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MANILa, Philippines (Eagle News) — A pair of newborn Bengali tigers and a thirsty orangutan charmed Filipino zoo visitors, as the captive-bred cubs playfully competed with the poney-tailed ape for a milk bottle. The two-month old tigers, named Duterte and Leni after the country’s top two officials, were joined by the orangutan during snack time at a private zoo in Manila. The ape, with a chute of hair jutting up from the top of its […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Weeks after Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo announced her proposal to host the forthcoming Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has given her the go signal to carry it out. Teo said Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach is due to return to the country and call on Duterte even as she assured that commercial sponsors have offered to put up part of the franchise money. Teo earlier said […]
Eagle News — Thailand’s police chief said, a Canadian suspected of robbing a Singapore bank of s$30,000 ($22,250) will be sent abroad. But he did not say whether he would be sent to Singapore or Canada. The rare bank robbery in Singapore sparked a flurry of debate about whether the country has grown too complacent about security, with crime rates among the lowest in the world. Thai immigration police named the suspect on Tuesday (July […]
Vietnam Ambassador to the Philippines Truong Trieu Duong said trade and investment between the Philippines and Vietnam are developing in a very positive way noting the increasing number of investors investing in Vietnam.
Eagle News — State News Agency Xinhua said, China has won the support of Laos in rejecting the outcome of a court ruling against China’s claims in the South China Sea. The subject was discussed on Thursday during a meeting between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Si Soulith ahead a regional summit in Mongolia . Laos’ foreign ministry has not responded to request for comment on the ruling and Laos state […]
Eagle News — Vietnam welcomed the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration concerning the South China Sea, saying it strongly supports peaceful resolution of disputes, while reasserting its own sovereignty claims according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague concluded this week that China had no historic claim to the waters and it had violated the Philippines’ economic and sovereign rights. Expert on Chinese policy Duong […]
Eagle News — President Rodrigo Duterte is open to holding bilateral talks with China after the historic decision by an arbitral tribunal in The Hague that the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS) belongs to the Philippines. Budget secretary Benjamin Diokno said the issue was discussed during a cabinet meeting in Malacanang on Tuesday night after the Netherlands-based tribunal released its decision on the West Philippine Sea. He noted that enforcing the decision will be the […]
Eagle News — Chinese state councilor Yang Jiechi said that the South China Sea arbitration will not “in the slightest way” shake china’s resolve to pursue the path of peaceful development. He said, china adheres to negotiation and consultation as a means for addressing relevant territorial and maritime delimitation issues, and resolutely safeguards peace and stability in the region. The South China Sea, important to the Chinese people since ancient times, is our heritage to […]
Eagle News — Bloomberg reports that Indonesia has overtaken Malaysia and Thailand as the biggest emerging market in Southeast Asia. The combined value of companies traded in Indonesia reached $416 billion this week and has exceeded its neighbors for more than a month, the longest stretch since early 2013. Although Thailand held the top slot briefly, Malaysia was the leader most of the past three years, but stocks in Asia’s only net oil exporting nation […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP)–Leading Muslim clerics joined Gulf Arab leaders on Friday in condemning a truck attack that killed at least 84 revellers in the Mediterranean resort of Nice on France’s national holiday. Egypt’s top Muslim cleric Shawki Allam condemned the assailant as an “extremist” who “follows in the footsteps of the devil.” “Islam never called for the spilling of blood,” Allam said in a statement. “People who commit such ugly crimes are corrupt of the earth, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ito’y matapos lumagda sa isang kasunduan ang ilang ahensya ng pamahalaan at telecommunication companies ukol sa pagpapalit ng emergency hotline. Noong 2003 ay inilunsad ang hotline 117 sa ilalim ng Department of Interior and Local Government at suportado ng Foundation for Crime Prevention o FCP. Kabilang sa FCP ang malalaking telecommunication companies sa bansa. Ayon sa PLDT, pinalitan ng numerong 911 ang 117 dahil sa matagumpay na 911 service number […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Imumungkahi ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) na isulong ang non-stop o 24-hour construction sa mga urban projects. Pahayag ito ni Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno kasunod na rin ng mga inilatag na programa ng administrasyong Duterte. Sinabi ni Diokno na base sa pag-aaral ng Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), umaabot sa 2.4 billion pesos ang nawawala sa ekonomiya ng bansa kada araw dahil sa trapiko. Kabilang sa sanhi ng […]
