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QUEZON City, Philippines – The exchange rate between the peso and the dollar may reach Php 50 for every dollar due to the negative remarks made by President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a Philippine senator. Senator Ralph Recto said that the President should refrain from giving negative remarks against the US because it affects the peso-dollar exchange rate. He said studies show that every time the President makes a negative remark against the US, the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to the United States of America and the European Union to stop the giving of financial assistance, the US will not withdraw their financial aid to the country. United States State Department spokesperson John Kirby said that they already heard of the challenge and that although it does not represent the good relations between the US and the Philippines, the US government will not stop or […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will join forces in the war against illegal drugs. The alliance will focus on groups selling illegal drugs in central Mindanao.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the government is not able to take massive steps to resolve the traffic problem due to the failure to grant emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte. According to the Secretary, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) is doing all it can to resolve the traffic problem. https://youtu.be/Vk9K0YlPS1c
GUADALUPE, Philippines — The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will implement its “no window hours” policy in EDSA and in C5 road this October. If implemented, the MMDA expects that the number of vehicles will be reduced by 18 to 20 percent.
(Reuters)– The United States-Philippines ties are going through “bumps on the road” and the Armed Forces of the Philippines could manage if treaty ally the United States were to withdraw aid, Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said Friday. The Philippines intended to buy arms from China and Russia and there had been no adverse reaction from within the military to President Rodrigo Duterte’s vows to scale back defense ties with the United States, Lorenzana said. Lorenzana’s […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not beg the United States of America and the European Union for financial assistance to the Philippines if both countries. This is in reaction to the alleged threats of the EU and the US to stop giving financial aid to the Philippines due to the fiery rhetoric usedd by the President against them. The EU and the US also said that they will stop sending […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Self-proclaimed member of the Davao Death Squad, Edgar Matobato surrendered to the Philippine National Police after the Davao City Municipal Trial Court issued a warrant of arrest regarding the case of illegal possession of firearms passed against him. Senator Antonio Trillanes accompanied Matobato when he surrendered to PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa. A Davao court has issued an arrest warrant for his arrest warrant after he failed to show […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has urged local government officials to do their work in the country’s fight against illegal drugs. In his speech on Tuesday (October 4) before the “Sulong Pilipinas: Local Governance Series” in Makati City, the President told local leaders that the illegal drug problem is a serious concern because it destroys families. He pointed out that the country is already slipping into a narco-state and this must be aborted at once. […]
QUEZON CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) – This month of October, Maynilad Water Services, Inc. is offering free septic tank cleaning services to its residential customers in selected parts of Quezon City, Caloocan, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, and Cavite. Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito S. Fernandez emphasized that Maynilad’s sanitation program is part of the effort to protect community health and the environment. “We ask our customers to avail of this service, as it helps to […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang welcomed on Thursday, October 3 the ‘very good’ +64 net satisfaction rating that President Rodrigo Duterte earned in his first three months in office. According to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, 76 percent of the 1,200 adults interviewed nationwide were satisfied, 11 percent were dissatisfied and 13 percent were undecided regarding President Duterte’s performance from July to September. The SWS data showed that President Duterte had a better […]
(Eagle News)– The House of Representatives on Wednesday (October 5) approved on second reading the Duterte administration’s first national budget worth P3.35 trillion. 268 congressmen witnessed the approval of House Bill 3408 or the General Appropriations Bill for 2017. The budget is expected to be approved on third reading after the chamber emerges from its break which runs from October 22 to November 6. From August 22 to September 14, the appropriations committee conducted at […]
