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Senate denies pork barrel insertions in 2017 budget

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate leadership denied that there were pork barrel insertions in the 2017 budget. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel made the denial after Senator Panfilo Lacson stated that the 2017 budget included hundreds of millions of pesos set aside for projects of senators. Pimentel insisted that senators identifying projects before the approval of the national budget was not against the Constitution. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations Rep. Karlo […]

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President Duterte visits Russian destroyer

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the Russian Warship Admiral Tributs, one of two currently docked in Manila. The move is another sign of warming relations between the two countries. He personally welcomed the Russian Naval Officers as friends, saying that Manila is open to them if they need anything such as the replenishment of their supplies.

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NSA to investigate “LeniLeaks”

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang is going to investigate online reports regarding the alleged ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte called “LeniLeaks,” according to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. Andanar said that National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., already ordered the investigation of the sources of the information. The “LeniLeaks” is a leaked email between Filipino-American philanthropist Loida Nicolas-Lewis and her sister Imelda Nicolas, former chairperson of the Commission on Filipino Overseas on […]

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POEA warns anew of fake jobs offered in the internet

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration reiterated its warning on fake job offers proliferating in the internet through email and social media. The POEA recently received a forwarded email informing a recipient that he was selected for a supposed employment in Canada with employer representatives already in the Philippines to interview applicants. The sender promises non-payment of placement and processing fees, but applicants are asked to pay P3,800 for slot reservation. The email […]

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DSWD on alert for first weather disturbance this year

QUEZON CITY, Jan. 9 – The Field offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) along the path of Tropical Depression Auring are now on alert status to monitor the occurrence of this first weather disturbance in the country this year. Based on the predictive analytics for humanitarian response of the DSWD-Disaster Response  Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC),  some 976,704 families or 4,883,546 persons are exposed to areas that are highly to very highly susceptible to landslide or flooding […]

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“We welcome our Russian friends,” says President Duterte as he tours Russian Navy ship

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (January 6) toured a Russian Navy ship docked in a port in Manila and personally welcomed the Russian naval officers as friends, saying that Manila is open to them if they need anything such as the replenishment of their supplies. “To the friendship of Russia and the Philippines. We welcome our Russian friends. Anytime you want to dock here for anything, for play, for replenish supplies, […]

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Comelec starts process of VCM return to Smartmatic

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) started the procedure of returning the vote counting machines (VCM) to Smartmatic, ignoring the request made by former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to preserve these for his protest case towards Vice President Leni Robredo. This came about as the Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), authorized the poll body to immediate start the procedure of returning the VCMs. “Authorize the Comelec […]

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President Duterte tagged as “Big winner in Asia 2016” by CNN

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — In an opinion article by CNN that talks about the winners and losers in Asia, President Rodrigo Duterte was announced as the “big winner in Asia 2016” for his great effort in “rethinking and reshaping the state of affairs – for good or for bad– at home and abroad.” Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said that the article about the President written by former US ambassador to Asian Development Bank Curtis […]

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Second mega-drug rehab center to be established in Bohol

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang confirmed that the Department of Health and a Chinese company signed the Memorandum of Agreement on the rehab center facility that will be established in Carmen, Bohol. “The Department of Health signed the Memorandum of Agreement yesterday January 4, 2017 with ARCHIGLOBAL to build the next Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center inside the military camp in Carmen, Bohol,” Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said. Health Assistance Secretary for […]

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DA awards P16M rehabilitation assistance to Marinduque

    QUEZON CITY, Jan. 6 – The province of Marinduque received P6.3 million worth of agricultural assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the rehabilitation program for both agriculture and fishery industries badly damaged by typhoon Nina. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol led the distribution of equipment to almost 500 affected farmers and fisherfolk during the stakeholders’ consultation in Boac, Marinduque on January 5, 2017. “I am amazed by the resilience of the […]

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PH proposes P900-M Japanese yen loan for farm modernization

QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 – The Department of Agriculture is proposing a P900-million Japanese Yen Loan with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the full mechanization of farming in a first batch of 10,000 hectares of selected rice farms under a program to modernize Philippine agriculture and help realize the Duterte Administration’s goals of producing and making available affordable food to Filipinos. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said that under the Philippine Agricultural Modernization Program, […]

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