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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Malacañang officially released the Proclamation No. 55 or the Declaration of a State of National Emergency on Account of Lawless Violence in Mindanao, which was signed by the President last September 4 after the bloody Davao City night market bombing which resulted in 14 deaths. The President placed the entire country under the state of national emergency due to intelligence reports of terrorists planning to attack other parts […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte promoted a “drug-free ASEAN” in his first ever ASEAN Summit in Laos. According to Foreign Affairs spokesperson Charles Jose, the President’s other priorities include the rule of law as well as a legally-binding code of conduct for the claimants of the West Philippine Sea.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Research group Ibon Foundation protested the proposed tax reform program of the Department of Finance (DOF), saying that it overburdens the poor. The group emphasized that only the rich will benefit from the proposed tax reform because the Department of Finance plans to offset the taxes of the rich minority and pass them to the majority of poor Filipinos. https://youtu.be/wctp42BBpTU
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) asked the public to remain calm after it confirmed the sixth case of the Zika virus. In an exclusive interview with Radyo Agila, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rossel-Ubial called for the public to remain alert but calm at the same time. She reminded the public about precautionary measures to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. https://youtu.be/1mrTp0iCu2U
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Barack Obama, on his final visit to Asia as US president, insisted Tuesday renewed American engagement with the region would endure after he left the White House. “America’s interest in the Asia-Pacific is not new. It’s not a passing fad. It reflects fundamental national interests,” he said in a speech in the Lao capital of Vientiane. The US president is making his 11th and last trip to the Asia-Pacific, seeking to […]
DAVAO City (Eagle News) – Isang bomb threat ang natanggap ng University of South Eastern Philippines (USEP) sa Brgy. Obrero lungsod ng Davao. Kaya pinauwi ang lahat ng estudyante sa naturang paaralan. Hindi rin pinayagan na makapasok ang media sa loob ng Unibersidad. Sa ilang nakapanayam na estudyante, pinag-utos umano ni Orvil Basug, Head ng Security sa naturang paaralan ang pag-uwi ng maaga ng mga estudyante. Namataan rin na pumasok sa loob ng paaralan ang […]
TUGUEGARAO City, Cagayan (Eagle News) — Matamang nakinig sa pangangaral ng mga Salita ng Diyos ang mga bilanggo sa Tuguegarao Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). Ito ay kaugnay ng naging kasunduan sa pagitan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo at Pamunuan ng BJMP na binibigyan ng kalayaan ang mga kaanib sa Iglesia ni Cristo na mangaral ng Salita ng Diyos maging sa loob ng bilangguan. Ang layunin nito ay maipaabot ang tulong hindi lamang sa materyal na […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Nanawagan si National Youth Commission Chair Aiza Seguerra na bigyan pa ng pagkakataong mapanatili ang Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) sa gitna ng mga pahayag ng maraming mambabatas na humihiling na i-abolish na ito. Matatandaang nauna ng sinabi ni House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez na nais niyang buwagin ang SK, kasama na ang mga Barangay Councilor, sapagkat hindi na kailangan ang papel ng mga ito dahil ang lahat ng sektor ay mayroon nang kinatawan […]
TUGUEGARAO City, Cagayan (Eagle News) – Napuno ng kasiyahan ang isinagawang EVM Cup at Unity Games ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa lalawigan ng Cagayan. Isinagawa ito sa Mamba Gymnasium, Tuguegarao City noong Sabado, September 3. Dinaluhan ang nasabing aktibidad ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo na mula pa sa iba’t-ibang lokal na sakop ng Distrito ng Cagayan South. Ang mga palaro naman ay masigla ring nilahukan ng mga kaanib ng INC na […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte met on Tuesday Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before the opening of the ASEAN Summit in Laos. Both bilateral meetings took place at the National Convention Center in Vientiane. Duterte first meeting was with Lee. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Lee invited Duterte to visit Singapore, and congratulated him on his election. “Both leaders reaffirmed the long and close ties between […]
“Spelling nga, magkaiba na, meaning pa kaya?” The quote above was quite ‘gasgas’, used by those who compose romance-comedy lit or hugot memes. But let me apply it to something political. President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of state of national emergency (SNE) is making a lot of buzz, especially among civilians. He imposed this after the tragic bombing at the Roxas night market in Davao City, Friday September 2. Half of the people are panicking because […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The United States will intensify efforts to help Laos rid itself of unexploded bombs, the White House said Tuesday during a historic visit by Barack Obama to a nation once carpet-bombed by Washington. Laos became the world’s most-bombed country per capita from 1964 to 1973 as Washington launched a secret CIA-led war to cut supplies flowing to communist fighters during the Vietnam War. Much of the country is still littered with […]
