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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the return of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in Grades 11 and 12 of all public and private schools in the Philippines. President Duterte approved the measure during a Cabinet meeting. He certified it as a priority bill so that the appropriate law may be passed. The approval of the President was after a presentation done by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana who proposed […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — House Defense Committee Senior Vice-Chairman Rufino “Ruffy” Biazon advised the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to prepare for possible attacks from communist rebels. Rep. Biazon said that the AFP defense should be strong not only in the rural areas, but in urban centers especially after the government cancelled its peace talks with the New People’s Army. Biazon also recommended the convening of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang guaranteed that the arrest of the National Democratic Front consultants will go through the proper process. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said that it will be up to the Department of Justice to issue new arrest warrants against the NDF consultants who were only temporarily freed due to the safe conduct pass given to them by the government. “As informed by Office of the Executive Secretary, the rearrest order of […]
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the country’s defence secretary said Tuesday, adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway. In an interview with AFP, Delfin Lorenzana said he believed China would eventually reclaim Scarborough Shoal, just 230 kilometres (143 miles) from the main Philippine island of Luzon. Beijing has already built up a number […]
A fire burns through an informal settlers community as it burns hundreds of houses in Delpan, Tondo, Manila on February 7, 2017. NOEL CELIS / AFP
(Eagle News) — Filipinos avidly followed the father and son exchange between President Rodrigo Duterte and his youngest son, Baste, where the President admitted to making use of national media coverage to look for his son. The President said he was concerned because the 29-year old Sebastian, who is more known for his nickname “Baste,” had been gone for a long while now. He could not be found at home, and when the President asked his […]
https://youtu.be/6OC_fsm0jsY (Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said an immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) had already been issued against 20 consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. The ILBO or lookout order was issued after the termination of the Joint Agreement on Security and Immunity Guarantee (JASIG). Aguirre has alreadu issued the memorandum order regarding this to Immigration Chief Jaime Morente and Prosecutor General Victor Sepulveda after a Cabinet meeting […]
METRO MANILA (Eagle News) – Isang malaking sunog ang nangyari sa Brgy. 20, Zone 2 Parola Compound, Binondo, Maynila, noong Martes, Pebrero 7. Ayon sa mga residente mabilis na kumalat ang apoy sa hindi pa makumpirmang dahilan. Ayon sa ilang nasunugang residente, nag-umpisa ang sunog bandang 9:00 ng gabi sa isang basurahan na pinaglalaruan ng mga bata. Bigla anilang lumakas at kumalat ang apoy hanggang umabot na sa mga kabahayan na gawa lamang sa light materials. […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (PIA)–Quezon City government inaugurated on Monday the opening of the new central library at the QC Hall compound. The library has more than 15,056 books in its main collection. It has computers for public use which are programmed for Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), encoding and web surfing. The library is a realization of a dream project that Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte planned way back before they took […]
MANILA – Higher education institution (HEI) personnel who were displaced from their work due to K to12 implementation can look forward to a more simplified process of availing assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment. This after Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III issued a memorandum circular simplifying the documentary requirements for those applying for DOLE assistance for K to 12-affected workers, or the DOLE Adjustments Measures Program (K to 12 DOLE AMP). The K […]
https://youtu.be/ZIzTnndgxDs (Eagle News) — The Philippine government has formally sent notice on Tuesday (February 7) on the termination of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) to the leaders of the National Democratic Front (NDF). With this, the government has notified the NDF on the cancellation of the safe conduct passes that had earlier been extended to the communist rebel negotiators. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza sent the letter […]
(Eagle News) – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the government is ready to go after and hunt down the New People’s Army rebels following President Duterte’s directive to scrap peace talks with communist leaders. Lorenzana clarified that there was no “all-out war” but normal military operations to be conducted against the NPA, the armed component of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), especially after their action of killing unarmed soldiers on February 1, […]
