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Committed to a “stronger ASEAN”: President Duterte arrives from successful ASEAN Leaders’ gathering

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Davao City early morning Friday from his “successful” participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Gathering in Bali, Indonesia where he stressed his commitment to peace and stability in the region, and a “stronger ASEAN.” Duterte also personally conveyed to Indonesian President Joko Widodo his condolences to the people of Indonesia for the successive earthquakes and other calamities that claimed many lives in […]

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Duterte: Teddy Boy Locsin is next DFA secretary

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed he offered the post of Foreign Affairs secretary to Teddy Boy Locsin. The President, who returned on Thursday night from Indonesia, was at first hesitant to reveal who would replace Alan Peter Cayetano at the helm of the DFA, but was told by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go that it was alright to do so. Locsin, currently the Philippines representative to the United Nations, appeared to have […]

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United Soccer League: Sacramento Republic FC finishes strong, defeats Swope Park Rangers

SACRAMENTO, CA (Eagle News) — Despite the inclement weather, Sacramento Republic FC fans showed their support at Papa Murphy’s Park in Cal Expo with music and excitement against the Swope Park Rangers. Among them was Esteban Nava who mentioned that it was a very special night because it celebrated Hispanic Heritage Night in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Nava expressed how, “we should be more respectful of everything that everybody brings to the table,” […]

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Duterte appoints ISAFP chief as commanding general of military

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the head of the Army’s intelligence unit as the military’s next commanding general. Major General Macairog Alberto, chief of the Intelligence Service unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines will replace Major General Rolando Bautista, who is slated to retire on Oct. 15. President Duterte has said, however, that he would appoint Bautista as the next Social Welfare secretary. Alberto served as commander of Task Force Davao […]

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Comelec says first day of filing of COCs for 2019 polls “very successful”

(Eagle News) — “Very successful.” This was how Commission on Elections Spokesperson James Jimenez described the first day of filing of Certificates of Candidacy for the 2019 elections. According to Jimenez, there was no report of any incidence of violence from other Comelec offices. “Overall, very successful itong first day of filing natin, in the sense na walang major aberya,” he said. The last day of the filing of COCs is Oct. 17, Wednesday.  

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Sandiganbayan grants Mike Arroyo’s motion to travel abroad anew

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has granted former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo’s motion to travel abroad anew. The seventh division allowed Arroyo to travel to Hong Kong and Tokyo, Japan after the prosecution, it said, interposed no objection to the same. According to the division,  the P90,000 travel bond posted by Arroyo in January 2013 sufficed for the trip. In April, the Sandiganbayan also allowed Arroyo to go abroad. He faces a graft case over the […]

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PHL aid for the victims of quake-tsunami now in Indonesia

(Eagle The humanitarian aid assistance of the Philippine government to the victims of 7.5 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country is now in Indonesia. The Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” cargo ship that departed on Wednesday, October 10 had arrived at Balikpapan Kalimantan Airport on the same day. The relief goods and other supplies that arrived were only the first batch of assistance from the Philippines. The second delivery is scheduled to arrive on Sunday, October 14. […]

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Five-year-old among three still missing in deadly Majorca floods

by Alvaro VILLALOBOS Agence France-Presse Sant Llorenc des Cardassar, Spain (AFP) — Rescue workers searched desperately Thursday for a five-year-old boy and two Germans still missing on Spain’s holiday island of Majorca after flash floods tore through streets and swept away cars, killing 10 people. A massive clean-up was under way in the mud-covered streets of Sant Llorenc des Cardassar, one of the worst-hit towns, after intense, driving rain on Tuesday afternoon surprised locals who […]

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Sal Panelo slated to be Duterte’s next spokesperson

(Eagle News) — Salvador Panelo is slated to be the next government spokesperson, with Harry Roque possibly running for a Senate seat in 2019. Panelo will reportedly hold the position of chief presidential legal counsel at the same time until Duterte finds a replacement for that position. On Tuesday, Oct. 9, Duterte already said Panelo would be the chief of the Office of the Press Secretary, a post he first offered to Roque. Roque, who was […]

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Duterte other ASEAN, IMF leaders already in Indonesia when new quake struck killing 3 people

  (Eagle News) — Philippie president Rodrigo Duterte and other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the International Monetary Fund were already in Bali, Indonesia when a fresh tremor struck Indonesia anew on Thursday dawn, Oct. 11. The magnitude 6 quake that rocked Indonesia on Thursday killed three people and rattled hotels where IMF delegates and leaders of the ASEAN are attending a major summit, a fortnight after a quake-tsunami killed […]

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Cyclone Titli batters eastern India, 300,000 evacuated

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — A cyclone packing winds of up to 150 kilometers (95 miles) per hour and heavy rains hit eastern India early Thursday, with over 300,000 people evacuated from low-lying areas and two men reported killed. Officials in neighboring Bangladesh said they were on alert in the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, home to around one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in tarpaulin and bamboo shelters. Cyclone Titli, which intensified into […]

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