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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday denied that he ordered an end to major US-South Korean military exercises as a concession to North Korea’s totalitarian leader Kim Jong Un. The previously annual, large-scale maneuvers — meant to keep troops ready in case of conflict with North Korea — were shelved shortly after Trump’s summit last week with Kim in Hanoi. Trump denied there was any link. “The military drills, or […]
By Jacques Lemieux, with Poornima Weerasekara in Beijing Agence France-Presse MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voiced strong concern Monday that China suspects a detained former Canadian diplomat of spying and stealing state secrets. The allegations against Michael Kovrig mark a new escalation in the diplomatic row between Beijing and Ottawa stemming from Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, an executive from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. “We are obviously very concerned with the position […]
by Rouba El Husseini and Emmanuel Duparcq Agence France Presse BAGHOUZ, Syria (AFP) — Kurdish-led forces supported by air strikes from an international coalition evacuated civilians held as “human shields” Monday after smashing their way into the jihadists’ last scrap of territory in eastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces and its allies from the US-led coalition unleashed a deluge of fire on the village of Baghouz at the weekend to break the defences of Islamic […]
(Eagle News)—Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno is the new Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor. President Rodrigo Duterte himself made the appointment. Diokno replaces Nestor Espenilla, who passed away recently due to tongue cancer. Rep. Rolando Andaya has accused Diokno of being behind alleged insertions in the proposed national budget for 2019 but the Palace has stood by Diokno, noting his integrity.
(Eagle News)–The release of the so-called narco-list ahead of the elections is the “call” of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Commission on Elections said on Monday, March 4. “If someone wants to release the narco list, then that is their call entirely. Wala po kaming.. hindi po kami involved diyan,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said. Comelec chair Sheriff Abbas said the release of the list […]
(Eagle News) – Foreign nationals working in Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) should pay taxes and comply with the country’s tax laws, as various government agencies met to consolidate the list of foreign workers who should pay taxes, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). The DOF said it is now working closely with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as well as with other government agencies, including the justice and labor departments, to […]
(Eagle News)—The construction of the Light Rail Transit 1 Cavite extension will start in April. The Department of Transportation made the announcement in a Facebook post on Monday, March 4. According to the DOTr, the 11.7-kilometer railway extension will link Baclaran to Bacoor. The project, which will see the construction of an additional eight stations, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2021. With the completed extension, the LRT-1 is expected to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged the US and North Korea to quickly resume denuclearization talks after their Hanoi summit last week ended without a deal. Moon, who has adopted a dovish approach to Pyongyang and brokered the US-North Korea talks process, urged his officials to find out what exactly had gone awry at the high-stakes meeting, and predicted a deal would ultimately be reached. “We hope […]
Pilot, student unhurt (Eagle News)—-A Cessna plane crash-landed in a ricefield in Talavera, Nueva Ecija on Monday, March 4. Authorities said the Cessna 172 type aircraft bearing the call sign RPC 2847 encountered an engine problem at 7:45 a.m. upon its takeoff from Lingayen, Pangasinan. The plane, which was used for training purposes, was supposed to go to Cabanatuan before returning to Lingayen. The pilot and his student were unhurt. “Accident investigators from the Aircraft […]
(Eagle News) — More than 230 rebels and supporters of the New People’s Army recently returned to the fold of law because of localized peace talks, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said that these former rebels and supporters of the New People’s Army pledged their loyalty to the government from February 22 to 25 largely because of efforts of local peace and order councils. Before that, […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a former Davao region police chief and a former transportation official to government posts. Appointed as board member of the Clark Development Corporation was former police official Manuel Gaerlan, for a term of one year, based on appointment papers shown to the media on Monday, March 4. Dante Lantin, formerly of the Department of Transportation, was appointed member of the Philippine Racing Commission for a term of four years. […]
(Eagle News)—The Alliance of Concerned Teachers has asked the Court of Appeals to reconsider its earlier decision not to stop the Philippine National Police’s alleged profiling of the group’s members. In seeking for the appellate court’s reconsideration, ACT said its petition seeking for a halt order of the PNP’s supposed activities raised, after all, “issues involving gross violations of the petitoners’ fundamental constitutional rights” which include their right to association, right to assembly and […]
