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Concrete ways to address food security, climate change, trade also discussed (Eagle News) — Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., met with United Kingdom’s former prime minister Tony Blair on Wednesday, September 21,to discuss developments on the peace process, food security and climate change among others. Blair is currently the Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute For Global Change. Marcos was also with First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos when he met with the former UK […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government is allotting P74.4 billion to the Bangsamoro region for next year and is pushing crucial legislation that would facilitate the elections in the region in 2025, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said. In his speech during the inauguration of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), Marcos also urged the passing of crucial legislation on taxation and fiscal policy in the region. The President assured Bangsamoro leaders of his government’s commitment […]
Only 3.447 million vaccinated in Bayanihan Bakunahan Part 3 (Eagle News) – The Philippine government is studying what strategies to do next to convince the still unvaccinated members of the population to get Covid-19 jabs. This was after the government failed to reach its target to vaccinate five million people in its third national vaccination campaign, “Bayanihan Bakunahan,” even with the extension until last Friday, February 18. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that only […]
Balitalakayan interviews Sen. Francis Tolentino on the issue of “war on drugs” which the former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda tried to revive before her term ended at the ICC on June 15, 2021. Tolentino revealed that Bensouda herself is being investigated by the United States State Department, and that even her US visa has been cancelled by the US State department. The senator questioned Bensouda’s timing in pressing the full investigation […]
Health officials say no Bangsamoro child must be left unprotected https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OiHYX8YVqQ By Odessa Cruz Eagle News Service correspondent COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is putting all efforts to reach every Bangsamoro child with its strengthened anti-polio vaccination campaign this year. This, as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) extended technical support to BARMM’s Ministry of Health so that anti-polio vaccination can be carried out […]
By Odessa Cruz Eagle News Service correspondent COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – At least 405 locally stranded individuals (LSIs) who were supposed to go home to the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi (Basulta) found shelter in various COVID-19 isolation facilities in Maguindanao. The LSIs were initially ferried and abandoned in Cagayan de Oro City due to time constraint issues of the vessel that brought them to Mindanao. The LSIs were given immediate […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Singapore President Halimah Yacob talked about deepening defense and security ties between the two countries during the visit of the Singaporean leader in the country. In their joint press statement, Duterte and Yacob reaffirmed their ties Monday as both leaders look forward to a stronger cooperation in the coming years. President Yacob, the eighth president of Singapore, arrived in the country Sunday for a five-day state […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing the transfer of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), saying the needed someone who knows Mindanao well to help him to coordinate efforts between the national government and the newly formed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “I cannot see anybody in the horizon except Piñol who knows and grew up…was born in Mindanao and grew up there. He is a […]
(Eagle News) –The Bangsamoro interim parliament held its inaugural session on Friday, March 29, with President Rodrigo Duterte expressing elation over the development at the inauguration of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao later in the day. In his speech, Duterte expressed “extreme happiness,” as he said the inaugurations were proof “we were able to realize at least a part, maybe not all, but a part of what the entire country would have wished […]
S. China Sea, education, terrorism among other topics discussed during Malaysia PM Mahathir, Duterte meeting (Eagle News) — Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad on Thursday, March 7, expressed Malaysia’s “desire to continue to be of help in the development of Mindanao,” following the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Mahathir, who arrived in the country for an official visit on Wednesday night, made the statement only almost a month after the BARMM […]
(Eagle News) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) formally assumed leadership over the new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao after the ceremonial turn-over of functions from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to the new Bangsamoro region. The 80-member BTA is led by interim chief Al Haj Murad Ebrahim took over leadership of the new autonomous region from ARMM governor Mujiv Hataman. The turn-over ceremonies took place in Cotabato City on Tuesday, February […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, February 22, swore in 80 members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority led by its interim chief minister Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Hajj Murad who will now ensure the peaceful transition of the regions which approved the Bangsamoro Organic Law into the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The President also received the resolution containing the results of the plebiscite on Republic Act No. […]
