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(Eagle News) — One year after the Marawi City siege, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has shifted its operation from relief to recovery as it focuses on the restoration of livelihood of residents in the area. This is part of the continuous aid operations of the PRC, in partnership with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), that aim to give household livelihood assistance worth P15 million to 1,500 families starting July. The five-month […]
(Eagle News) — Almost half of Filipinos, or 46 percent, expect their personal quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The SWS said that while the +40 mark yielded by the First Quarter 2018 survey was 6 points below the record-high +46, or 49% of Filipinos, recorded in December 2017, it was still classified as an “excellent.” “Net Personal Optimism has been excellent (+40 and above) since December […]
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse ILIGAN, Philippines (AFP) — Ten men from the same family vanished after jihadists invaded the Philippine city of Marawi a year ago — each day since, their wives have prayed their bones do not lie in its devastated landscape. The women have been told to accept their husbands were likely among the 1,200 killed in the five-month battle that flattened swathes of the city, but they refuse to […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte recognized the efforts of the men and women of the Navy and Marines in the liberation of Marawi City, and at the same time recalled the Marawi siege as a “sad incident” for which he assumed “full responsibility.” Duterte, who declared a Mindanao-wide martial law at the start of the Marawi siege on May 23, also assumed full responsibility for what happened in Marawi. He said he never […]
(Eagle News)—Australian nun Patricia Fox has no plans of leaving the Philippines yet. In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 23, her lawyer Jobert Pahilga said that they would file a petition for review of the May 17 BI order that affirmed a previous order she should leave the country because she violated the terms of her missionary visa. “For the said order, if not challenged, will have far-reaching implications to other missionaries similarly situated with […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, May 23, said it respects the decision of the Bureau of Immigration affirming its earlier order for Australian nun Patricia Fox to leave the country. “That’s the law. Dura lex sed lex (the law may be harsh but it is the law),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. In the May 17 order, the BI junked Fox’s appeal of the agency’s decision to forfeit her missionary visa for lack of […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has junked Australian nun Patricia Fox’s appeal of the agency’s decision to forfeit her missionary visa. In denying Fox’s appeal of the April 23 order, the BI in a three-page order signed on May 17 dismissed her claim the bureau forfeited her visa without due process and her claim the accusations of “partisan political activities” against her were not backed by solid evidence. It noted that Fox worked beyond what […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to modernize the Philippine Navy which celebrated its 120th anniversary on Tuesday, May 22, saying that there are projects amounting to P77 billion lined up to enhance its capability. “We live in exciting times for our armed forces as we further enhance the capability of our Navy,” the President said. “Since the beginning of this administration, I have exerted efforts to upgrade your equipment and artillery,” he […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday, May 23, said he has requested for his men to be allowed to take part in the annual Balikatan exercises. In a press conference on Wednesday, May 23, Albayalde said he made the request to United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim himself in a recent meeting. “I’ve requested na ‘pag may Balikatan sana kahit na ‘yung SAF (Special […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The guidelines for the deployment of Filipino household service workers to Kuwait will be released next week. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the revelation in a hearing by the Senate committee on labor on Wednesday, May 23, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said he had yet to see “guarantees” on the conditions agreed upon by the Philippines and Kuwait in a signed pact on May 11, before […]
(Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee approved on Tuesday night a bill seeking to put in place a national ID system. Senator Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate committee on public order, expressed hopes the reconciled version would be ratified by both the House of Representatives and the Senate before Monday, May 28. This will hopefully then be transmitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law. According to Lacson, a national ID will […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Kitty, his daughter-in-law and his granddaughter received shots of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said the wife of presidential son Paolo Duterte, Sabina Duterte, issued the clarification herself that apart from Kitty, it was she and her daughter Sabina who were given the shots. It was Go who earlier said that Kitty, Sabina and her brother Uno had been administered the vaccine. […]
