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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang will not stop the widespread protests scheduled on November 25 by anti-Marcos groups. According to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, anyone has the freedom to express how they feel and that as long as the protesters will not violate any laws, such protest actions will be allowed.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Security Adviser does not see the anti-Marcos protests as a security threat. According to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., the government sees the anti-Marcos rallies as a form of democratic expression that should not be suppressed. “You would expect na merong kanya-kayang plano (both sides) as a matter of democratic advocacies,” Esperon said. https://youtu.be/wnJOkCBMWQQ
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The petitioners against the Marcos burial asked the Supreme Court to make the Marcos family and officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines answer for the burial of the former President at the Libingan ng mga Bayani last Friday (November 18). According to former Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo, they filed a 17-page petition for contempt asking the Supreme Court to order the respondents to pay a fine […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (November 21) told all Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) commissioners to resign after he received intelligence and internal reports on alleged corruption in the commission. Duterte said he received reports on anomalies in the ERC including questionable appointments, the commission having too many consultants, and how its officials deal with contracts. In a press conference in Lima, Peru, where he is attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Duterte […]
by Andrew Beatty Joshua Howat Berger LIMA, Peru (AFP) — US President Barack Obama bid farewell to the world stage Sunday, pondering his legacy, offering advice to his successor and discussing his post-presidential life at the end of his final foreign tour. His historic presidency and charisma have made Obama a rock star on the international scene, even at times when the daily grind of politics dimmed the glow around his election as the United […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila De Lima has predicted that suspected Eastern Visayas drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, as well as high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian, would sooner or later end up dead, even if they cooperate with the government. De Lima, whom both Espinosa and Sebastian had earlier implicated as having been involved in the illegal drugs business, issued the statement as Kerwin is expected to appear before the Senate inquiry investigating the death of his […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted western Argentina and parts of Chile Sunday, with no immediate reports of damage, authorities said. The quake rocked San Juan province at 1757 local time (2057 GMT), striking at a depth of about 130 kilometers (80 miles), Argentina’s seismological institute said. In Chile, the quake was measured at a magnitude of 6.5, officials at the government’s National Emergency Office (ONEMI) said. The earthquake was felt in […]
https://youtu.be/3pEd6mOXiak by Sanjay Kanojia Pukhrāyān, India (AFP) — Emergency workers raced to find any more survivors in the mangled wreckage of an Indian train that derailed Sunday, killing at least 120 people, in the worst disaster to hit the country’s ageing rail network in recent years. Shocked passengers recalled being jolted out of their early morning slumber by a violent thud as 14 carriages leapt from the tracks in a remote area near Kanpur […]
(Eagle News) — After losing to the more veteran San Antonio Spurs on Friday night, the young Los Angeles Lakers team still maintained their optimism that they will beat the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, November 20. (Monday Philippine time) The LA Lakers fought hard but still it wasn’t enough to overcome the San Antonio Spurs, as they played without injured leading scorer D’Angelo Russell for the first time. But they did not feel discouraged […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit on Saturday (Sunday Philippine time) in Lima, Peru where both leaders talked about areas of cooperation and forging stronger ties between the two countries. President Putin also formally invited the Philippine leader to visit Russia next year in the hopes of forging stronger trade relations with each other. Duterte and Putin exchanged views of […]
