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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a long-running corruption case against jailed former president Gloria Arroyo and ordered her immediate release after almost five years in detention. The 69-year-old, who was in office from 2001-2010, could be freed later Tuesday from the Manila government hospital where she has been held since her November 2011 arrest, her lawyers said. The case against Arroyo and a co-defendant was dismissed “for insufficiency […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nag-labas ng hold departure order ang Sandiganbayan Third Division laban kina dating Vice President Jejomar Binay Sr., at anak niyang si Dating Makati City Mayor Jejomar Sherwin Binay Jr. Ang HDO ay may kaugnayan sa kasong graft, malversation at falsification laban sa mag-amang binay at iba pang akusado ukol sa pagtatayo ng Makati City Hall Parking Building. Ayon sa abugado ng dating Vice President, ealang epekto ang HDO sa […]
PASAY, City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinasura ng Pilipinas ang panukala ng China na conditional dialogue kaugnay ng pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea. Sinabi ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay, inayawan niya ang alok ng Beijing na bilateral negotiation na labas sa desisyong inilabas ng Permanent Court of Arbitration. Naganap ito nang magkita sina yasay at Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi sa sideline ng Asia-Europe Meeting na ginanap sa Mongolia. Ayon kay Yasay, binigyang-diin […]
Nakatakda nang simulan sa susunod na buwan ang pagsasagawa ng lifestyle check ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) sa mga ahensiya na saklaw nito. Ayon kay DILG Sec. Mike Sueño na isasailalim sa lifestyle check ang mga local chief executives, mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology At Bureau of Fire Protection. Layunin nito na malinis ang hanay ng mga ito laban sa mga tiwali at iligal na […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — A senior Chinese official on Tuesday (July 19) brushed off calls for a boycott of the Philippines after an international arbitration court ruled in Manila’s favour in its dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea. China has angrily rejected the verdict by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and the initial case as illegal and farcical. It has repeatedly said it will not change its approach or its […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippines and Vietnam celebrated its 40th year of bilateral relations last July 12. Diplomatic relations between the two sides started to blossom in July 1976, a year after the reunification of north and South Vietnam, upon the signing of a joint communique by then Philippine Foreign Minister Carlos P. Romulo and Vietnamese vice Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs Phan Hien.
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines said Tuesday direct talks with China over their maritime dispute were unlikely to start anytime soon due to Beijing’s refusal to accept an international tribunal ruling on the South China Sea. The UN-backed tribunal said last week there was no legal basis for China’s claims to most of the strategic, resource-rich waters. Beijing has staunchly rejected the verdict. “At this point in time, I am not sure whether negotiations […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing will “never” stop building in the South China Sea prematurely, a top military official has vowed, despite an international ruling that its actions were illegal. The pushback came as China launched war games in waters in the strategically vital region, where diplomatic tensions are high. “We will never stop our construction on the Nansha Islands halfway,” Wu Shengli, the commander of the People’s Liberation Army Navy, told US counterpart Admiral […]
by Cecil MORELLA MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Teenager Piolo Perez swings his bat on a baseball field built atop the Philippines’ most notorious trash heap, sending home run balls crashing through the shanties mushrooming on the outfield. Inspired by a Hollywood film starring Kevin Costner about a farmer who builds a baseball diamond on his cornfield, Manila’s huge landfill nicknamed Smokey Mountain has its own “Field of Dreams” to stop its youth going astray. “If […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he will not allow the demolition of informal settlers’ dwellings if there is no available relocation site like what he did in Davao City. Duterte said his administration needs a lot of funds that could be used for anti-poverty programs and reforms. He revealed that he has instructed Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Caesar Dulay to be strict in collecting taxes. The president […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Quezon City government announced that there will be no classes on Monday, July 25 in view of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s First State of the Nation Address (SONA). Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista suspended classes in all levels. Duterte will deliver his first State of the Nation Dddress during a joint session of Congress at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City. Last year, classes were only suspended in […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Finance Department Spokesperson Paola Alvarez said President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) will no longer be a fashion show as past SONAs events have been. Guests, especially the ladies, will be asked to tone down their sartorial picks and instead will be asked to wear business attires. Alvarez, daughter of incoming House Speaker Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez said that the event will center […]
