MANILA, July 20 – In a meeting in Malacañang on Monday, President Rodrigo R. Duterte approved the new “Roadmap to Peace” that will address issues with various rebel groups, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza announced during a press briefing on Tuesday. Work on a proposed Bangsamoro enabling law will be done simultaneously with the effort to install a federal system of government, Dureza said, adding that the mechanism is aimed at setting up […]
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Pres. Duterte okays peace road map
MANILA, July 20 – A comprehensive peace road map that hopefully will bring about peace and development in the land got the presidential imprimatur during a closed door meeting late Monday afternoon in Malacañang. President Duterte approved in toto or in its entirety the peace formula presented by Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) Secretary Jesus Dureza which will address the Bangsamoro issue, the impending resumption of peace negotiations with the CPP/NPA/NDF, […]
QC Sheriff implements writ to recover vehicles inside #36 T.Sora property
(Eagle News) – The Quezon City Regional Trial Court has started recovery procedures for the vehicles registered under the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) inside its property at no. 36 Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City. Five of the 16 INC registered vehicles were recovered Tuesday (July 19) by the Quezon City court sheriff as the Quezon City RTC branch 96 implemented the earlier order of court, particularly by Presiding Judge Primo G. Sio on the “writ […]
China backs Philippine’s controversial drug war
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — China has offered its support to the Philippine’s controversial drug crackdown pushed by new President Rodrigo Duterte, which has been slammed by rights groups for encouraging extrajudicial killings and vigilante justice. “China fully understands that the Philippine government under the leadership of Rodrigo Duterte has taken it as a top priority in cracking down (on) drug-related crimes,” China’s embassy in Manila said in a statement issued Tuesday. “China has expressed explicitly […]
Dureza: Peace roadmap to pave the way for federalism
Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza updates members of the Malacañang Press Corps on the ongoing peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Moro National Liberation Front during a briefing in Malacañang on July 19. ACE MORANDANTE/PPD MANILA, Philippines — In a meeting in Malacañang on Monday, President Rodrigo R. Duterte approved the new “Roadmap to Peace” that will address issues with various rebel groups, Presidential Adviser […]
China flies bomber over Scarborough
Eagle News — China has also recently released a photo of a nuclear-capable Chinese bomber flying south near Scarborough shoal or Panatag shoal. The H-6K can run at top speeds of 1,050 kilometers per hour and has a range of 6,000 kilometers. It was specifically built for the PLA air force. It’s the latest salvo in a signaling war between the United States and China over Philippine territory. A report in Bloomberg said, the H-6K bomber depicted […]
Chinese South China Sea fleet drills its marines on beach-head assaults
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The South China Sea fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army or PLA navy has recently drilled its marines on beach-head assaults in battle ready format. The drill aims at enhancing the overall capability of what has been known as marines’ last mile to the beach. On the red corner is the amphibious landing dock ship, Changbaishan, carrying air-cushion crafts and armored carriers and assault tanks, ready for landing assault […]
China holds 3-day military drill in South China Sea
Eagle News — Beijing closed off access to part of the South China Sea for military drills, after an international tribunal ruled against its sweeping claims in the waters. China’s maritime administration on its website said that an area off the east coast of China’s island province of Hainan hosts military exercises from today until Thursday. The area of sea identified is some distance from the Paracel Islands and even further from the Spratlys, with […]
Supreme Court dismisses graft case against ex-leader Arroyo
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a long-running corruption case against jailed former president Gloria Arroyo and ordered her immediate release after almost five years in detention. The 69-year-old, who was in office from 2001-2010, could be freed later Tuesday from the Manila government hospital where she has been held since her November 2011 arrest, her lawyers said. The case against Arroyo and a co-defendant was dismissed “for insufficiency […]
Sandiganbayan, nag-isyu ng hold departure order vs mag-amang Binay
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nag-labas ng hold departure order ang Sandiganbayan Third Division laban kina dating Vice President Jejomar Binay Sr., at anak niyang si Dating Makati City Mayor Jejomar Sherwin Binay Jr. Ang HDO ay may kaugnayan sa kasong graft, malversation at falsification laban sa mag-amang binay at iba pang akusado ukol sa pagtatayo ng Makati City Hall Parking Building. Ayon sa abugado ng dating Vice President, ealang epekto ang HDO sa […]
Walang conditional dialogue sa China – Yasay
PASAY, City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinasura ng Pilipinas ang panukala ng China na conditional dialogue kaugnay ng pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea. Sinabi ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay, inayawan niya ang alok ng Beijing na bilateral negotiation na labas sa desisyong inilabas ng Permanent Court of Arbitration. Naganap ito nang magkita sina yasay at Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi sa sideline ng Asia-Europe Meeting na ginanap sa Mongolia. Ayon kay Yasay, binigyang-diin […]
Lifestyle check, sisimulan na sa August – DILG Sec
Nakatakda nang simulan sa susunod na buwan ang pagsasagawa ng lifestyle check ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) sa mga ahensiya na saklaw nito. Ayon kay DILG Sec. Mike Sueño na isasailalim sa lifestyle check ang mga local chief executives, mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology At Bureau of Fire Protection. Layunin nito na malinis ang hanay ng mga ito laban sa mga tiwali at iligal na […]
