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Seeking arbitration over maritime dispute with China is reasonable – Palace

MANILA, May 16 – A Palace official on Sunday said the Philippines is right in seeking the assistance of the international arbitration court to resolve its case against China over disputed territory in the South China Sea. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the participation of the Philippines in the arbitration proceedings is in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). China has refused to take part […]

DepEd K to 12 Law on its 3rd year anniversary

PASIG CITY, May 16 — The Department of Education (DepEd) enjoins the whole country in the observance of the 3rd year anniversary of the signing into law by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, Republic Act No. 10533, An Act Enhancing the Philippine Education System by Strengthening Its Curriculum and Increasing the Number of Years for Basic Education otherwise known as the K to 12 Law. The K to 12 Program covers 13 years of basic education […]

Philippine Islamist kidnappers set new ransom deadline

MANILA , Philippines (AFP) — Islamist extremists in the Philippines who last month beheaded a Canadian man say they will kill another Western hostage if a multi-million dollar ransom is not paid within four weeks. A video released by Abu Sayyaf — whose leaders have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group — shows Canadian Robert Hall and Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad wearing orange shirts in a jungle setting, surrounded by hooded, armed men. The men […]

Philippines’ Duterte says communist leader welcome home

DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — The leader of the Philippines’ communist insurgency will be welcome to return home after nearly three decades in exile and participate in peace talks, president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has said. Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison wrote in a Facebook post last week he hoped to come home following the landslide May 9 election win of Duterte, with whom he has maintained ties while living in the Netherlands. In […]

Philippine president-elect Duterte vows to kill criminals

  by Ayee Macaraig DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte vowed Sunday to reintroduce capital punishment and give security forces “shoot-to-kill” orders in a devastating war on crime. In his first press conference since winning the May 9 elections in a landslide, the tough-talking mayor of southern Davao city warned his campaign threats to kill were not rhetoric. “What I will do is urge Congress to restore (the) death penalty by hanging,” Duterte, 71, […]

Philippines’ Duterte wants friendly ties with China

DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he wanted friendly relations with China and confirmed he was open to direct talks over a territorial row that has badly damaged bilateral ties. Duterte also announced that China’s ambassador to Manila would be among the first three foreign envoys he planned to meet on Monday, after winning the May 9 presidential election in a landslide. “Well ties have never been cold. But I would […]

INC Worldwide Distribution of Pamphlets starts

(Eagle News) — The worldwide distribution of pamphlets of the Iglesia Ni Cristo started on Saturday, May 14, as INC members all over the world gear up for the Reconnect: Worldwide Intensive Propagation where a worldwide evangelical mission to be officiated by INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo will be held at the Philippine Arena to be broadcast across the globe on May 22, 2016. From different countries and different timezons, INC brethren — […]

Marcos fighting for future in Philippines’ vice president race

MANILA , Philippines (AFP) — The son and namesake of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was fighting for his political future Friday after a cliffhanger vice presidential election contest against a novice politician. A win for Ferdinand Marcos Jr, 58, would have been the family’s biggest political victory since its humiliating downfall in 1986 after a “People Power” uprising ended 20 years of human rights abuses, election fraud and the plunder of state coffers. It […]

VP Binay concedes to Duterte

QUEZON City, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay formally greeted Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and congratulated the presumptive president. According to his campaign spokesperson, Binay personally called Duterte to concede. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Slow transmission of OFW votes due to manual process

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Overseas Voting Secretariat of the Department of Foreign Affairs explained that the slow transmission of the results of the overseas absentee votes was due to the manual voting process. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)  

PNP and AFP, ready for the special elections

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines is ready for the special elections which will be held on May 14 in eleven areas where the Commission on Elections declared failure of elections. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

MILF Ceasefire Committee Chief dies

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front confirmed that its chief of the ceasefire committee, Rashid Ladiasan died because of lung cancer. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)