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by Sebastian Smith US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiled, shook hands and dined Wednesday in Hanoi, expressing optimism that their highly personal brand of diplomacy will lead to a deal on the totalitarian state’s nuclear weapons. At the start of around two hours of talks and dinner at a luxury hotel in the Vietnamese capital, Trump predicted a “very successful” summit, now due to resume Thursday. The two-day get-together […]
(Eagle News) — Arnell Ignacio resigned from his post as deputy administrator of the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration for “personal reasons,” the Palace said on Wednesday, Feb. 27. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Ignacio “has intimated his desire to pursue other endeavours.” “While the President has yet to formally accept Mr. Ignacio’s resignation, we recognize as well as thank him for his contributions to the Filipino people,” he said, noting that […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 27, said there was still no proof the Marcos family had amassed ill-gotten wealth during then-President Ferdinand Marcos’ term as alleged. “Until now, you have not proven anything except to sequester and sell. Hindi mo nga sigurado kung talagang kay Marcos ba ‘yan?” Duterte, a lawyer, said in a speech in Manila. The Marcoses are accused of stealing $5 to $10 billion from government coffers, and […]
(Eagle News) — Several areas in Quezon City and Valenzuela will experience water service interruption from March 4 to 7. According to Maynilad, the following areas will be affected as the concessionaire conducts major repair work and maintenance of its Commonwealth and North Caloocan pumping stations: From 10 p.m. of March 4 to 4 a.m. of March 6 Valenzuela City -Ugong (Hobart Phase 1 and 2 and Doña Marciana Subdivision) Quezon City -Bagbag -Bagong Silangan […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Feb. 27, reminded members of the Department of Justice’s National Prosecution Service to remain “neutral, impartial and non-partisan” in the discharge of their official duties in relation to the 2019 elections. In Department Circular No. 001, Guevarra said “no less than the 1987 Constitution provides that officers of employees in the civil service are strictly prohibited from engaging ‘directly or indirectly in any electioneering or partisan […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 27, said it would be monitoring the progress of the Metro Manila Subway project, the country’s first-ever underground railway system that aims to link Quezon City to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement on the day the project, which is part of the government’s Build, Build, Build program, broke ground in Valenzuela City. “The Office of the President… commits its […]
(Eagle News) — Just do it. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had this to say to President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to subpoena the senator’s mother in connection with her alleged transactions with the Philippine Navy while her husband and son were in the service. “Duterte is threatening to subpoena my mother. Just do it and let it be another humiliating episode for you like the fake offshore bank accounts you alleged against me,” Trillanes […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 26, visited the wake of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. in Taguig. The visit at The Arlington Chapel, Aeternum in Heritage Park took place three days after Espenilla passed away after battling tongue cancer. Espenilla was appointed at the helm of the BSP in July 2017. He also served as ex-officio chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering Council, Philippine International Convention Center and the […]
(Eagle News) — The police have nabbed the suspect in the abduction and alleged rape of a Grade 3 student found in Cainta, Rizal on Monday, Feb. 25. Authorities said Pepito Tagal was arrested in Cubao, Quezon City on Tuesday night following a tip about his whereabouts. Tagal, the police said, was seen abducting the girl in Sitio Batasin, Taytay on Monday morning. She was found several hours later, around 5 p.m., under the Mapandan Bridge […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to subpoena the mother of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in connection with what he said were her transactions with the Philippine Navy while her husband and the now-senator were in service. “We will initiate an investigation kagaya mo and I will subpoena your mother sa ayaw mo’t sa hindi. Baka sabihin mong walang power, there is. We also have the contempt power but we have to go […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 28, said he made “arrangements” for the Moro National Liberation Front’s Nur Misuari’s travel abroad. “He was not allowed by the court to go out because he has pending charges when he was armed. So I had to make some arrangements. Sabi ko, this is a personal request of me, which I do not do at any time, at any other time. Sabi ko, papasukin — ah palabasin […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 26, offered to give Filipino citizenship to Rohingya refugees. “I am willing to accept Rohingyas. ‘Yung talagang walang mapuntahan tatanggapin ko ‘yan, gawain kong Pilipino,” Duterte said in a speech at Manila Hotel. The Rohingyas are a group of people who have fled Myanmar since 2017 following attacks by security government forces who were previously attacked by militant Rohingyas. President Duterte himself described the situation in the neighboring […]
