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MANILA, Philippines — United States President Barack Obama is set to arrive in the country today, as he departs from Malaysia where he has said that the U.S. is committed to helping maintain the peace and stability in Asia. “I believe that together we can make the Asia Pacific more secure, and America has the strongest melter in the world but we don’t see conflict, we see to keep the peace. We want a future where disputes are resolved peacefully […]
BY ROSEMARIE FRANCISCO AND MATT SPETALNICK MANILA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The United States and the Philippines have signed a new 10-year security pact on Monday that will allow for a larger U.S. military presence as it struggles to raise its defense capabilities amid territorial disputes with China. The agreement, which establishes a framework for a beefed-up rotation of U.S. troops, ship and warplanes through the Philippines, was formally sealed just hours before U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Manila, […]
MANILA, Philippines — Under an early morning clear blue sky on April 26, almost half a million people gathered at the open grounds of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City to witness a very important occasion. A year ago, in the same summer month of April, Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo launched a project called, “Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko” or “My Countrymen, My Brethren.” It was meant to reach […]
U.S. President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to the Philippines on April 28 highlights Manila’s desire to strengthen bonds with its longtime ally amid rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. The Philippines has said the focus of Obama’s two-day visit in Manila will centre on defence and bilateral cooperation. Obama is also expected to sign a security pact that will allow for increased use of Philippine bases by U.S. ships, aircraft and troops. Filipinos, who look to the U.S. as a big brother […]
Free medical and dental services were provided by the religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo thru its project, “Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko” that held its first year anniversary this April. The medical and dental service mission held at the SM Mall of Asia grounds Saturday (April 26) started at around 8 a.m. and ended before noon. Eagle News reporter Jerold Tagbo interviewed Dr. Rowel Bertuben, head of the medical and dental team, who said that […]
Eagle News reporter Weng dela Fuente reports from the site of the photo exhibit at the SM Mall of Asia that showed the various activities of the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s relief-medical-evangelical service mission dubbed as “Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko” which was launched on April 13 last year in Binondo, Manila. The photo exhibit is housed in a 30 meter by 50 meter tent-complex that was specially built for the event. No less than INC […]
The distribution of “goodwill bags” from the Iglesia Ni Cristo started Saturday (April 26) morning at the grounds of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City to commemorate the first year anniversary of the relief-medical-dental and evangelical mission of the Church dubbed as “Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko” or “My Countrymen, My Brethren.” The project, which combined an intensive evangelical campaign and medical-dental and relief service mission, was launched in April 2013 and has […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority cancelled the road re-blocking in EDSA due to the special worship service to be conducted by the Iglesia Ni Cristo at the Mall of Asia, preparations for which are ongoing.
According to the legal counsel of Janet Lim Napoles, Rehabilitation Czar Panfilo Lacson only has an incomplete list of the names allegedly involved in the pork barrel scam, with Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima holding the complete list.
Former senator and current rehabilitation czar Panfilo Lacson declared that he will not reveal names in the affidavit made by Janet Lim Napoles, adding that it is better to ask Napoles herself regarding the information in her affidavit.
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Malacañang will be a no-fly zone for thirty minutes during the arrival of United States President Barack Obama in his visit to the country.
Senate Majority Leader Allan Peter Cayetano insisted that the Department of Justice release to the public the list of officials in the affidavit made by Janet Lim Napoles. He also accused the opposition of muddling the issue through black propaganda.
