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(Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China would like to join South Korea in returning bilateral ties to the track of healthy development. He made the remarks while meeting with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in in Hamburg ahead of a Group 20 (G20) summit to be held in the northern German port city. Xi said China and South Korea, two geographically close nations, share interconnected cultures and notable complementary advantages, […]
(Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China and Singapore will develop bilateral relations with strategic insight and vision, and keep mutual understanding and support on issues of each other’s core interests and major concerns. Xi made the remarks while meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the northern German city of Hamburg. Xi noted that the traditional China-Singapore friendship, promoted by mutual learning and cooperation, has achieved fruitful results. […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – The United States is increasingly concerned that a dispute between Qatar and other Arab states is at an impasse and could drag on for a long time or intensify, the US State Department said on Thursday (July 6). “We remain very concerned about that ongoing situation between Qatar and GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told a briefing. “We’ve become increasingly concerned that that dispute […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s recently sworn-in Vice Prosecutor Katherine Haringhton attempted to enter the country’s Public Ministry on Thursday (July 06) after the Supreme Court heard a petition to remove dissident state prosecutor Luisa Ortega, who has expressed criticism of President Nicolas Maduro. Ortega, the main challenger to Maduro from within the ruling socialist movement during three months of opposition protests, said she would not recognize legal proceedings against her by an “unconstitutional and […]
At least two were reported killed and several others injured after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Leyte and was felt in nearby provinces on Thursday. The first fatality was a man who died following the collapse of a 10-year-old commercial building when the quake struck at 4:03 p.m., Kananga Mayor Rowena Codilla said in a radio interview. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake–with its epicenter in Jaro–was felt at varying intensities in nearby provinces […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former President and now Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is advocating for the creation of a transportation security commission. In her House Bill No. 592 or Philippine Transportation Act of 2017, Arroyo recommended the transformation of the Office of Transportation Security under the Department of Transportation (DOTr) into the National Transportation Security Regulatory Commission (NTSRC). “An independent and single authority performing oversight function, the transportation security, becomes essential given the […]
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Bulacan (Eagle News) — Nawawala ang dalawa sa itinuturing na persons of interest sa nangyaring pagpatay sa limang miyembro ng isang pamilya sa San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan. Batay sa ulat, sina alyas Tony at Alvin Mabesa na persons of interest sa pagpatay kina Auring Dizon, 53; ang kaniyang anak na si Estrella, 35; at ang tatlong anak ni Estrella sa kanilang bahay sa North Ridge Royale Subdivision noong ika-27 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he will have to explain to the Vietnamese government the beheading of two Vietnamese captives by the Abu Sayyaf Group, noting that the ASG still holds four more Vietnamese captives. “Did you see the new victims they beheaded? The two Vietnamese that they abducted…They cut off their necks,” Duterte said in his remarks during the 64th anniversary celebration of Hagonoy town in Davao del […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon said that it was Congress that will decide and have the final say on whether or not martial law in Mindanao will be extended. Senator Drilon explained that the Supreme Court’s decision as well as Article VI Section 18 of the Constitution gives the body the power to determine such extensions, or absence thereof, while the President can only make recommendations. Drilon made the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang is letting critics of the declaration of martial law in Mindanao have their say in the face of the decision of the Supreme Court upholding such. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that everyone and anyone can say anything they want about the topic as this is guaranteed by the Constitution as freedom of expression. Andanar also said that the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold martial law in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — UNA ANG EDUKASYON party-list representative Salvador Belaro Jr. has recommended that instead of reconstructing Marawi City’s old city center, the government look for a new location to build a new center. Rep. Belaro said that reconstruction of the old town center of Marawi City will be more costly as demolishing and reconstructing the old buildings will take a long time. Last month, Belaro filed House Bill No. 5883, which […]
PASAY CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged fellow lawmakers from other Association of Southeast Asian member-states to throw their support behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs. “I take this opportunity to urge you to do the same. With political will and cooperation, we will dismantle the massive illegal drug trade apparatus,” he said at the opening of the 13th meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Fact Finding Committee (AIFCOM) […]
