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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is demanding answers from the previous Aquino administration why it had allowed the drug problem to become worse and balloon into this tragedy wherein he said four millions Filipinos are now drug addicts. “You read the crimes that were committed before the drug campaign. Look at the victims! Children who are raped, two years old, night shift workers and everybody else,” Duterte said during the groundbreaking of the […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III received P90 million in campaign contributions from alleged pork barrel queen Janet Lim Napoles which were not declared in his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). This was according to Council for Philippine Affairs (COPA) Secretary, Pastor Saycon who on Wednesday, March 15, presented to the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged documentary evidences that revealed what he said was the corruption committed […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III asked for permission to visit Senator Leila De Lima. Aquino made the statement after the Liberal Party caucus. The former president stands as the LP Chairman Emeritus. Aquino said he is waiting for the “go” signal to visit the senator as he wants to know De Lima’s condition. He said he also wanted to give her some chocolates.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III has denied allegations that the Liberal Party is leading the destabilization plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. In fact, Aquino said that the Liberal Party is ready to cooperate with the administration. “Sabi ko, kung kami ma’y maitutulong sa inyo — marami sa bagay dito pinaghirapan namin, literal na blood, sweat ang tears, gusto naming mahinog lahat ng ito — handa kaming tumulong,” Aquino said. […]
(Eagle News) – At least 200,000 supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte showed up at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park as of late afternoon today and continued to grow as of evening, according to the police. Pro-Duterte rally organizers claim the number was even bigger at 400,000. The pro-Duterte supporters showed up wearing mostly red which was the campaign color of Duterte. In contrast, the peak crowd estimate at the People Power Monument along […]
Below is the full statement of former President Benigno Aquino III on the Mamasapano tragedy issued on January 26, Thursday: Nangako po akong manahimik ng isang taon. Pero nitong Martes, nagsalita si Pangulong Duterte. Sa pakiwari ko: Tama lang po na tumugon ako. Sa Mindanao, may pinag-uusapang konsepto ng pintakasi, kung saan pag siguradong lamang sa bilang ng tao at dami ng armas ang kalaban, kukuyugin nila ang papasok, na kadalasa’y puwersa ng gobyerno. Muntik […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has called for the creation of an independent commission to probe anew the Mamasapano tragedy, as he bared that the bloody incident that killed 44 troopers of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) was actually an operation of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). On Tuesday, during his speech addressing the kin of the slain SAF troopers two years ago, the President said he has […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday formally filed a complaint for graft and usurpation of public function against former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima and former PNP Special Action Force (SAF) director Getulio Napeñas Jr., for their role in the tragic “Oplan Exodus” in Mamasapano, Maguindanao which left over 60 people dead on January 25, 2015. It has recommended a bail of P10,000 each for Purisima and Napenas […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Chinese and Philippine coast guards met for the first time on Friday and agreed to move forward on maritime cooperation, officials said, as relations between Beijing and Manila warm under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The two-day meeting in Manila on establishing a Joint Coast Guard Committee (JCGC) came just days after new images showed China had apparently installed defensive weapons on artificial islands in the hotly contested South China […]
(Eagle News) – Aabot sa dalawang milyong piso ang gagastusin ng pamahalaan para sa kauna-unahang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Finance Undersecretary Paola Alvarez at siya ring spokesperson ng SONA’s preparations, kapareho lamang ito sa budget ng huling SONA ng dating pangulong Aquino . Nakapaloob na aniya ang budget ng SONA sa 2016 national budget na inaprubahan ng dating pangulong Aquino at ng 16th Congress. Ayon pa kay […]
(Eagle News) — Farmers of Hacienda Luisita have asked the new secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform to invalidate the allegedly flawed distribution system used by the past Aquino administration. No less than the new Agrarian Reform secretary Rafael Mariano talked with the Hacienda Luisita farmers on Friday, July 8. Mariano promised to work on this for 30 days. Mariano is a militant leader who campaigned for genuine agrarian reform and a representative of […]
