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(Eagle News) — Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Thursday, April 4, said he would file “another string of cases” against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who he said was behind the video of a man who claimed the presidential son was linked to illegal drugs. “He may deny it, but the video supposedly showing my involvement in the illegal drug trade in the country has been clearly stamped with the indelible Trillanes signature of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A South Korean ship has been detained for more than six months on suspicion of violating UN sanctions against the nuclear-armed North, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. Pyongyang is sanctioned over its weapons programme under multiple UN Security Council resolutions, which include curbs on shipments of oil and fuel to the isolated regime. But the North has been seeking to get around the measures, with a recent UN report […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Transportation has suspended Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board executive director Samuel Jardin for 90 days. The suspension was pending a probe of allegations Jardin solicited P4.8 million in exchange for the issuance of a certificate of public convenience that is a requirement for transport franchises. In her complaint, Michele Sapangila said she saw Jardin himself receive an envelope containing P100,000 from a certain “Madame Lolit,” the alleged middleman. She said […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, called on the Chinese government to adhere to an earlier consensus on the exercise of self-restraint in deploying its vessels on Philippine territory as it called the recent swarming of Chinese vessels in the Pag-asa islands as “illegal.” In a statement issued on Thursday, April 4, the DFA categorially stated that “the Pag-asa Islands are part of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), […]
(Eagle News)—–Senate President Tito Sotto described as mere “palusot” House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya’s statement the “itemizations” made by the House of Representatives in the proposed national budget ratified by Congress were “authorized” by the bicameral conference committee report. In a statement, Sotto said the report’s omnibus motion which Andaya said authorized the technical staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance to “effect corrections of typographical, grammatical and printing […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance said that digital firms from Estonia, a country in northern Europe, have expressed their interest to participate in the bidding for the Philippine national ID contract. It was in the Baltic nation of Estonia where the electronic video communications tool Skype was developed. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said it was Estonia’s ambassador-designate to the Philippines Vaino Reinart who relayed to him their interest to help with […]
(Eagle News)–Leftists on Thursday, April 4, urged the Supreme Court to declare as unconstitutional and void the $62-million Chico Irrigation River Pump irrigation loan agreement. In their petition, Makabayan Chairman Neri J. Colmenares, Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate, Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Ariel B. Casilao, Gabriela Women’s Partylist Reps. Emerenciana A. De Jesus and Arlene D. Brosas, Act Teachers Partylist Reps. Antonio L. Tinio and Francisca L. Castro, Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Jane […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to fire another government official next week. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who gave an interview over radio dzmm on Thursday, April 4. “Binanggit niya rin ‘yun kagabi during the meeting with some businessmen,” Panelo said. Panelo did not elaborate. President Duterte has fired government officials over corruption and graft allegations. Among those he fired were then-Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno, then-Presidential Commission for the […]
(Eagle News) — A businessman linked to the slain Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili, who was on President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list, was “abducted” in Laguna on Wednesday, April 3, the police said on Thursday, April 4. According to the authorities, Allan Fajardo and his companion Ricky Atienza were taken from a hotel in Nuvali, Sta. Rosa by a group of men around 8 p.m. The police are looking for the white van which witnesses have […]
MANILA, Philippines — The 90’s boyband Westlife is set to return to the Philippines for a concert in Araneta Coliseum on July 30 this year. Apart from the Philippines, Westlife will be visiting Thailand, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in the Asian leg of ‘The Twenty Tour’ reunion. Westlife’s last performance in Manila was in September 2011. They disbanded right after their last tour in the same year. Their lead vocalist Shane Filan did […]
(Eagle News) — Both the Philippines and China have reaffirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting regional peace and stability, freedom of navigation in and over-flight in the South China Sea. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the reaffirmation, which takes place following reports the Philippines had filed a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of its vessels near Pagasa Island, was made during the Fourth Meeting of the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the […]
by David COURBET| Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)’s chief candidate for European elections, Joerg Meuthen, expects big gains for nationalist parties but thinks they will have trouble forming a united front to advance an agenda. Meuthen, one of two leaders of the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam AfD, said diverging interests and clashing personalities would likely prevent a “patriotic alliance” forming in the European Parliament after the May polls. “I expect […]
