasters. “Rest assured, our government is […]
(Eagle News Service) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday lashed out again at ABSCBN and Inquirer on live television, accusing the first of estafa, and the other of non-payment of taxes. “ABSCBN, inestafa ako niyan. ABSCBN accepted my money kasi noon, at the later part of the campaign..when I got the money sa mga well-meaning supporters, nagbili ako ng airtime para naman masali and pangalan ko ..Hindi lumabas,” he said in a press conference at the […]
by Mona Salem Agence France-Presse ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptians killed in jihadist bombings, after Cairo declared a state of emergency following the attacks on two Coptic churches. The Islamic State group said it was behind the twin bombings that targeted services at churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria, and threatened further attacks. Sunday’s first bombing at the Mar Girgis church in Tanta city north of Cairo killed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte departed on Monday, April 10, for state visits to three Middle East countries — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar — saying it was important to “reinforce” ties with the Gulf states where the largest group of Filipinos are working. In his departure speech, President Duterte said this would be first meeting with the “esteemed leaders” in the Gulf, stressing how this is important as “there is much […]
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Ibinasura ng Court of Appeals ang hiling ni Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton na baliktarin ang unang desisyon ng isang korte na nagsasabing siya ang pumaslang sa Pilipinong si Jeffrey Laude noong October 2014. Kinatigan ni Associate Justice Marlenez Gonzales-Sison ng 16th Division sa 48 na pahinang desisyong kanyang isinulat ang unang desisyon ng Olongapo Regional Trial Court Branch 74 na nagsasabing guilty si Pemberton sa kasong homicide. Sinentensya rin […]
