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HONGKONG, China (AFP) — Former Philippine leader Fidel Ramos said Tuesday he would meet contacts with links to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trip to Hong Kong intended to improve ties between Manila and Beijing. Relations have cooled since a UN-backed tribunal ruled last month that China’s claims over most of the South China Sea were invalid, in a sweeping victory for the Philippines which brought the case. Ramos — a longtime advocate of […]
by Henry MORALES A hurricane sweeping in from the Caribbean on Wednesday was threatening Belize with mudslides, flooding and damage to homes, officials warned. Hurricane Earl, a swirling storm packing winds of 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour and heavy rains, was expected to strike the small Central American nation around midnight (0600 GMT Thursday). It was located about 240 kilometers (150 miles) east of Belize, David de Leon, Guatemala’s Disaster Management Office spokesman, told […]
by Ayee Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Mario Dimaculangan shares a toilet with 130 other inmates in one of the Philippines’ most overcrowded jails, and conditions are getting worse as police wage an unprecedented war on crime. Security forces have killed hundreds of people and detained thousands more in just one month as they have followed the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has said the top priority at the start of his six-year term is […]
Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea led the ceremonial turn-over of the signed, sealed, and stamped document of the Executive Order No.2, known as the EO on Freedom of Information (FOI) to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, at the Premiere Guest House in Malacañan, Thursday. Secretary Medialdea has also tasked the Presidential Communications Office to form an ad-hoc committee to prepare the manual and guidelines to operationalize the EO. Among those who witnessed the ceremonial turn-over are […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte receives US Secretary of State John F. Kerry at the Malacañan Palace, today, July 27, 2016. Kerry is in Manila for an overnight trip to strengthen the Philippine-US relations. He is the first US Cabinet official to meet with President Duterte.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — After serving as the Senate President of the 16th Congress, Senator Franklin “Frank” M. Drilon was unanimously elected as the Senate President Pro-Tempore – the second highest-ranking Senator.
