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(Eagle News)—The Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway where a Xiamen plane was stuck after it made a hard landing on Thursday night was reopened to planes on Saturday, Aug. 18. “NAIA’s international runway 06/24 is now open for flight operations,” the Manila International Airport Authority said, almost two days after Xiamen Air Flight MF8667 overshot the runway amid bad weather. All passengers and crew members were safe. On Saturday, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Aug. 18, slammed a US defense official after he said the Philippines should “think carefully” about buying military equipment from Russia. “Why? Did you stop other countries? Why are you stopping us? … You’re warning us, who are you to warn us?” he said in a speech during a Hugpong ng Pagbabago event in Davao, addressing the statement to US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs Randall […]
(Eagle News)—The Chinese plane that got stuck at a Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway after it had a “hard landing” has been removed. In a radio interview on Saturday, Aug. 18, Eric Apolonio, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesperson, said Xiamen Air Flight MF8667 was cleared from runway 6/24 around 2 a.m. on Saturday. He said it was transferred to the parking bay of the Balabag Aviation Complex. According to Apolonio, the runway, however, will […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed the next elections would be “clean.” “In this election I commit to the Filipino people that this will be a clean election,” Duterte said in a speech at a Hugpong ng Pagbabago event on Friday, Aug. 17. He said he would ask the Commission on Elections to deputize him. He said “in the next few months,” he would impose the Alunan doctrine, which limits the number of armed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has increased the bounty for scalawag policemen to P5 million. This was P2 million more than the bounty he offered in September last year for the head of what he said was each “ninja” policeman. “Kung dalhin mo ‘yan sa akin patay, P5 million. ‘Pag buhay bigyan kita diyes mil [P10,000],” Duterte said in a speech during a Hugpong ng Pagbabago event on Friday, Aug. 17. “Surrender within 48 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense on Friday, Aug. 17, said the acquisition of submarines from South Korea or Russia was not yet final. In a statement, the DND said it will acquire the same “from any country as long as the procurement follows the proper process as provided for under Philippine laws, and the equipment meets the requirements of its end users.” “We emphasize that the Defense Department will procure equipment that is most […]
(Eagle News) — The Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway where a Chinese passenger plane made a “hard landing” on Thursday night will remain closed until 4 p.m. as recovery efforts continue. Runway 06/24 was supposed to be closed only up to noon today, but authorities said there could be a delay as it would be difficult to extricate the Xiamen Airlines plane, with flight number MF8667, due to the soft ground brought about by the […]
(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision denying her request she be allowed to participate in debates on the petition against the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In her motion for reconsideration, De Lima said she was only asking she be allowed to travel from Camp Crame, where she is detained on drug charges, to the SC in Manila and vice versa, for […]
(Eagle News) — Pinaninindigan ng malakanyang na dapat ay cash-based ang 2019 national budget. Binigyang diin ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na mas maraming bentahe ang cash-based budget kumpara sa obligation based at akma ito sa isinusulong na kampanya ng gobyerno laban sa korupsyon. Sinabi ni Roque na sa ganitong sistema ng alokasyon , mas mabilis ding matatapos ang mga proyekto at maiiwasan ang mga nakatiwangwang o nakatenggang government projects. Iwas antala rin aniya ang […]
(Eagle News) — Inatasan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano na makipag-ugnayan sa China tungkol sa pagpapaalis nito sa eroplano ng militar na lumipad sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea. Ayon kay Cayetano, nais ng Pangulo na manatili ang diplomasya sa pakikipag-usap sa China at kumpyansa siyang maaayos ang gusot ng dalawang bansa. Dagdag pa ng kalihim, hindi niya nakikita na humihina ang ugnayan ng Pilipinas at China. Katunayan […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque maintained that President Rodrigo Duterte had “access to information” that many people had no access to before he asserted that Naga City was a “hotbed of shabu.” In a press briefing in Malacanang, Roque said that the President is not politicizing the issue and is just stating the facts based on the information he had. “I’m sure he has access to information indicating certain areas to be […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday, Aug. 17, said Solicitor General Jose Calida’s Supreme Court petition seeking to put a stop to an inquiry into the contracts entered into by his and his family’s security agency with the government has no legal basis. According to Trillanes, Calida, after all, “does not have any immunity from any legislative inquiry.” “Let me remind Mr. Calida that he is not a sacred cow,” Trillanes said. “Mark me, no […]
