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(Eagle News) — Malacanang condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the Oct. 20 killing of nine sugar workers, including two minors, in Sagay City Negros Occidental as it vowed a “thorough and impartial” investigation of the incident. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the reported deaths of sugar workers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental,” Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said in a press statement. “Families of the victims of […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa 35,000 hanggang 40,000 na distressed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) ang nakinabang sa ‘Balik Pilipinas, Balik Hanapbuhay’ program ng gobyerno ngayong taon. Ayon sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), tumaas ito ng 250 percent mula sa naitalang 30,600 na distressed OFWs noong 2016 at 20,000 naman noong 2017. Layunin ng naturang programa na mabigyan ng negosyo ang mga distressed OFW sa kanilang pagbabalik sa Pilipinas, ang mga benepisaryo ay makatatanngap ng halagang […]
(Eagle News) — Ipagpapaliban muna ng Department of Transportation ang proposal ng Metro Pacific Investments Corporation sa rehabilitasyon ng Metro Rail Transit o MRT-3. Ayon kay Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, nais ng gobyerno na magsagawa pa ng bid sa operations at maintenance ng MRT gamit ang solicited route. Iba ito sa inimungakahi ng Metro Pacific Investments na gawing unsolicited ang gagawing bidding sa mag-sasaayos ng rehabilitasyon ng MRT-3. Bukod rito, nais ng bansang Japan na […]
(Eagle News) — Philippines’ Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr., had bilateral meetings with Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó on Friday, October 19 in Brussels, Belgium. Locsin Jr., flew to Belgium to represent President Rodrigo Duterte at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Brussels, shortly after he was sworn in as DFA secretary on Wednesday, October 17, in Malacanang.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte again called on members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to surrender to the government, saying that the communist movement would not give a comfortable life to their children. The President said he hoped the communist rebels would realize that it is time to surrender to the government, and help bring about peace. Duterte said he is ready to give decent jobs and housing to NPA surrenderees who […]
Newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Secretary and concurrent Representative to the United Nations Teodoro Locsin Jr. represented President Rodrigo Duterte at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit and EU-ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Brussels, Belgium on October 18 Central European Summer Time. ASEM, a platform for dialogue and cooperation between Asia and Europe, is expected to reinforce its role as a catalyst for effective alliance of countries pursuing common goals as well as to bring out the pillars […]
(Eagle News) — Humingi ng pang-unawa sa publiko si Pasang Masda Persident Obet Martin sa sampung pisong pamasahe sa jeep. Ayon kay Martin, ang pisong pagtaas sa pamasahe ay upang matugunan lamang ang ilang beses na naging pagtaas sa presyo ng gasolina. Sinabi pa ni Martin na ang grupo naman nila ang nauuna at boluntaryong naghahain ng petisyon sa pagbaba naman ng pamasahe sa sandaling magkaroon ng pagbaba sa presyo ng mga produktong petrolyo. “Remember, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte again urged businessmen and other Filipino citizens to report to him any government official who is engaged in questionable transactions, especially graft and corruption, saying he is “ready to give you an audience anytime.” Speaking at the concluding ceremonies of the 44th Philippine Business Conference and Expo (PBC&E) at the Manila Hotel on Thusday, Octo. 18, the President again vowed he would strike hard against those engaged in […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s inflation for the third quarter was recorded at an average of 6.2 percent which is higher than the previous quarter’s average of 4.8 percent, according to data released Friday, Oct. 19, by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. BSP Officer-in-Charge Maria Almasara Tuaño-Amador said in a press briefing in Manila that this has brought the inflation for this year to date at 5 percent. Dennis Bautista, officer-in-charge of BSP’s Economic […]
(Eagle News) — Kukumpirmahin pa lamang ni Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo kung itatalaga si senador gringo honasan bilang head ng Department of Information and Communications Technology o DICT oras na matapos ang kaniyang termino sa Hunyo 2019. Ayon kay Panelo, walang pang sinasabi sa kaniya si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte patungkol sa nasabing usapin. “Wala pa. I was with the President, he has not told me anything about it,” ayon kay Panelo. Si Honasan ay nagsilbing […]
(Eagle News) — Naninindigan naman si Senador Antonio Trillanes IV na nagawa umano nito ang lahat ng requirements para makakuha ang amnesty mula sa pag-aaklas nito noon laban sa pamahalaan ng bansa. Sa kaniyang sagot sa komento ng prosecutor sa pagdinig na ginagawa ng Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150, muling iginiit ng mambabatas na maliwanag ang isinasaad ng certification of amnesty na kaniyang hawak. Pinagtibay aniya ito ng Kongreso at Senado, base na rin […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, October 17 signed the Petroleum Service Contract No. 76 with Israel’s Ratio Petroleum Ltd., covering the East Palawan Area. The petroleum service contract for the Area 4, the fifth round of the Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR5), was signed at the Heroes Hall in Malacañang, Palace. According to the Department of Energy, the service contract deal will allow the Israeli firm to explore the Area 4, covering […]
