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QUEZON City, Philippines – The Overseas Voting Secretariat of the Department of Foreign Affairs explained that the slow transmission of the results of the overseas absentee votes was due to the manual voting process. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines is ready for the special elections which will be held on May 14 in eleven areas where the Commission on Elections declared failure of elections. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front confirmed that its chief of the ceasefire committee, Rashid Ladiasan died because of lung cancer. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the severe El Niño phenomenon will possibly end this month or next month but more provinces may experience drought. A total of 28 provinces are now experiencing drought which may rise to 37 by the end of the month. The PAGASA added that the country may experience the La Niña phenomenon by the end of the year. (Eagle News Service Described […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s transition committee presented his 8-point economic agenda. Briefly, this includes: continuation of macro-economic policies; faster infrastructure spending; encouraging direct foreign investments; encouraging agricultural development strategies; improving management systems; strengthening the basic education system; providing scholarship in tertiary education as well as improving the taxation system. The transition committee is also expecting that corruption in the country will be lessened. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – China criticized the deployment of warships in the West Philippine Sea by the United States of America. According to China, USA is abusing the freedom of navigation in the disputed territories. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – China insisted that it has substantial international support regarding its position in the West Philippine Sea territorial dispute, which is currently awaiting the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, Netherlands. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The executive assistant of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Bong Go, confirmed that Duterte already has a list of possible candidates for top officials of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines although he refrained from naming said officials. He added that Duterte’s criteria includes merit, sincerity, faithfulness in duty as well as loyalty. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Administrative Order No. 49, establishing the Presidential Transition Committee. The AO aims to have a peaceful,.orderly and effective transition to the incoming administration. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MEXICO City (AFP) — FIFA’s new president Gianni Infantino will preside over world football’s annual congress in Mexico City on Friday to push through reforms aimed at rehabilitating the scandal-tarred organization. Infantino — who was elected in February after his predecessor Sepp Blatter was brought down by the corruption crisis — wants to turn the page and put the focus back on football. “We will show to the world we are serious with the reforms, […]
In an ideal world, the Eurovision Song Contest would be all about music and cross-border camaraderie. In reality, delicate diplomacy is essential to prevent politics from spilling into the annual glitz fest. A cast of hopeful artists from 26 countries will compete in this year’s final on Saturday in Sweden, homeland of inventor Alfred Nobel, who gave his name to the famous international peace prize. This year’s motley crew drags with it to Stockholm a […]
BEIRUT , Lebanon (AFP) — Hezbollah on Friday announced the death of its military commander in Syria, Mustafa Badreddine. “He said a few months ago, ‘I will not come back from Syria, unless a martyr or carrying the flag of victory’. He is the top commander Mustafa Badreddine. And he came back today as a martyr,” the Shiite movement said in a statement carried by the Al-Manar TV channel. Hezbollah, along with Iran, is […]
