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Senate okays PHL membership to AIIB

  (Eagle News)– The Senate has approved the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), with a vote count of 20-1, paving the way for the country’s membership to the China-led international financial institution. Senator Loren Legarda, sponsor of the Committee Report on the AIIB treaty, said the Philippines’ membership to the AIIB would help the country to achieve growth through accelerated infrastructure spending. “Infrastructure bottlenecks have stifled our growth potential for […]

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Russia, Philippines to develop military cooperation

The foreign ministers of Russia and the Philippines said Monday, December 6 that the two countries are ready to develop bilateral cooperation in the military sphere, but clarified  that they do not favor creating new military alliances in the Asia-Pacific Region. In a joint conference with his Philippine counterpart Secretary Perfecto Yasay, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said “as far as military alliances and military blocs are concerned, the position is that security issues in the Asia-Pacific […]

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Duterte felt “uncomfortable” with VP’s political actions — Palace

    (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte had become “uncomfortable” working in the cabinet with Vice-President Leni Robredo and his trust for her had dwindled which was the reason for him to issue a directive that she should already “desist” from attending cabinet meetings, Palace officials said Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said this, while also clarifying that it was not the President’s intention to fire Robredo from her cabinet post. “With or without […]

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Italy’s Renzi to quit after budget

by Angus MACKINNON Ella IDE ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi formally resigned Monday after a crushing referendum defeat that has sent shockwaves around Europe — though his departure will be delayed by a final task, passing a budget. Renzi handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella after Italians resoundingly rejected his constitutional reform proposals in Sunday’s referendum, to the delight of the country’s populist leaders, fresh after Brexit and Donald Trump’s […]

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Duterte to opposition: “Maghintay na lang kayo. You’ve had your days”

  (Eagle News) – While Vice-President Leni Robredo has claimed that there might be plans from Malacanang to oust her, President Duterte hinted that it is the other way around: It is the opposition who could not wait to get him out of office. In his speech Monday night (December 5) at the Malacanang grounds, Duterte advised the opposition to just wait. He however did not make any mention of Robredo’s earlier resignation as chairwoman […]

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Philippine vice president to lead opposition to Duterte policies

  by Mynardo Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA Philippines (AFP) — Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo vowed Monday to spearhead national opposition to extrajudicial killings and other flashpoint issues surrounding President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial anti-crime crackdown. The announcement, which came a day after she quit Duterte’s cabinet, makes her the highest-ranking official to publicly voice such firm dissent to the president’s hardline law-and-order platform. “This is not the time for fear. It is a time […]

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Trump meets on cabinet appointments

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – by Dave Clark Donald Trump girded Monday for a busy day of meetings to fill cabinet positions including secretary of state, a keenly awaited choice as American allies and foes watch the president-elect engage in his unique, Twitter-heavy brand of foreign policy. Trump will have “a very full slate of meetings” as he looks to finalise key positions, senior aide Kellyanne Conway said Sunday. America’s allies and others are keenly […]

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Eurosceptics delight as Italy’s Renzi quits

ROME, Italy (AFP) – by Ella IDE Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi prepared to hand in his resignation Monday after suffering a ruinous referendum defeat cheered by populist leaders but sparking fresh jitters in Europe. “My experience of government finishes here,” said a downcast Renzi after acknowledging a defeat of almost 60-40 percent over his constitutional reform bid, which threw the future of one of the eurozone’s biggest economies into turmoil. Renzi, 41, will meet […]

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‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic back in court as trial nears end

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) – by Jo Biddle Former Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, once dubbed “The Butcher of Bosnia”, returned to a UN court Monday as his trial for genocide and war crimes in the 1990s conflict nears an end. More than four years after Mladic’s trial opened at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, prosecutors began three days of closing arguments seeking to dismiss claims he was not […]

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With a “heavy heart,” Duterte accepts Robredo’s resignation

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (December 5) has accepted Vice President Leni Robredo’s resignation after almost five months of working in his Cabinet. “It is with a heavy heart that I accept the resignation of Vice President Leni Robredo,” Duterte said. In an earlier statement, Presidential Communications secretary Martin Andanar said Duterte had lost confidence in Robredo but would not resort to unseating her as Vice-President which he dismissed as pure “speculation”. “That’s speculation coming from the […]

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Duterte is protector of law, not drug lords- Malacañang

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte is the major protector of the country’s laws, not of drug lords as said by Senator Leila de Lima, Malacañang stressed Sunday (December 4). “I do not think and I do not believe and it has not crossed my mind that the President is what he is as you said,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a radio interview. “The President is the President of the land and he […]

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Kerwin Espinosa’s alleged drug supplier yields to PNP Chief

(Eagle News)– Alleged drug supplier Lovely Adam Impal has surrendered to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa. Self professed drug dealer Kerwin Espinosa said during a Senate hearing that he and slain drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz got their drug supply from Impal. “If you can recall merong binanggit si Kerwin na ka-level lang n’ya na drug lord or drug queen, na ang pangalan ay si Lovely Adam Impal, nag-surrender […]

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