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(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Office has asked actress Maria Isabel Lopez to submit a position paper that details why her license should not be revoked after she breached the Association of Southeast Asian lanes on Edsa and bragged about it on Facebook on Nov. 11. LTO law enforcement service director Francis Almora said Lopez, who appeared before him on Thursday, has within the day to submit the position paper. Within five days, Almora […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said leaders who attended the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Meetings “vowed to work closely” to fight terrorism. “We have agreed on so many things to enhance the defense of our country. But, unfortunately, these are the things which I cannot really talk about in public,” Duterte told reporters in a press conference after he officially handed over chairmanship of the regional bloc to Singapore. […]
President Rodrigo Duterte reported a productive conclusion of the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits on Tuesday, November 14, announcing landmark outcomes of the meetings during the Philippines’ hosting, including the commitment from China to allow “unbridled freedom of overflight and navigation” in the South China Sea. President Duterte noted the highlights of the Summit such as the start of talks for a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea and the signing […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night (November 14) officially handed over the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who will be hosting the ASEAN Summit next year. The official hand-over of the ASEAN chairmanship was done as the Philippines concluded the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits and brought its regional meeting of 21 world leaders to a close. During […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will help in regulating the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea. ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh admitted that the ASEAN cannot resolve the issue alone. Minh also said that the ASEAN and China should follow the agreements signed by the member-states and China since 2002. https://youtu.be/j8fMfpSCjp0
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday underscored the need for the implementation of a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, noting that such could “provide size and scale to unleash new growth potentials and write the rules of the game of the international trade order.” In his speech at the start of the RCEP Summit, Duterte, who is this year’s ASEAN chair, said that “when it enters into force,” the RCEP would be “one of […]
Donald Trump hailed a “tremendously successful” five-nation tour of Asia in which he made a lot of friends. The US president, who began his journey in Japan 12 days ago, said his trip had seen progress in his goal of narrowing America’s yawning trade deficits. “I’ve made a lot of friends at the highest levels,” Trump told reporters shortly before boarding Air Force One in Manila, adding the trip was “tremendously successful.” “I think […]
(Eagle News) — Nurturing a peaceful co-existence within the ASEAN region. This was the goal of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan, Korea, and China during the 20th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Commemorative Summit on Tuesday, November 14. President Rodrigo Duterte, chairman of the 31st ASEAN Summit, urged his fellow ASEAN leaders and three dialogue partners, Japan, China and Korea, to continue nurturing a peaceful co-existence within the region. “I urge […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday filed a case against former Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan secretary general Renato Reyes, and another over a rally that saw at least 16, including six policemen, hurt. In the complaint filed before the Manila Prosecutor’s Office, the police said Casiño, Reyes and Neil Legaspi violated the Public Assembly Act of 1985 when they committed breach of peace, assault, and disobedience and resistance to […]
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President Rodrigo Duterte has pledged two accused Russian drug traffickers would get a “fair trial.” Duterte made the commitment at a meeting late Monday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev on the sidelines of a regional summit in Manila. “I would just like to say that we have a working functional justice system here and they will get a fair trial and that they will be detained in a comfortable house,” Duterte told Medvedev, according […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang released the Philippine-US joint statement on the bilateral meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Philippine President and current ASEAN chair Rodrigo Duterte which mentioned all the important points discussed by the two leaders including freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, the North Korea nuclear threat, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, as well as the drug war and the human rights issues. There was a “broad range […]
