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(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Thursday described as mere “wishful thinking” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s statement China will one day return the islands the Philippines is claiming in the South China Sea. “The West Philippine Sea will freeze over first before China will even begin toying with the idea of giving us back those islands,” Poe said in a statement. According to Poe, “wishful thinking is like saying that a homeowner may soon […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has set March 19 as the start of the ballot recount in the electoral protest case of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., against Vice-President Leni Robredo, moving the recount date for over a month allegedly because of the need for psychological tests for the revisors of the recount. This came about as Robredo’s camp filed a motion to consider as “withdrawn” any pending […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo was not sincere in its offer to sign a joint motion that will result in the withdrawal of all their motions before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Former Senator Bongbong Marcos made the comment after Robredo’s lawyers filed their motion to withdraw before the Supreme Court sitting as the PET on Thursday. He was camped out in front of the SC to ask for the recount in […]
(Eagle News) — The body of the Filipina who was reported missing after a 6.4-magnitude quake struck Taiwan on Tuesday has been found. Lito Banayo, head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said in an interview over dzbb on Thursday that the body of Melody Castro Albano was discovered at 5:45 p.m. Albano, who is from Abulog, Cagayan, worked as a caretaker in a nursing home in Hualien, the popular tourist city in Taiwan […]
(Eagle News) — Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives welcomed on Thursday the International Criminal Court’s decision to conduct a “preliminary examination” of the allegations against the government’s drug war. In a statement on Thursday, Magdalo Rep. Alejano, who, with Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, filed the supplemental communication against the drug war in June, said the ICC’s move was “also the first step towards bringing justice to the families and all the victims […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has been invited to Kuwait amid the temporary suspension in the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers there. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the trip was “in the offing,” following the President’s meeting with Kuwait Ambassador to the Philippines Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh on Wednesday. Roque said he did not know what the details of the bilateral meeting were. “I guess Kuwait wants to assure the President that Philippine nationals are protected […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inimbitahan muli ng Kamara si dating pangulong Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino na dumalo sa pagdinig ukol sa isyu ng Dengvaxia. Sakaling dumalo sa imbestigasyon ng Kamara, ito na ang ikalawang beses na magbibigay ng testimonya si Aquino matapos dumalo sa pagdinig ng Senado ukol sa kontrobersiya. Sa pagdinig na isinasagawa ng house committees on good government and public accountability and health, sinabi ni Buhay Party-List Rep. Lito Atienza na tanging si […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kinilala na ang nawawalang Pilipina matapos yanigin ng magnitude 6.4 na lindol ang kilalang tourist city na Hualien sa Taiwan. Ayon kay Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) chairman at resident representative Lito Banayo, ang nawawalang overseas Filipino worker ay si Melody Albano De Castro na taga-Ilocos. Si De Castro ay nagtratrabaho bilang caretaker sa isang nursing home na nasa loob ng gusaling gumuho noong lumindol. Ipinabatid ni Banayo na […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government should put in place “mitigation measures to cushion the transitory inflationary impact of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law,” according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). This was following “recorded increases in the country’s inflation rate” this January 2018 when inflation rose to an “annualized 4 percent” — the highest since the 4.3 percent inflation posted in October 2014. NEDA, on Tuesday, February […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Thursday suggested that smuggled luxury cars be auctioned off to “serious car collectors” abroad rather than be destroyed. In a statement, Pimentel said that unlike cigarettes and drugs, “cars and other manufactured items have economic value, and luxury cars particularly have great value to serious car collectors.” “In the manufacture of these luxury cars, a lot of energy has been expended, which I am sure has contributed […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine Honorary Consul in Maldives Abdulla Salih said that Filipinos in the island-nation remain safe despite the fact that the country declared a state of emergency due to political crisis. According to Salih, the situations in its capital city, Male and in the entire nation remain “business as usual.” Aside from this, the official also said that there’s no curfew being implemented in the island. Salih encouraged Filipinos in […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and lawyer Jude Sabio welcomed on Thursday news the International Criminal Court would conduct an initial probe into allegations against the drug war. “This development should jolt (President Rodrigo) Duterte into realizing that he is not above the law,” Trillanes said in a statement. Trillanes and Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano filed in June a supplemental communication against the chief executive and others before the ICC. The communication was […]
