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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is welcomed by Jordan’s King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein at the Al Husseinieh Palace on Thursday, Sept. 6, in ceremonies where the Philippine president was given full military honors and the Philippine National Anthem was played for the first time at the Royal Palace of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. This is the first time that a Philippine president has visited this Middle East country. President Duterte and Jordan’s […]
(Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo visited opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV at the Senate where he had been staying for the past three days, and criticized moves by the Duterte administration to allegedly “harass” the senator. Explaining her visit, Robredo said she was already near the area, coming from a speaking engagement at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) so she decided to drop by. “Naisip ko na malapit na rin [ako], makausap […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Sept. 6, stood by the presidential proclamation that declared the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as void ab initio. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, “kinakailangan naman kapag nabigyan ng amnestiya … may tunay na pag-aamin at merong kumbaga dahil nagsisisi ka nagkakaroon ng parang panibagong buhay…” “..Pero sa tingin ko ay parehong wala,” he said. He also questioned Trillanes’ filing of a petition seeking for […]
(Eagle News) – One of those who escaped from the Holocaust who sought refuge in the Philippines in 1941 was among those who welcomed Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte when he visited the “Open Doors Monument” in Israel at the end of his four-day visit in the Jewish State. The monument in Rishon Lezion, Israel stood for the courage and humanitarianism of the Filipino people during World War II in providing a haven to more […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs is currently monitoring the situation of Filipinos in Japan after a powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Hokkaido on Thursday, Sept. 6. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the DFA was “stay(ing) in touch with the leaders of the Filipino community in Hokkaido” to also “ensure that every one is safe and accounted for.” “Our prayers to the people of Japan who were affected by [the earthquake],” Roque added. The earthquake […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Amman Jordan on Wednesday, Sept. 5, to start his three-day historic visit in this Middle East country. From Israel, President Duterte headed to Jordan becoming the first Philippine president to visit the country. He arrived at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman at 10:17 p.m. Wednesday, Philippine time, on board a Philippine Airlines chartered flight PR001. Philippine Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ambassador […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, Sept. 6, asked the Supreme Court to nullify the proclamation that declared the amnesty granted to him as void ab initio, and to restrain authorities from arresting him and pursuing cases against him over the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege. “We are banking on the legal issues we have raised. Pinopoint out namin na walang kapangyarihan ang presidente na magwithdraw ng amnesty..,” […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Transportation Undersecretary Cesar Chavez to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority Board of Directors. Chavez term as member will expire on June 30, 2019. Chavez had resigned as undersecretary of the Department of Transportation following the several glitches that marred the operations of the Metro Rail Transit 3. Chavez had cited a “simple sense of delicadeza” as the reason for his then-resignation.
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, Sept. 6, presented documents he said would show that he applied for amnesty in connection with the Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively. The documents, which he said he sourced from his “friends from the Armed Forces of the Philippines,” included what was supposed to be a letter from the then-Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin that said the applications of the 38 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice maintained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was still facing a coup d’état case despite a Makati court issuing an order dismissing the same. In a statement, Acting Prosecutor General Richard Anthony Fadullon said this was because the amnesty granted to Trillanes, on which the dismissal of the case was supposed to be anchored on, was void ab initio, or was as if it never existed in the first place. “Thus […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipino was hurt in the onslaught of Typhoon Jebi in Japan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, Sept. 5. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka have not received any reports of Filipinos being among the 10 fatalities and 300 injured after Japan’s most powerful typhoon in 25 years struck the Asian country. Nevertheless, the DFA said the embassy […]
(Eagle News) — Some $10 million worth of business deals are expected to be signed between Filipino and Jordanian companies, the Department of Trade and Industry said. These are reportedly apart from the agreements on defense, foreign affairs and labor the two countries are expected to ink after President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrival on Wednesday night. The President will be in Jordan from Sept. 5 to 8, the first visit by a Philippine leader since formal ties […]
