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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill that postpones the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled on October 31, 2016 to October 23 next year. This was announced at a press briefing in Malacanang by Assistant Secretary Marie Banaag of the Presidential Communications Office, quoting Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. “According to Executive Secretary Medialdea, it was already signed by the President but he would have to wait […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Starting November 15, 2016, the newly-built rehabilitation center inside Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija will be receiving drug “surrenderees” and drug dependents. President Rodrigo Duterte will also be the guest of honor at its formal opening.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Senate is deliberating several measures to strengthen the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. One of the proposals is the creation of an independent body that will investigate police personnel who will abuse their mandate. https://youtu.be/HlxbNG_z5F8
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte warned those who plan to unseat him from power. He said he would fight those planning a coup d’etat against him. He said he would oppose any violent takeover of his government.
(Eagle News) — The planned burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will not materialize just yet. This was after the Supreme Court extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for the burial. The latest decision of the high court was announced by Supreme Court information chief […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Richard “Dick” Gordon on Monday, October 17 said that the senate committee on justice and human rights has already finished the first draft of a committee report on the inquiry into extra-judicial killings. Gordon did not reveal the contents of the committee report but said that the senate panel will recommend the filing of charges against witness and self-confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) hitman Edgar Matobato. He said, said […]
MANILA, Oct. 18 – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has assured foreign credit rating institutions that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte remains “fully engaged” in implementing his 10-point socioeconomic agenda focused on inclusive growth, while vigorously carrying out his other priority goals of eliminating crime and corruption and forging lasting peace within the country and with its neighbors. Meeting with officials from international credit rater Moody’s Investor Service, Dominguez urged them not to be distracted by the […]
MANILA, Oct. 18 – Some seventeen (17) road sections from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Regions 2, and 3 were affected by Typhoon ‘Karen’ and are not passable due to washed-out detour road and bridge approach, slides, mudflow, soil collapse, fallen rocks, trees, and utility posts, and flooding. Based on October 17, 2016 (12:00 noon) report of the Department of Public Works and Highways Bureau of Maintenance, closed road sections in CAR are: Kabugao-Pudtol Road, […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections is confident that an impeachment case against their officials will not prosper. Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista said that they are in good faith as an impeachment proceeding will have to be initiated by Congress and the trial will be conducted by the Senate. Both Houses of Congress approved the postponement of the 2016 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to October 2017. The Commission was cautioned that their […]
(Eagle News) — Brunei’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah officially welcomed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (October 17) at the Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan and the seat of government of Brunei. This was followed by a bilateral meeting between the two leaders. Included in the itinerary is a state dinner at the Royal Banquet Hall in the Sultan’s residence. President Duterte said that his visit to Brunei was important as this […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — The territorial dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea has all but wrecked the livelihoods of these Filipino fishermen. The Philippines won an international court ruling in its favor over who owns the Scarborough Shoal. China’s rejected that ruling and has stopped the Filipino fishermen entering the waters in and around the Shoal since 2012. Now they’re hoping their president’s impending visit to China will restore their […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he is open to joint military exercises with China and Russia, and reiterated he will no longer allow war games with the United States. Duterte made the remarks in an interview broadcast Monday with Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television ahead of a four-day visit to Beijing, which begins on Tuesday and is aimed at improving ties that soured over competing claims in the resource-rich […]
