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“India is also interested,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he invited Indian businessmen to invest in the country’s telecommunications industry. The President made the announcement in a speech before members of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Philippines Inc. “India is also interested to enter the telecom industry. We are considering and invited them in my talks with the businessmen of India during my official visit,” he said, referring […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced he would again extend the term of Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa. Duterte made the announcement in a speech in Malacanang. “(Dela Rosa).. I extended (his) term until April 24. Will extend his term a little bit longer,” Duterte said. It was unclear up to when Dela Rosa would serve as PNP chief. Dela Rosa was supposed to retire on January 21 but Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing sending soldiers to China so they could be trained. Duterte made the pronouncement in a speech before Filipino-Chinese businessmen at the Manila Hotel on Monday. “(I)’m sure there is an academy there to train good professional Chinese soldiers. Maybe China can accommodate them also and let them not really to fight the Americans but terrorism,” Duterte said. Relations between the Philippines and China have warmed since Duterte assumed […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday floated the possibility of extending the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to other countries. “The (deployment) ban will continue and it will extend to other countries. It will be difficult for them..Wala akong kaplano na ipadala kayo [OFW] doon tapos babuyin kayo. Hindi ko style ‘yan,” Duterte said in a speech during the founding anniversary celebration of the Chinese Filipino Business Club Inc. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Gringo Honasan on Tuesday asked the Sandiganbayan to allow him to go on a four-day trip to Hong Kong. In a motion for an allow departure order, Honasan said the trip from March 15 to 18 was upon invitation by the Philippine Guardians Brotherhood Inc. – Hong Kong Executive Council (PGBI). He said he would serve as speaker in the PGBI-organized seminars aimed at raising awareness about the plight of Overseas Filipino […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated the country will deal with China only through diplomacy. He said before Chinese-Filipino businessmen on Monday, February 19, during an anniversary celebration of the Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc. (CFBCI) at the Manila Hotel that the country will insist on its sovereign rights over its claims in the West Philippine Sea but in “friendly and civilized terms.” “We cannot go there ride in our, whatever, navy, grey ships, […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate ethics committee has junked the three ethics cases filed against detained Senator Leila de Lima. It was Senator Franklin Drilon who moved for the dismissal of the cases filed by the House of Representatives led by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, and by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque and lawyer Abelardo de Jesus following allegations De Lima advised Ronnie Dayan against attending the House probe into her alleged role in illegal drug trading in the […]
(Eagle News) – Hanggang sa susunod na buwan na lamang ang natitirang buffer stock ng bigas ng National Food Authority (NFA) sa buong bansa. Ayon sa tagapagsalita ng NFA na si Director Rex Estoperez, tinatayang nasa 1.5 milyong sako ng bigas ang natitira sa mga warehouse ng NFA sa kasalukuyan. Pero ang natitirang bigas ay nakalaan na lamang para sa emergency relief operation ng Department of Social Welfare and Development, gaya ng nakaimbak sa warehouse […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ang mga iligal na umookupa sa forest land ng Boracay ang susunod na magiging target ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Ayon sa DENR, 174 na show-cause orders na ang nalagdaan at nakatakdang ilabas sa mga illegal forest occupant na nasa forest land ng Boracay. Sabi ni DENR-Western Visayas Regional Director Jim Sampulna, mula noong Hulyo nang nakaraang taon, umabot na sa 842 ang iligal na umookupa […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinunyag ng Bureau of Internal Revenue o BIR na may discrepancy ang tax records ni Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Sa ika-labing-apat na pagdinig ng House Committee on Justice, sinabi ni BIR Deputy Commissioner Arnel Guballa na lumitaw na may discrepancy sa 2004 hanggang 2010 tax records nito batay sa kanilang isinagawang imbestigasyon. Pero tumanggi si Guballa na ibunyag sa komite ang kanilang findings ukol sa mga nasabing […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isang babaeng piloto mula sa Philippine Air Force ang napili na makapasok sa Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) na isang scholarship program ng United States Air Force para sa mga piling opisyal sa buong mundo. Siya si Second Lieutenant Catherine Mae Gonzales, ang kauna-unahang babaeng piloto mula sa Philippine Air Force. Ayon sa US Embassy, ang scholarship program ay binubuo ng 164 oras na flight training sa T-6A Texan II aircraft, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakatakdang dumalaw si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa burol ng namatay na overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) na si Joanna Demafelis sa Sara, Iloilo ngayong Linggo. Kinumpirma ito mismo ni Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, pero hindi pa inihayag kung kailan ang eksaktong petsa. Gayunman, tiniyak ni Roque na magbibigay ng financial at burial assistance ang gobyerno sa pamilya ni Joanna. Nitong Biyernes, Pebrero 16, dumating sa bansa ang labi ni Demafelis na […]
