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Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Naisumite na sa Senado at Kamara nitong Huwebes ng gabi ang report ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte hinggil sa mga batayan sa pagdedeklara ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ayon kay Senate President Aquilino Pimentel, personal niyang natanggap ang kopya ng report noong 9:55 p.m. sa Davao city. Pinirmahan niya raw ang report kasama si House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. Ang report ay natanggap ng Senado at Kamara limang minuto bago ang alas […]
by Bryan McManus / Danny Kemp Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Thursday launched an extraordinary broadside at North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for failing to pay their fair share of the defense bill. The billionaire leader used the highest possible profile platform of his first NATO summit in Brussels to accuse members of the alliance of owing “massive amounts of money.” Unveiling a memorial to the 9/11 […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Buoyant trading in New York saw Wall Street set fresh records on Thursday, with United States stocks recording their sixth consecutive positive finish. European markets were mainly in negative territory, however, and oil shares suffered on investor disappointment following an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decision not to deepen cuts in crude output or prolong them past March of next year. Oil futures nose-dived by about $2.50 in New […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Thirteen years after dropping out of Harvard University to work on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday finally got his degree — well, sort of. Zuckerberg returned to the university where he launched what would become the world’s biggest social network, and basked in the spotlight by receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree and addressing the 2017 commencement. His speech capped a nostalgic visit for the 33-year-old billionaire, which included […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — United States-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed at least 35 civilians in an eastern Syrian town held by the Islamic State group, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit a series of residential buildings in Mayadeen, a town in Syria’s oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor. “Among the dead are at least 26 relatives of IS fighters, many of them women and children, including […]
The opening of classes in public elementary and high schools, including those in Mindanao, will push through on June 5 as scheduled. In a statement, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that schools will not be used as evacuation centers. But in Marawi City, the provincial capitol and the Mindanao State University (MSU) will serve such purpose, it said. DepEd also reminded all sectors concerned to ensure the neutrality of schools and temporary learning spaces […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture held a double celebration for its post-harvest mechanization. The 39th Anniversary of Post-Harvest Mechanization and 18th Post-harvest loss prevention week had the theme “Aangat ang Pagsasaka sa Paggamit ng Tamang Makinarya.” The celebration includes seminars and actual demonstrations of the use of different machines in agriculture. https://youtu.be/P6ggWTMEd0M
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) encouraged job seekers to make use of the government employment website to look for jobs and thus, lessen the unemployment rate in the country. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello asked job seekers to visit philjobnet to look at vacancies as well as schedules of job fairs. https://youtu.be/0MBBMnhJW8c
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III denied any connection with alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim-Napoles. “Parang napakahirap naman sagutin niyan, napakaabsurdo ‘no. Nung time na ginagawa niya yang scheme na ‘yan e ako yung nasa oposisyon,” Aquino said in a news conference on Wednesday. “So yung nasa oposisyon ang nag-utos dun sa nakaupo nung panahon na ‘yun na kalaban nila na pahintulutan itong scheme na nangyaring ‘to?” […]
(Eagle News) – Tiniyak ng Department of Health na handa ang kanilang medical teams, logistics at mga gamot para sa mga biktima ng engkwentro ng militar at Maute group sa Marawi City. Ayon kay Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial, nakahanda ang mga ospital na tumanggap ng mga pasyenteng mula sa komunidad sa Amai Pakpak Medical Center. Naka-stand-by na rin ang mental at psycho-social debriefing team. https://youtu.be/hVBox4u2pJw
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called for a special cabinet meeting in Davao City in connection with the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. The special meeting was so a military assessment of the operations being conducted against the Maute Group could be held.
(Eagle News) – Pinalawig ng anim na buwan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang termino ni Armed Forces Chief of Staff Eduardo Año. Sa Hunyo 2 nakatakdang bumaba sa kaniyang pwesto ang opisyal upang maging bagong kalihim sa Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Ipinaliwanag ng Pangulo na mahalaga ang papel na gagampanan ni Año sa pagpapanumbalik ng katahimikan sa Marawi City at Mindanao bilang administrador ng martial law.
