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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he was set to visit Marawi to check the situation there. “I cannot just sit on my a** sa opisina ko. Hirap ang tao doon,” Duterte said in groundbreaking rites of the Presidential Security Group Hospital in Malacanang Park. In his speech, the President said he “really wallow(s) in sorrow” as he was the one who gave the orders for government troops to go to Marawi and fight […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the frequent trips abroad of President Rodrigo Duterte has brought home large investments. Andanar said that just under a year in office, President Duterte already brought in about $35 billion worth of investments, as well as the accompanying good relations with other countries. “Ang mahalaga po doon sa biyahe ng Pangulo na halos umabot tig-P380 million doon sa isang pahayagan ay yung […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III gave the Duterte administration’s performance in its first year high marks. Pimentel gave the President a rating of 8.5 to 9, saying that the administration’s successful war on drugs lowered the crime rate in the country. Pimentel also said that he has no complaints against Duterte and that he had also fulfilled his campaign promise, “Change is coming.” “Yung slogan ni Pres. Duterte […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The health department said that 27 evacuees have now died in the ongoing Marawi City crisis, with the newest addition being a newborn infant. With a diet limited to canned sardines and instant noodles, many of the evacuees now have weakened immune systems. According to the Department of Health (DOH), some of the health problems that evacuees have are skin disease, lung-disease, hypertension and water-borne disease like diarrhea and […]
(Eagle News) — The Chinese government donated around P15 millon for the relief operations and rehabilitation of the besieged city of Marawi Chinese Ambassador, H.E. Zhao Jianhua presented to President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 27, “the P15-million check donation that will significantly augment the resources of the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD),” according to a Malacanang release. “The said donation from China to the Philippines is an […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to crush the Islamist militants in Marawi who have allowed themselves to be contaminated with an ideology that is radical, brutal and very foreign from the Philippines, and Asia — the Malay people — in general. “Alam mo sa totoo lang, if it was just an uprising, just the mainstream rebellion of the MI(LF) and the MNLF, I can endure a war with you. And I can even […]
“We will live in peace and guarantee peace for the next generation,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday promised the people in Marawi their city would be “prosperous” again, saying he would do everything within his power to enable its rehabilitation and reconstruction. “One thing I will promise you, my brother Moro, I will see to it that Marawi will rise as a prosperous city again. Maghanap ako ng pera. (Sabi ko kay […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the proposed imposition of higher penalties for the improper singing of the National Anthem. From an existing fine of Php 5, 000 – Php 20, 000 to those who will sing the anthem inappropriately, the fine was increased to Php 50, 000 to Php 100, 000, based on the proposed measure.
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Islamist militants occupying parts of Marawi used a water route to bring in ammunition and evacuate wounded fighters, helping them withstand a five-week military offensive, the army said Tuesday. The extremists have remained holed up in pockets of Marawi, weathering daily air and artillery bombardment and deadly urban street battles. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said the route was discovered following the arrest of a man who used a boat to […]
The Israel Embassy officially has turned over P1 million worth of basic equipment, medicines, and supplies to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), to support immediate needs of those affected by the Marawi conflict. “We are all touched by the events in Marawi and the effect they brought to the people of Marawi. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed us to lend a hand of support to the affected people in Marawi and the surrounding […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government does not negotiate with terrorists. This was the strong statement issued by Malacanang amid reports that there were some religious emissaries who had been talking with Abdullah Maute, one of the Maute brothers who led the Marawi attack on May 23. “The government’s policy not to negotiate with terrorists remains,” said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella. “Hence the local religious leaders-led talks with the terrorists is not sanctioned by our […]
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