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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said on Tuesday that there was a failed attempt to assassinate him during his visit in Marawi late January. Dela Rosa said in his speech at the 23rd National Police College anniversary in Silang, Cavite that the Maute Group tried to assassinate him. “Big-time na pala ako kasi i-a-assassinate ako,” Dela Rosa said. “Report sa akin ng PNP at army doon […]
by Lissy DE ABREU / with Florence PANOUSSIAN in San Jose de Oriente Agence France-Presse BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia’s FARC rebels begin disarming Wednesday under a historic peace deal, beginning the delicate transition from guerrilla army to political party after more than half a century at war. After weeks of mustering its troops at designated disarmament zones, the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was set to begin an inventory of its weapons and […]
(Eagle News) — Overseas Filipino workers held a gathering to rally support for Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in Macau, China. The rally staged by the United Democracy and Duterte Supporters or United DDS was also held over the weekend, at about the same time that hundreds of thousands of people showed up in Manila to express their support for the President. Eagle News Service correspondent in Macau, China Kit Wong interviewed some of those who came […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda hailed on Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the Paris Agreement, calling the day of his signing “a great day for..climate warriors.” Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the statement a day after Duterte signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that compels ratifying countries to take steps to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and to limit the temperature increase […]
Filipinos in Switzerland also staged a mini-rally to express their support for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte over the weekend, as the nation commemorated the 31st anniversary of the EDSA Revolution. Mary Ablaza, Eagle News correspondent in Geneva, Switzerland gives us this report. A leader of the pro-Duterte gathering interviewed in the report said that they are doing all of these because they love the Philippines, and they want the President to stay in power […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Senator Franklin Drilon is the new Senate minority leader. It was Senator Benigno Paolo Aquino IV who nominated Drilon, the Senate president pro-tempore until he was ousted on Monday. Aquino’s motion was seconded by Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. Drilon, for his part, nominated Aquino as his Senate assistant minority leader. Senator Leila De Lima, who is detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center, meanwhile, expressed her decision to join the […]
Japan’s emperor Akihito and empress Michiko meet Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang on their first visit to the country, the latest in a series of trips to former World War II battlegrounds.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang said that the recent reorganization in the Senate is a normal occurrence. According to Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, what happened was that the will of the majority was just upheld after the voting. Abella did not deny that the Duterte administration will benefit from the reorganization as more senators allied with the government will facilitate the passing of what the administration considers as important laws. https://youtu.be/uoEV5SCO9GM
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III asked for permission to visit Senator Leila De Lima. Aquino made the statement after the Liberal Party caucus. The former president stands as the LP Chairman Emeritus. Aquino said he is waiting for the “go” signal to visit the senator as he wants to know De Lima’s condition. He said he also wanted to give her some chocolates.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several members of the Liberal Party are ready to leave the “super majority” bloc in the House of Representatives allegedly because of the vote on the revival of the death penalty. Based on the Liberal Party caucus, the party deferred its decision to bolt from the “super majority” only after the voting on death penalty. “Ang Liberal Party, ganun ang aming proseso. We have to discuss, we have to […]
(Eagle News) –The National Bureau of Investigation is set to come out with a report on their investigation into the ambush of Lalaine Madrigal Martinez, even if the incident was not reported to the police. Justice Vitaliano Aguirre said the absence of a police report on her ambush in Makati on Friday does not mean that the incident did not take place. “Kita niyo naman, yung sasakyan may tama…Kasi ang pinagbabasehan lang niyo na porke hindi totoo yung ambush ay […]
[vrview img=”https://www.eaglenews.ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/President-Donald-Trump’s-first-speech-before-the-US-Congress.jpg”] (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) Do you want to experience how it feels like to be inside the halls of the United States Congress while US President Donald Trump is making his first-ever speech? Then try this out. U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress on February 28, 2017 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. […]
