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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned rice cartels not to take advantage of the country’s “artificial rice shortage” as he said he would push for rice prices to be down by as low as P7 per kilo, by changing the system of rice importation. During his State of the Nation Address, Duterte said he has already directed intelligence agencies to unmask these rice hoarders, cartels and their protectors, and that they would be […]
(Eagle News)–Those who plan to install Pampanga Rep. and now-Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the country’s first prime minister should “think twice,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Monday, July 24. In a statement, Lacson, an opposition senator who left the country during Arroyo’s term as president after charges were filed against him in connection with the killings of publicist Salvador Dacer and his driver in 2000, said this was because “the Senate, both majority and minority have […]
The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) have launched the DigitalCitiesPH portal, a website that assesses and ranks cities according to their viability as the next growth center in the IT-BPM sector. The online platform links cities to potential ICT councils outside of Metro Manila. “It was, in fact, our intent to support different […]
(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday, July 24, trashed President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address, saying it does “not present the true state of the nation.” In a statement posted in his Facebook account, Sison called Duterte a “tyrant” for his statement against human rights advocates who criticize his war on drugs. “True to form as a tyrant, he says brutishly that the […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Embassy in France has warned Filipinos traveling to Paris to be “vigilant” due to what it said was an increase in robberies and break-ins in the city, and the recent terror attacks. The embassy urged Filipinos to “secure” their belongings when visiting tourist spots, walking around and riding public transportation; and to be “wary of pickpockets,” who it said were “rampant in metro stations, trains and even shopping areas.” It added theft […]
(Eagle News) — “Awkward, low, ugly, disgraceful.” This was how Senator Panfilo Lacson described the scenes leading to the official election of Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday, July 23. In a short Tweet on Tuesday, July 24, Lacson noted that the mace, which symbolizes the authority of the Lower Chamber, was “in a maze at the Batasan.” “It didn’t know whose authority to symbolize at […]
(Eagle News)– Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday, July 24, vowed to carry out the “legislative agenda” of President Rodrigo Duterte in the House of Representatives as its new Speaker. “I am extremely honored to have been supported by my colleagues at the House of Representatives to be their new Speaker,” she said in a short statement on Tuesday, July 24. Arroyo, who reportedly had Davao Mayor Sara Duterte’s backing, replaced Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez on […]
(Eagle News) — In this video taken by Eagle News correspondent Norie Baytic, several members of the House of Representatives are seen holding a session post-State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 23, apparently aimed at again installing Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the Speaker. This was done after several who included allies of Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez’s camp questioned her oath-taking for the post prior to President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address. Deputy […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged Congress to pass a law that will create a new department that will handle disaster risk reduction, the Department of Disaster Management. The President said his cabinet has “approved for immediate endorsement to Congress the passage of the law creating the Department of Disaster Management.” “We need a truly empowered department characterized by a unity of command, science-based approach, and full time focus on natural hazards and disasters, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 23, urged Congress to pass a bill establishing a trust fund for coconut farmers “at the soonest possible time.” “Our coconut farmers form a significant part of the basic sectors of our society. It is by the toil of their hands that we put food on the table,” he said. In March, the Senate passed on third and final reading a measure that would create the […]
