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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday named the three people he said were behind the ouster plot against him. “Look, prangka tayo..They want me ousted. Who’s behind it? Itong si Trillanes, sundalo mabuti pang security guard to, and his ilk,” Duterte said, referring to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Aside from being a critic of Duterte and his policies, Trillanes is a member of the Magdalo group that has filed an impeachment complaint against […]
by Sergiy BOBOK with Dmitry GORSHKOV in Kiev Agence France-Presse YAKOVENKOVE, Ukraine – Ukraine said Thursday that a fire raging at a munitions depot in the country’s east, which the military blamed on an “act of sabotage”, could continue for up to a week. “We can evaluate everything as the intensity of the fire decreases,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said in televised comments. “This can take up to one week.” Groysman said 550 emergency workers, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that China had informed him they were not building anything on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea out of their new friendship, and he is confident that China will “not touch” the disputed shoal. Duterte’s remark came amid a comment by a mayor in charge of China-controlled disputed islands and reefs last week that preparatory work was being planned to build several monitoring stations, including […]
(Eagle News) — The chief of the Philippine Association of Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), the country’s gaming regulator, slammed Vice President Leni Robredo in front of foreign investors at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations gaming summit, asking them to “not believe” statements coming from the controversial vice-president. PAGCOR chief Andrea Domingo told the summit delegates that Robredo was trying to destroy the Philippines with her messages that distorted the real peace and order situation in the country. She said […]
(Eagle News) — Apologize. The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption has asked Vice President Leni Robredo to issue an apology for what it said were her “treacherous and unjust statements” in a video shown to the international community recently. In a letter sent to her office on Tuesday, Dante Jimenez, VACC president and founding chair, said Robredo should apologize for her messages that “sham(ed) the country before the international community” to “forestall any legal action that may be taken against” her. […]
by Dario THUBURN / Alice RITCHIE Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police arrested seven people on Thursday in armed raids linked to the deadly “Islamist-related” attacks the day before on the symbol of the country’s democracy. Britain’s top anti-terror officer Mark Rowley also said police have revised down the number of victims from Wednesday’s rampage to three from four. Some 40 people were wounded. “We have searched six addresses and made […]
(Eagle News) — Breaking her silence for the first time after she came under fire for her antidrug war video message shown to the international community, Vice President Leni Robredo indirectly denied on Thursday she had plans of seizing the presidency. “Ang pagpapahayag ng pangontra sa mga polisiya ng administrasyon ay hindi po yun nangangahulugan na gusto nating agawin ang posisyon. Wala po tayong ganung pangarap,” she said, noting that she only wanted to hear grievances. Robredo […]
(Eagle News) — “Guys, lay off. Stop it.” This was President Rodrigo Duterte’s advice to those working on impeachment complaints against his constant critic Vice-President Leni Robredo, saying what she was doing in criticizing his administration was part of democracy. “Look, we just had an election. Guys, lay off. Stop it. You can do other things but do not tinker with the structure of government. I will not countenance it,” said Duterte in a […]
by Dave Clark Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group vowed to crush the jihadists Wednesday at a meeting overshadowed by an attack in London and civilian deaths in Syria. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed his counterparts from the mainly Western and Arab 68-nation alliance to Washington with a promise to hunt down IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But he also warned the coalition is “not in […]
by Damian WROCLAVSKY Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil -Brazil’s government fought Wednesday to save the country’s meat industry from getting burned in a corruption scandal that has prompted several countries to pull Brazilian beef and chicken from the menu. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi did not mince his words. “What we are suffering now is a blow, a punch to the stomach,” he told the Senate. “We have to recover, to reorganize our forces, to travel around […]
by Dario THUBURN / Alice RITCHIE Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Four people were killed and 40 injured after being run over and stabbed in a lightning attack at the gates of British democracy on Wednesday attributed by police to “Islamist-related terrorism”. The attack unfolded across Westminster Bridge in the shadow of Big Ben, a towering landmark that draws tourists by the millions and stands over Britain’s Houses of Parliament — the very image of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday called out the usual personalities in his speech before the Filipino community in Thailand, as he wrapped up his 3-day visit in the neighboring Asian country. “Wag kayo maniwala dyan. Basura ni..kilala ba ninyo si Trillanes?” Duterte asked the thousands of Filipinos who had trooped to a hotel in Bangkok to see the popular President. Upon hearing Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s name, the crowd, who at one […]
