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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa announced that key officials of the PNP will receive additional bonus from President Rodrigo Duterte. The additional bonus ranges from Php 50, 000 to Php 400, 000 depending on rank and position. The bonus is a “thank you” from the President himself to show his gratitude to the PNP on its support during his administration’s five-month war against illegal drugs.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers are asking for the implementation of an increase in the Social Security System’s monthly contributions in preparation for the proposed Php 2,000 pension hike.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang assured that the two officials of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) – Deputy Commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles – will face criminal complaints because of their alleged acceptance of bribe money from gambling lord Jack Lam. The Department of Justice (DOJ) already formed an investigating team as per the order of President Rodrigo Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte himself fired the two officials for the unlawful conduct. Even before he […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kabayan Representative Harry Roque recommended that the Philippine government should protest the activities of the United States of America and China in the Philippine territory in the West Philippine Sea. Roque made the recommendation after an unmanned underwater probe belonging to the US was confiscated by China inside the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, indicating that both countries are active inside Philippine territorial waters.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has issued a public advisory on Monday (December 19) on the demise of a 74-year old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in Lebanon, asking the relatives to coordinate with them so the OFW’s body could be flown home. Azucena Billones, a 74 year-old OFW in Lebanon died on December 9, because of cancer. DFA requests the public’s assistance in locating Billones’ relatives. Before she died, she said that she has a daughter, Myrna […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The United States of America will talk with the Philippine government after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement when the US postponed $433 million worth of humanitarian assistance to the Philippines due to the human rights situation in the country.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Convicted killer Rolito Go has asked for the forgiveness of the Maguan Family for killing their 25 year-old then son, Eldon Maguan in a road altercation on 1991, saying it was just an accident, and a mistake he had regretted since. Rolito Go shot dead Eldon, who was an engineering student at De La Salle University (DLSU) on July 2, 1991, when their vehicles nearly bumped each other while travelling […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission that he used a powerful painkiller has prompted concern about his health, with lawmakers urging him Sunday to undergo a medical examination and disclose the results. Duterte on Monday revealed that he used to take fentanyl, often prescribed for cancer pain and other chronic ailments, because of a spinal injury from previous motorcycle accidents. He however said his doctor made him stop using it on learning he […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has tapped a China-backed multilateral lender to help fund his government’s “unprecedented infrastructure buildup”, the finance minister said Monday, as he seeks closer relations with Beijing. The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been viewed by some as a rival to the World Bank and the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB). Duterte has vowed to boost spending to address crumbling infrastructure, saying he would seek funds from […]
MANILA – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III reiterated the government’s strong commitment to the rule of law in realizing the Duterte administration’s goal of attacking poverty and promoting a law-abiding society among Filipinos. Responding to the announcement of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) that it had deferred a vote on the reselection of the Philippines for compact development, Dominguez likewise pointed out that the Philippines had passed 13 out of the 20 country indicators in the latest MCC […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte gave financial assistance and moral support to soldiers wounded in recent military encounters with the Abu Sayyaf during his visit to Camp Navarro General Hospital in Zamboanga City on Saturday, December 17. A day after his return from his exhausting four day state visit in Cambodia and Singapore, the President wasted no time and personally checked the condition of the 16 soldiers who were wounded in action in […]
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 […]
