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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — “They told us of the ‘palit-ulo’ scheme which means they exchange heads (such that) the wife, husband or relative in a so-called drug list will be taken if the person himself could not be found.” Ito ang bersyon ng “palit-ulo” scheme na inihayag ni Vice President Leni Robredo sa kanyang video message na ipinalabas sa annual meeting ng United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs Sa Vienna Austria, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday confirmed that there were already members of the terrorist Maute group in Metro Manila. National Capital Region Police Office head Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde made the confirmation following the arrest of Nasif Ibrahim, 35, in Salam Compound, Culiat, Quezon City, on Monday. “Ang alam natin, meron talaga silang contact dito, meron silang members dito na prumoprotekta sa kanila, kagaya nito (suspect),” Albayalde said during a press […]
President Rodrigo Duterte met with Myanmar State Counsellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi at the Call Room of the Presidential Palace in Myanmar on March 20. In the said meeting, President Duterte also handed over a pledge worth US $300,000 to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for the Philippines’ humanitarian assistance to Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the biggest donation made so far made by an ASEAN member state to Myanmar’s Rakhine State […]
(Eagle News) – After his two-day visit to Myanmar, President Duterte is now in Thailand for his three-day official visit, thus completing his tour of the nine other member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the Philippines takes the ASEAN chairmanship this year. The 71-year-old Philippine leader arrived at the Royal Thai Airforce Military Air Terminal 2 on Tuesday dawn, March 21, (11:47 p.m. Monday, March 20 Philippine time), accompanied by members of […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte met with Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw at the Presidential Palace in his first official visit in Myanmar, which is expected to forge deeper bilateral ties between the two countries. The President also met on Monday with state counsellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi for 30 minutes, where he presented $300,000 as humanitarian support for the persecuted Rohingya people, capping his two-day official […]
by Maher al-Mounes with Maya Gebeily in Beirut Agence France-Presse DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian government forces clashed with rebels and hammered opposition-held areas of east Damascus on Monday, before calm returned to the capital after a surprise assault. In the north of the country, meanwhile, a Kurdish militia said the Russian military is to train Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State group. Rebels and allied jihadists, led by former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front, early […]
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – FBI Director James Comey confirmed for the first time Monday that the agency is investigating Russian interference in last year’s presidential election and notably Moscow’s possible collusion with President Donald Trump’s campaign. He also rejected Trump’s claim that predecessor Barack Obama wiretapped his Trump Tower in New York, saying both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department had no evidence to support such allegations. […]
(Eagle News) — With Vice-President Leni Robredo on the receiving end of a possible impeachment complaint filed against her, her camp claims she is ready to face this and tried to dispute the claim that she is “in a hurry” to claim the presidency. “Kung magkakaroon po ng impeachment complaint, magiging handa naman po si VP Leni na humarap sa bagay na iyan,” Robredo’s spokesperson Georgina Hernandez told reporters. Hernandez said Robredo is also […]
(Eagle News) — The 19 policemen tagged in the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. have surrendered to authorities. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine National Police said those who “voluntarily submitted themselves for accounting and investigation” were Supt. Marvin Marcos, Supt. Santi Noel Matira, Chief Insp. Leo Laraga, SP04 Melvin Cayobit, P03 Johnny Ibanez, Chief Insp. Calixto Canillas Jr., and SP04 Juanito Duarte. Also included were P01 Lloyd Ortigueza, Senior Insp. Fritz […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang extended its condolences to the family of former Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani, who passed away due to cancer early Monday. “The Palace is saddened by the news of former senator and career diplomat (Leticia Ramos) Shahani’s passing this morning,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement. Abella also acknowledged her service to the country. “She was a profound humanist and her voice will be missed,” the Palace statement […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Liberal Party claims there is no legal basis to file an impeachment case against Vice President Leni Robredo. This was the reaction of the Liberal Party, after Speaker of the House of Representatives Pantaleon Alvarez threatened to file an impeachment case against Robredo for her act of sending a video condemning alleged extra-judicial killings in the country to a United Nations forum. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, who also […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Liberal Party senators defended their party’s titular head Vice President Leni Robredo, who figured in a video message shown in a United Nations side-event in Vienna that condemned drug-related killings in the country. According to a statement of Liberal Party senators, it was Robredo’s prerogative to appraise the world of the abuses perpetrated during the administration’s drug war. “(Vice President Leni) Robredo’s video message to a (UN) event is within […]
