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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III and other senators on Friday, November 4 chastised Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for his statement during a forum in the Senate on Thursday that some of his colleagues are apologists of President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Sotto, the term apologist is “uncalled for and absurd. ” “Yung term na ‘apologist’ is uncalled for dahil pwedeng a senator is also merely airing his opinion. Ang […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has no plan to send patrol ships to Scarborough Shoal, according to its spokesman. AFP Spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said that the Armed Forces is still in a “monitoring” mode and will not send any of its ships to the area. The AFP also noted that Chinese authorities are not stopping Filipinos from fishing in the area. “The AFP welcomes the recent development […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | — Terrorist groups are planning kidnappings on central Philippine islands that are popular with tourists, the US embassy has warned, fuelling concerns Islamic militants infamous for hostage taking are roaming wider. A travel advisory from the US embassy in Manila on Thursday warned Americans to avoid the southern regions of Cebu island, one of the nation’s most popular tourist sites because of its idyllic beaches, spectacular diving and whale […]
(Reuters) — Manny Pacquiao seemed to indicate he may have overextended himself in combining a political career with a boxing comback at a news conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday (November 2) The only eight division world champion said “It’s going to be a historical fight. Basically my first fight being a senator. I tell you this. Don’t do this. Being a senator in a fight is not easy. If you don’t have discipline […]
(Eagle News) — The United States has chosen a new ambassador to the Philippines. Korean-born diplomat Sung Kim, who previously served as the US ambassador to the Republic of Korea, was sworn in on Thursday, Nov. 3, by US Secretary of State John Kerry who stressed that the diplomat was the most qualified to serve as US ambassador to the Philippines at this time. “The bottom line is – and this is the bottom […]
(Eagle News) — With the theme: “Build, build, build,” the Duterte administration will soon launch the biggest infrastructure push in Philippine history amounting to P8 trillion to propel economic growth in the next five-and-a-half years. Socio-economic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia said the Duterte administration would be the “golden age for infrastructure” if this pushes through, even as the other cabinet members pushed for the granting of emergency powers to the government to make this happen. […]
MANILA, Nov. 4 — Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael ‘Mike’ D. Sueno prompts local government units (LGUs) not to let their guards down after the onslaught of Typhoon Karen and Supertyphoon Lawin. Sueno, who is the concurrent Vice-Chair of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), enjoins all LGUs to carry out proactive measures and implement temporary closure of roads, bridges, and other critical thoroughfares not limited to rivers, streams and […]
QUEZON CITY, Nov. 4 — Because of the massive number of reports coming in regarding alleged anomalies and irregularities in the way its relief packs are being distributed as part of efforts to help Filipinos affected by Typhoon Lawin, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday emphasized the law stating that tampering with relief packs is a criminal act. Under RA 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Act […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he has no plans to use the nuclear energy during his presidency. He said that the use of nuclear energy needs more study to ensure that no nuclear accident occurs. “Not maybe during my presidency. Huwag muna ngayon kasi we have to come up with safeguards. Really, really tight safeguards to assure that there will be no disasters if there is a nuclear leak or explosion […]
Speech of Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari in a press conference held in Malacañang on Thursday, November 3.
(Eagle News) – Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Nur Misuari vowed to help President Duterte to pursue peace in Mindanao, in a spirited speech in Malacanang delivered in a podium used by the President. To express his sincerity in pushing for peace in the usually war-torn Southern Philippines, President Duterte directed the lifting of the warrants of arrest against MNLF’s Misuari so the government could pursue peace talks with the MNLF. At the […]
President Rody Duterte welcomes Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari in a press conference in Malacañang on Thursday, November 3.
