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MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he will not release political prisoners without a signed bilateral ceasefire agreement with the National Democratic Front (NDF). Labor Secretary Sivestre Bello III in a statement said the President told him that if he’ll be given signed bilateral ceasefire agreement, he will release the political prisoners within 48 hours. “The President told us that once he receives even just a facsimile copy of the signed agreement, he […]
The foreign ministers of Russia and the Philippines said Monday, December 6 that the two countries are ready to develop bilateral cooperation in the military sphere, but clarified that they do not favor creating new military alliances in the Asia-Pacific Region. In a joint conference with his Philippine counterpart Secretary Perfecto Yasay, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said “as far as military alliances and military blocs are concerned, the position is that security issues in the Asia-Pacific […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte had become “uncomfortable” working in the cabinet with Vice-President Leni Robredo and his trust for her had dwindled which was the reason for him to issue a directive that she should already “desist” from attending cabinet meetings, Palace officials said Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said this, while also clarifying that it was not the President’s intention to fire Robredo from her cabinet post. “With or without […]
MAKATI, Dec. 6 – A new government blueprint for decent job creation through employment and entrepreneurship from 2017 to 2022 was adopted at the conclusion of the two-day Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan (TNK)-Employment and Livelihood Summit on 2 December. Signed by Secretaries Ramon Lopez of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Silvestre Bello III of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the “Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan: A Blueprint for Decent Employment and […]
MANILA, Dec. 6 – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has underscored the need for local government units (LGUs) to continue best practices and programs for children towards good governance. “Children are the most affected of economic problems in the Philippines particularly with the persistent rates of malnutrition which calls the need for our LGUs to craft adaptive and innovative programs to address this pressing concern,” said DILG Undersecretary Austere A. Panadero […]
Manila, Philippines (PIA) — The United States Congress approved on November 30, 2016, the Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional gold medal Act of 2015. The bill unanimously passed the Senate on July 13, 2016 and is now one step closer to becoming a law, pending President Barack Obama’s signature. The Senate version (S.1555) was sponsored by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Dean Heller (R-NV), Harry Reid (D-NV), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Brian Schatz (D-HI). The […]
US President-elect Donald Trump told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte that Manila was conducting its drug war campaign “the right way”, Duterte says, in stark contrast to the criticism he received from President Barack Obama.
(Eagle News) – While Vice-President Leni Robredo has claimed that there might be plans from Malacanang to oust her, President Duterte hinted that it is the other way around: It is the opposition who could not wait to get him out of office. In his speech Monday night (December 5) at the Malacanang grounds, Duterte advised the opposition to just wait. He however did not make any mention of Robredo’s earlier resignation as chairwoman […]
by Mynardo Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA Philippines (AFP) — Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo vowed Monday to spearhead national opposition to extrajudicial killings and other flashpoint issues surrounding President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial anti-crime crackdown. The announcement, which came a day after she quit Duterte’s cabinet, makes her the highest-ranking official to publicly voice such firm dissent to the president’s hardline law-and-order platform. “This is not the time for fear. It is a time […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (December 5) has accepted Vice President Leni Robredo’s resignation after almost five months of working in his Cabinet. “It is with a heavy heart that I accept the resignation of Vice President Leni Robredo,” Duterte said. In an earlier statement, Presidential Communications secretary Martin Andanar said Duterte had lost confidence in Robredo but would not resort to unseating her as Vice-President which he dismissed as pure “speculation”. “That’s speculation coming from the […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte is the major protector of the country’s laws, not of drug lords as said by Senator Leila de Lima, Malacañang stressed Sunday (December 4). “I do not think and I do not believe and it has not crossed my mind that the President is what he is as you said,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a radio interview. “The President is the President of the land and he […]
(Eagle News)– Alleged drug supplier Lovely Adam Impal has surrendered to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa. Self professed drug dealer Kerwin Espinosa said during a Senate hearing that he and slain drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz got their drug supply from Impal. “If you can recall merong binanggit si Kerwin na ka-level lang n’ya na drug lord or drug queen, na ang pangalan ay si Lovely Adam Impal, nag-surrender […]
