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Palace slams Robredo camp for “giving all sorts of excuses, demands” following VP designation as ICAD co-chair

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Nov. 6, slammed the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo for “giving all sorts of excuses and demands” following her designation as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in particular slammed Robredo’s spokesperson, lawyer Barry Gutierrez, who said that the position was different from the one initially offered by Duterte. He also said the post, […]

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DOH confirms fourth case of polio since disease resurgence in PHL after 19 years

(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has confirmed a fourth case of polio in the Philippines since the disease’s resurgence in the country after 19 years. In a statement, the DOH said the fourth case was from Mindanao. The agency did not elaborate. According to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, the fourth case was confirmed following a test conducted by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in […]

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“Quiel” intensifies into tropical storm

(Eagle News) — “Quiel” has intensified into a tropical storm as it moved over the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its latest advisory, PAGASA said the weather disturbance was last spotted 500 kilometers west southwest of Subic, Zambales. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, and gustiness of up to 80 kph. “Quiel,” which is moving eastward at 10 kph, is indirectly affecting […]

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Lagman: Robredo “being set up to fail” with designation as ICAD co-chair

(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo is “being set up to fail” with her designation as co-chair of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Tuesday, Nov. 5. In a statement, Lagman, a partymate of Robredo, said the post was, after all, “vastly different” from the post of drug czar President Rodrigo Duterte previously offered. He said the vice president “is being thrown into a composite of an inter-agency […]

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PHL military kills 2 foreign terrorists, 1 ASG member; foils suicide bombing in Sulu

(Eagle News) – The Philippine military prevented a plan of foreign terrorists to stage a suicide bombing in  Jolo, Sulu on Tuesday, Nov. 5, with the killing of three suicide bombers, two of them foreign terrorists, in Indanan town. In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that terrorists – two foreigners and a local Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member — were “neutralized” in “a military operation intended to apprehend foreign terrorists […]

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Año “ready” for any arrangement to be implemented by Duterte with VP as ICAD co-chair

PNP to “extend full assistance” to Robredo (Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and the Philippine National Police on Tuesday, Nov. 5, welcomed the appointment of Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency commitee on anti-illegal drugs. In a statement, Año said he was “ready on whatever arrangement the President wanted to implement.” “After all, the objective remains the same, to eliminate the illegal drug problem in the country,” he said. According to the […]

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PDEA welcomes Robredo’s designation as ICAD co-chair

(Eagle News)–Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino on Tuesday, Nov. 5, welcomed the designation of Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the inter-agency committee against illegal drugs. In a statement, Aquino said Robredo “can well contribute (to) the advocacy and rehabilitation/reintegration clusters ..” Aquino earlier said Robredo would fail as anti-drug czar as she was “not abreast with the supply reduction efforts and lacks experience in dealing and working with law enforcers.” President Rodrigo […]

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Tropical Depression “Quiel” enters PAR

(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Quiel” has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 10 a.m., Quiel was located 50 kilometers west southwest of Iba, Zambales, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 45 to 55 kph. It is moving east northeast at 10 kph. PAGASA said today to tomorrow, Quiel and the frontal system will bring moderate to occasional heavy rains to Northern Luzon, Zambales and […]

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JUST IN: Duterte designates Robredo as co-chair of inter-agency committee vs illegal drugs

(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo is now the co-chair of the Inter-agency committee on anti-illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte himself designated her to the position, based on an Oct. 31  letter signed by  Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and which was transmitted to Robredo’s office. Duterte’s move came after Robredo said the drug war had failed because it had failed to curb the number of drug addicts in the country. Earlier, Duterte said he was ready […]

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Inflation further eases to 0.8 percent in October

(Eagle News)–Inflation eased further to 0.8 percent in October, the lowest recorded since May 2016. The Philippine Statistics Authority said the October rating was lower than the 0.9 percent recorded in September, and the one recorded in October 2018 or 6.7 percent. The PSA said the downtrend was mainly due to the 0.9 percent annual drop registered in the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages index. The annual rate of transport index also went down further […]

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Duterte back in PHL from Thailand

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is back in the Philippines from Thailand. The President departed from the Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on Monday, Nov. 4, after a four-day visit. He attended the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, where he discussed the South China Sea and ASEAN’s community-building agenda, among other things. The President with fellow ASEAN leaders also attended the 14th East Asia Summit at the Impact Exhibition and Convention Center in […]

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Under Senate reso, gov’t to buy rice from local farmers for distribution to 4Ps beneficiaries

(Eagle News)–The Senate has approved on third and final reading a resolution that allows the government to distribute rice instead of cash under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. Twenty-one senators voted in favor of Senate joint resolution no. 8. No one dissented or abstained. According to the resolution, under the 4P’s rice subsidy component, actual rice instead of cash  should be distributed to beneficiaries. Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate committee on […]

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