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EDCA won’t be affected by pull-out of US soldiers in Mindanao

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) leadership is confident that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement will not be affected by President Rodrigo Duterte’s order that soldiers of the United States of America should pull-out from Mindanao. The EDCA, which falls within the scope of the Visiting Forces Agreement, allows US troops access to identified Philippine military facilities, as well as the right to construct facilities, and pre-position equipment, aircraft and […]

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DND to obey Duterte’s ‘no joint patrols’ in West PHL Sea

(Eagle News)– The Department of National Defense (DND) on Tuesday (September 13) said it will follow President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to cease the country’s involvement in joint patrols in West Philippine Sea. Duterte earlier ordered that patrols are only limited to the 12-mile nautical zone of the Philippine’s territory. “Well, susunod kami sa kautusan ng Pangulo. What he said was that in order to avoid any tensions or risk of miscalculations, our patrols will be […]

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Duterte’s ‘drug list’ completed validation, still thick

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday (September 13) revealed that the validation of his narco-list has been finally completed. “Hoy kayo, meron pa ako, ganoon kakapal. I have a third round and final round. Ang validation, tapos na. Ganoon kakapal. Ganoon kakapal. Isipin mo ilang pulis pati ilang ano,” Duterte stressed during his speech at the Villamor Air Base. “To think kung hindi ako naging presidente, hindi mo masita ang mga ito. Mayor? Puro […]

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Survival chances ‘pretty good’ for Israel’s Peres: doctor

JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) — The chances of survival for former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres are “pretty good”, his personal doctor and son-in-law said Wednesday after the 93-year-old suffered a major stroke. “His condition is critical but stable,” Raphy Walden told journalists on a conference call. “Chances of survival are pretty good.” © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse

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Yasay ready to explain Duterte’s ‘US troops out’ statement to Kerry

(Eagle News)– Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Perfecto Yasay said on Wednesday (September 14) that he is prepared to explain  to United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte regarding the pullout of US Special Forces from Mindanao. “I’m not sugarcoating it at all… You cannot dissociate, for instance, the fact that when he [Duterte] said that he wants the Americans out, you dissociate it from the fact […]

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Say good-bye to corporal punishment

QUEZON City, Philippines (September 14) – Before, kneeling on salt, stones, pebbles and what-have-you was the most used punishment for erring children.Nowadays, punishments are done by public humiliation, physical abuse, neglect, degradation, cruelty and other forms of abusive actions. During his time as Education Secretary, Armin Luistro reminded DepEd personnel in particular and the public in general that corporal punishment and violence in any form, whether committed against grown-ups or children are prohibited in public schools. Luistro […]

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Archaeologists dig Afghanistan, map its cultural heritage

by Anne CHAON KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — For archaeologists Afghanistan, rich in ancient treasures and once a key stop on the legendary silk road, is an “open-air museum”, albeit one ravaged by war and plagued by looters. After 30 years of conflicts, Afghanistan’s cultural heritage is in dire straits, but one group of archaeologists is trying to put the country’s historical sites back on the map – literally. An international team is working to map […]

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UN blasts Duterte due to ‘lack of understanding’ of human rights

(Eagle News)– United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday (September 13) criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for his statements regarding human rights. “The President of the Philippines’s statements of scorn for international human rights law display a striking lack of understanding of our human rights institutions and the principles which keep societies safe,” Al Hussein commented in his speech at the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council in […]

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Epekto ng bagyong Ferdie naramdam na sa Kalinga

TABUK CITY, Kalinga (Eagle News) — Dahil sa epekto ng bagyong Ferdie nakaranas ang lalawigan ng Kalinga ng katamtaman hanggang sa malakas na mga pag-ulan. Pinapag-ingat naman ng Kalinga PDDRRMC ang mga mamamayan lalo na ang mga nasa landslide prone area sa mga posibleng pagguho ng lupa partikular na sa Upper Kalinga. Ayon kay Mr. Richard Anniban, officer in charge ng nasabing ahensiya, patuloy silang magsasagawa ng close monitoring lalo na sa mga lugar na malapit […]

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Samsung to limit recharging of faulty Note 7 batteries

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Samsung said Wednesday it would limit recharging of the batteries of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to lower the risk of explosions in a measure apparently intended to jolt users into returning their devices following a recall. The South Korean electronics giant on September 2 suspended sales of its latest flagship smartphone and announced a recall of 2.5 million units already sold, after faulty batteries caused some handsets to explode […]

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Andanar on PCOO errors: It won’t happen again

(Eagle News)– Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday (September 13) admitted and recognized the agency’s recent blunders, and assured not to let the errors happen again. “We have had lapses in our operations and these lapses happened during one of our overzealous staff at the Presidential News Desk announced the seating arrangement at the ASEAN which we were not suposed to announce,” Andanar said during the House budget hearing for PCOO’s […]

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Strongest typhoon of the year Meranti hits Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Parts of Taiwan were brought to a standstill Wednesday as the strongest typhoon of the year skirted past the island’s southern tip, knocking out power for more than 180,000 households. Although super typhoon Meranti did not make landfall, the storm brought record strong winds and torrential rains to eastern and southern Taiwan. At 0215 GMT, Meranti was 30 kilometers southwest of southernmost Hengchun township, packing gusts of up to 263 kilometers […]

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