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(Eagle News) — Authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of a Kuwaiti national and a Syrian woman believed to have direct links with the terrorist group ISIS. In a joint statement, the Department of Justice, Bureau of Immigration and National Bureau of Investigation said Husayn Al-Dhafiri and Rahaf Zina, who claimed to be his wife, were apprehended by members of the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit on 28th St., Bonifacio Global City, on March 25. The BI worked in […]
(Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III told participants at the ASEAN Finance Ministers Investors’ Seminar (AFMIS) that now is the best time to invest in the economies of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as they are expected to collectively become a strong driver of global growth in the next decade. Dominguez, as host of this year’s AFMIS, delivered the opening remarks at the forum’s plenary session. Finance ministers and central […]
(Eagle News) — A woman who was allegedly being developed as a witness to be presented to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Duterte by senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila de Lima, has come out in the open to denounce the actions of the two senators and a Catholic priest who was allegedly tasked to look for witnesses against Duterte. The witness is Guillermina Barrido Arcillas, a former Liberal Party supporter, who held […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said that there was a need to “fortify” islands in the West Philippine Sea. “There are nine or 10 islands there. We have to fortify,” he said. He said for this, “I must build bunkers there or houses and make provisions for habitation.” Parts of the West Philippine Sea are also being claimed by China.
(Eagle News) — “I could never be misinformed.” This was the response of President Rodrigo Duterte to dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno’s statement the chief executive had been fed wrong information that led to his dismissal on Monday. “I could never be misinformed. Kaabugado ko misinformed ako,” he told reporters in an ambush interview in Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, which he visited on Thursday. “When I make a move, when I […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has warned custom and immigration personnel that he will relieve all officials who would be found to be involved in extortion and theft of Balikbayan boxes sent by Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to their loved ones. “Ayaw ko ng oppression sa Pilipino. That has to stop. Sa airport ngayon wala nang bukasan ng bag … Kung meron mang kontrabando, nakikita na ‘yon sa baba. Why do you have to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had already talked about firing Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno days before he officially sacked him at the end of a Cabinet meeting. This is according to Senator Tito Sotto, majority floor leader, who said he “already overheard” this during their trip to Myanmar and Thailand two weeks ago. “As I told one of you and I told you off the record then, I knew the (Department of the Interior and […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has approved the tariff adjustment proposal of Maynilad and Manila Water Corporation. Manila Water is expected to increase its rate adjustment by 36 centavos per cubic centimeter while Maynilad is expected to raise its by 77 centavos per cubic centimeters. The rate and fee adjustments will be effective and enforceable 15 days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation. The implementations are […]
(Eagle News) — First, it was the government housing units in Pandi, Bulacan. Now, the controversial urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap, said they would also want to occupy another 4,000 housing units reserved for soldiers and policemen, and other Metro Manila homeless, following the announcement of President Rodrigo Duterte tolerating their occupancy of the Pandi housing in Bulacan. Kadamay is now saying that aside from the housing units in Pandi, it also wants […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government and communist rebels on Wednesday, April 5, signed an interim ceasefire agreement which both parties hailed as a big step toward achieving a just and lasting peace in the country. The interim ceasefire will boost ongoing peace talks aimed at ending one of the world’s longest insurgencies, a joint statement said. The temporary truce would take effect after the two sides iron out the guidelines and ground rules, they said […]
(Eagle News) — Dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno on Thursday said he was retiring from politics for good, even as he reiterated he had done nothing wrong and that he was only “a willing victim” in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drive against corruption. “Ayoko na. Out na talaga ako… Malaki kris ni misis ko. Baka mamaya gamitin niya. Promise ko sa kanya di na ako babalik sa pulitika,” Sueno said when asked if he had plans of running for governor in Mindanao […]
(Eagle News) – “Hindi ako galit sa Presidente. (I am not angry with the President).” This was the statement of dismissed Interior Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno during Thursday’s (April 6) send-off ceremony by the Department of the Interior and Local Government to him, insisting he has no ill feelings against President Rodrigo Duterte for firing him at the end of Monday’s cabinet meeting in Malacanang, nor against the three department undersecretaries who wrote the Palace complaining […]
