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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) –Around 20 containers of smuggled rice worth of P40 million pesos were seized on Friday (December 16) by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). According to the BOC Commissioner, Nicanor Faeldon, the sacks were first declared to contain “glutinous supplies”, but upon checking they found out that it held rice reportedly from Hong Kong which was the place of origin as declared in the documents. “I […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Saturday (December 17) that the United States military troops should be “prepared to leave” as previous military deals with the US would soon be abrogated following the US threat to defer millions of dollars in foreign aid to the country. In a speech past midnight Saturday (December 17) shortly after arriving from his four-day state visits in Cambodia and Singapore, a visibly tired but angry […]
(Reuters) — Cheering Filipinos greeted Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte who had an orchid named after him at Singapore’s Botanic Gardens on Friday (December 16). The orchid was named Dendrobium Rodrigo Roa Duterte, as Singapore traditionally names orchids after visiting heads of state. The violet Duterte orchid is a “compact, robust and vigorous hybrid” according to Singapore’s National Parks Board. His supporters, most of them Filipinos, shook hands and took photos with Duterte […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Chinese and Philippine coast guards met for the first time on Friday and agreed to move forward on maritime cooperation, officials said, as relations between Beijing and Manila warm under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The two-day meeting in Manila on establishing a Joint Coast Guard Committee (JCGC) came just days after new images showed China had apparently installed defensive weapons on artificial islands in the hotly contested South China […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would fire two ranking government official upon his return from his two-day state visit in Singapore. Speaking to the Filipino community in Singapore on Friday night (December 16) before his flight back to Philippines, the President assured the overseas Filipino workers there that he would stop corruption in government while he is the President of the land. “I will assure you, I will assure you, […]
(Eagle News) — Retired police official Wally Sombero filed a graft complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against two deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Immigration for allegedly extorting money from Chinese gambling tycoon Jack Lam. Sombero filed the graft complaint against immigration commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles for bad faith, manifest partiality and gross inexcusable negligence for causing undue injury to government, punishable under Section 3(e) of the Ant-Graft and Corrupt […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang allayedfears of the business sector regarding the interest rate hike implemented by the United States Federal Reserve. According to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals remain strong and that the Duterte administration has many massive infrastructure projects that will bring in needed cash.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Lawmakers criticized Senator Leila De lima for claiming that President Duterte can be impeached for his statement before business leaders recently that hinted he had personally killed a criminal while still the Davao City Mayor. According to House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, the President cannot be impeached by the alleged statement because there is no evidence backing it. https://youtu.be/7Ui_4-STyaU Alvarez even called De Lima ”stupid” for claiming that the President […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Four alleged money launderers, collectors and financiers of big time drug lords were caught in a drug raid on Thursday (December 15) in Caloocan. The four suspects were identified as Charles Shi, a Chinese national; Arthur Sy, a Filipino-Chinese; and Glen and Maricar Bernardo, both Filipino citizens. Through a search warrant, policemen from the Northern Police and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) caught the suspects inside the two condominium units in Grace […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called for unity among the members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) while also promoting innovation and synergy. In his speech during his state visit in Cambodia, he also said that ASEAN should exert efforts to strengthen cooperation between members and that the association itself should be strong, relevant and responsive especially at this time when strong foreign powers are influencing regional politics. […]
The United States has not renewed a major aid package to the Philippines because of “significant concerns” about the rule of law under President Rodrigo Duterte, the US embassy said on Thursday. “This decision reflects the Board’s significant concerns around rule of law and civil liberties in the Philippines,” embassy spokeswoman Molly Koscina said in a statement emailed to AFP after the country was not selected for a new Millennium Challenge Corporation grant. The […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Starting next week, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will start releasing new peso bills bearing President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature. In a statement, BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr., said that the notes are already prepared for circulation. The releasing of the first batch of peso bills will be expected next week upon the completion and approval of the release procedures with the banks. “As such, bills with the […]
