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Japan, tutulong sa drug rehabilitation program ng pamahalaan

By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Aabot sa mahigit isang bilyong Japanese yen o katumbas ng mahigit walong daang milyong piso ang ipagkakaloob ng Japanese government sa Pilipinas para sa drug rehabilitation program. Sa signing ceremony ng Department of Health (DOH) at ng Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Isinapormal ang kasunduan ng pagtutulungan ng Pilipinas at Japan sa anti-illegal drugs campaign. Ayon sa JICA, pareho ang layon ng dalawang bansa […]

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Tinatayang P120-milyong halaga ng shabu at mga armas, nakumpiska ng NBI; 2 suspek, arestado

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dalawampu’t-apat ( 24)  na plastic bag ng shabu na umaabot sa halos 20- kilo at 25 mataas na kalibre ng mga baril at bala…ang nakumpiska sa isinagawang raid ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Dalawa sa mga suspek ang nadakip. Tinatayang nagkakahalaga ng 120 million pesos ang higit labing-siyam na kilong shabu na nakuha sa dalawang suspect na nakilalang sina Edris Macalabo at Arvin Zapanta. Inaalam pa ng NBI kung […]

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Trump pledges ‘full support’ to Putin over Russia metro attack

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump spoke Monday with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and pledged Washington’s “full support” for Moscow’s response to the deadly attack on the Saint Petersburg metro, the White House said. Trump expressed his condolences and condemned the attack, which killed 11 people and left dozens wounded. Russian authorities said they were probing an “act of terror.” “President Trump offered the full support of the (US) government in responding […]

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Rep. Biazon on Duterte’s sacking of DILG chief: The President “showed remarkable political will”

(Eagle News) — “He showed remarkable political will.” This was how Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon described President Rodrigo Duterte after he sacked Interior Secretary Mike Sueno, citing “a lack of loss and confidence,” on Monday night. In a statement, Biazon said Sueno, after all, was a “prime mover in the electoral campaign of the President occupying a top sensitive post.” “Trust and confidence of a President in his appointee should be absolute. This is an example of an […]

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President Duterte dismisses DILG chief Sueno, citing “loss of trust” — Abella

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has dismissed Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno citing “loss of trust and confidence,” according to a statement from the Palace. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the announcement about Sueno’s dismissal was made “at the end of the 14th Cabinet meeting” on Monday, April 3. “The President had earlier asked a few questions of Mr. Sueno but the summary dismissal served as a warning that Mr. […]

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6.5-magnitude quake shakes southern Africa

GABORONE, Bostwana (AFP) — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck the southern African nation of Botswana on Monday, United States seismologists said, with the tremor felt in several neighboring countries. The epicenter of the quake, which hit at 7:40 pm (1740 GMT), was in a sparsely populated area 238 kilometers (about 150 miles) northwest of Botswana’s capital Gaborone, the US Geological Survey said. It struck at a depth of 29 kilometers, and […]

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11 dead in Russian metro ‘terror attack’

by Marina KORENEVA SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured as an explosion rocked the Saint Petersburg metro Monday, with the Kremlin saying it bore “all the hallmarks of an attack.” Authorities shut down the metro system in Russia’s second city for several hours as security services said they had also defused a bomb at a second metro station. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was probing an “act of […]

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President Duterte: Pangilinan’s Juvenile Justice Welfare Act has produced “criminal minds”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called out Senator Francis Pangilinan for authoring the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act, and reiterated his support for programs that would instill discipline in the youth amid the prevailing lack of “sense of obedience” among Filipinos. In a speech during the Boy Scouts of the Philippines investiture rites, Duterte, who was wearing a Boy Scouts uniform,  said Pangilinan’s law was the reason behind “five to six generations of people who committed crimes.” “I’m […]

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Joma Sison says CPP-NDF wants bilateral ceasefire as 4th round of formal talks start

    (Eagle News) – The fourth round of formal peace talks opened on Monday, April 3, in the Hague, The Netherlands where both panels from the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines spoke positively of having a bilateral ceasefire agreement signed soon. No less than the NDFP chief consultant, Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for “being gracious” in allowing the members […]

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President Duterte meets with organizing agencies for ASEAN Summit in Manila

President Rodrigo Duterte met with the organizing agencies in a briefing on the substantive preparations for the upcoming 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings from April 26-29, 2017 in Manila. The attendees include ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council (NOC) Director General for Operations Ambassador Marciano Paynor Jr. and the meeting takes place at the President’s Hall of Malacañang Palace on thursday, March 31, 2017. Also present are representatives from the […]

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Lawmaker supports Palace call to change name of Benham Rise to ‘Philippine Rise’

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A member of the House of Representatives has expressed his support for a change of the name “Benham Rise” to “Philippine Rise.” “But we must also take every peaceful measure possible to assert our rights as a country following international rule of law. The renaming is well within our rights and is non aggressive. Let’s proceed forthwith,” Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on National Defense and Muntinlupa Representative Ruffy Biazon […]

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