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Senator Grace Poe admitted that she is disappointed at the decision of the Commission on Election Second Division disqualifying her candidacy in the 2016 election. Said division decided that she did not qualify with the ten-year residency requirements found in the Constitution. The senator said that she is a natural-born Filipino and has met the said requirement. Senator Poe is going to appeal the decision to the COMELEC en banc. (Eagle News Service Described by […]
According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, its should be the Philippine Coast Guard who should give the “go” signal or clearance for those who want to go on a “freedom voyage” to Spratlys Islands. The AFP added that the PCG should consider carefully the giving of the clearance since light vessels would find it difficult navigating the waters around said island. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]
According to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), it will have a hard time preparing for the 2016 election if it will follow the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court on its “no bio, no boto” policy. If said TRO is implemented, the COMELEC will have to adjust voting precincts for voters with no biometrics. Said commission would also have to provide more vote-counting machines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video […]
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is asking the members of the media to be careful in disclosing information, especially those regarding terrorism. This statement was made in response to reports that four jihadist camps can be found in Mindanao, Philippines. The AFP denied the existence of said camps and said that these are just small groups that want to gain attention by associating with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS. (Eagle […]
While Senator Grace Poe expressed disappointment on the decision, she said she will continue the fight. Poe will appeal the decision before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en banc, according to her Spokesman Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian. Poe’s running-mate Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero also expressed his disappointment on the decision saying that it is both unfortunate and wrong. Escudero said the decision ignored jurisprudence and interpreted the law to render injustice rather than justice. But […]
The Philippines has expressed optimism the permanent court of arbitration in The Hague will hand down a “truly just solution” to its case against China over disputed waters. In his speech before the tribunal Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario said and we quote: “We recognize that the tribunal’s mission is judicial. The tribunal must decide the claims on the basis of the facts and the law, in this case UNCLOS. We submit that on […]
Fishing boats carrying decomposed corpses have washed ashore in Japan in recent weeks, leading to speculation they are rickety North Korean vessels that have strayed dangerously far from port under the impoverished nation’s push to boost its catch. There has been no mention from secretive North Korea of any missing boats, but its leader, Kim Jong Un, has put a high priority on fishing as a way of earning foreign currency and providing a sustainable […]
(REUTERS) The United States said on Tuesday it was deploying a new force of special operations troops to Iraq to conduct raids against Islamic State there and in neighboring Syria, in a ratcheting up of Washington’s campaign against the group. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the deployment of the new “specialized expeditionary targeting force” was being carried out in coordination with Iraq’s government and would aid Iraqi government security forces and Kurdish peshmerga forces. […]
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) second division has disqualified Senator Grace Poe from the 2016 presidential race. Senator Francis Escudero, Poe’s running mate in next year’s polls, confirmed Tuesday (December 1) the COMELEC’S decision. Escudero said the second division favored the petition filed by lawyer Estrella Elamparo, stating that Poe had failed to meet the 10-year residency requirement of presidential candidates. The poll body division asserted that Poe became a resident only in July 2006 when […]
A Philippine court on Tuesday, December 1 found a U.S. Marine guilty of killing a transgender woman, jailing him for six to 12 years in a case that has reignited debate over the American military presence in the country. The Olongapo city regional trial court also ordered Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton to pay more than 4.5 million pesos ($95,350) to the family of Jennifer Laude, who was found dead last year in a hotel […]
Japan‘s whaling fleet set out for the Antarctic on Tuesday (December 1) to resume a decades-old whale hunt, defying global outrage, after a year’s hiatus due to an international court ruling. Japan aims to take more than 300 whales in its “scientific whaling” programme before the hunt ends next year. “Many of our citizens are celebrating your trip out to sea,” said Tomoaki Nakao, the mayor of the western city of Shimonoseki that is home […]
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the world needs an enduring framework for addressing climate change and that he would seek an agreement that would boost economies as well as help the planet’s environment. A strong climate pact would send a signal to researchers and investors that change is necessary and will spur energy innovation, Obama said at a news conference at the U.N. global climate summit in Paris. Obama said he expected the […]
