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(Eagle News) — Jamie Anderson won her first gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia for the first-ever Women’s Slopestyle event. The 27-year-old Olympian, Anderson repeated her amazing feat of winning the gold in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Anderson isn’t new to medaling as she was the youngest female to ever medal at the age of 15 during the Winter X Games in 2005. Although strong winds […]
Also tells military to “discontinue” $233-million contract with Canadian company for 16 combat helicopters (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to “discontinue” its $233-million contract with a Canadian company for 16 combat helicopters, and to stop buying arms from the country in general. Duterte said the AFP should also stop buying the same from the United States. “From here on now, I am directing AFP since […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Armed Forces of the Philippines clarified on Thursday that the 16 helicopters the government was slated to buy from Canada would not be used to attack communist rebels. “We are not buying an offensive aircraft. You must understand that these are utility helicopters not attack helicopters,” Major General Restituto Padilla, AFP deputy chief of staff for plans, said in a text message. He said the Bell 412 helicopters […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP The Philippines has bought 16 new Bell helicopters from Canada for about US$235 million to strengthen its fight against Islamic militants and other domestic insurgencies, defence officials said Wednesday. The two governments announced the deal less than three months after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clashed with host President Rodrigo Duterte over Philippine drug war killings, on the sidelines of a Manila summit. The Philippine defence department signed the 12- billion-peso (US$234.8 million) Bell […]
