Tag: Duterte

Justice Carpio to President Duterte: Send the Navy to Scarborough Shoal

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has asked President Rodrigo Duterte to fulfill what he said was his constitutional duty to defend the territory of the Philippines by sending the Philippine Navy to Scarborough Shoal. The Shoal is where China is allegedly building environmental monitoring stations. “Send the Philippine Navy to patrol Scarborough Shoal. If the Chinese attack Philippine Navy vessels, then invoke the Philippine-United States Mutual Defense […]

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Teritoryo sa West PHL Sea, dapat ipaglaban ng Pilipinas – SC Assoc. Justice Carpio

(Eagle News) — Nagbabala si Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na mag-ingat sa pagpapahayag o pagdedeklara ng anumang makaka-apekto sa soberanya ng Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea. Sinabi ni Carpio na bagaman dehado ang Pilipinas sa militar ng China may mga ibang hakbang pa naman na maaaring gawin si Duterte. Aniya maaaring pormal na maghain ng matibay na protesta laban sa pagtatayo ng China ng istruktura sa West Philippine […]

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News in photo: President Duterte meets with Myanmar State Counsellor Suu Kyi

    President Rodrigo Duterte  met with Myanmar State Counsellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi at the Call Room of the Presidential Palace in Myanmar on March 20. In the said meeting, President Duterte also handed over a pledge worth US $300,000 to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for the Philippines’ humanitarian assistance to Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the biggest donation made so far made by an ASEAN member state to Myanmar’s Rakhine State […]

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President Duterte now in Thailand for 3-day official visit

(Eagle News) – After his two-day visit to Myanmar, President Duterte is now in Thailand for his three-day official visit, thus completing his tour of the nine other member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the Philippines takes the ASEAN chairmanship this year. The 71-year-old Philippine leader arrived at the Royal Thai Airforce Military Air Terminal 2 on Tuesday dawn, March 21, (11:47 p.m. Monday, March 20 Philippine time), accompanied by members of […]

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In photo: Young boy waves 2 PHL flags proudly as President Duterte speaks in Myanmar

  A young supporter waves small Philippine flags while President Rodrigo Duterte is talking on stage during a meeting with the Filipino community at the Horizon Lake View Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on March 19, 2017. More than 200 Filipinos traveled five (5) hours from Yangon going to Nay Pyi Taw to personally see President Rody Duterte in the Filipino community meeting on the first day of his official visit to the Republic […]

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News in photo: President Duterte talks with Myanmar President on strengthening bilateral ties

    President Duterte’s trip to Myanmar was upon the invitation of Myanmar President, U Htin Kyaw. Both assumed office in 2016. The two leaders held a bilateral meeting that saw the signing of an agreement on food security and agricultural cooperation. The diplomatic relations of the two countries turned 60 years last year. Formal ties were established in 1956, while the Philippine embassy in Yangon was opened in 1958. According to the Philippine embassy […]

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President Duterte meets with Myanmar President Htin Kyaw and state counsellor Suu Kyi

  (Eagle News) — Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte met with Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw at the Presidential Palace in his first official visit in Myanmar, which is expected to forge deeper bilateral ties between the two countries. The President also met on Monday with state counsellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi for 30 minutes, where he presented $300,000 as humanitarian support for the persecuted Rohingya people, capping his two-day official […]

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VP spokesperson claims Robredo ready to face impeachment complaint

  (Eagle News) — With Vice-President Leni Robredo on the receiving end of a possible impeachment complaint filed against her, her camp claims she is ready to face this and tried to dispute the claim that she is “in a hurry” to claim the presidency. “Kung magkakaroon po ng impeachment complaint, magiging handa naman po si VP Leni na humarap sa bagay na iyan,” Robredo’s spokesperson Georgina Hernandez told reporters. Hernandez said Robredo is also […]

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Rep. Alejano, handa na sa banat at resbak ng mga kaalyado ni Pangulong Duterte

(Eagle News) — Handa na umano si Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano na harapin ang mga batikos at resbak mula sa kampo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte matapos niyang ihain ang impeachment case laban dito. Ayon kay Alejano, bago pa man niya ihain ang naturang complaint batid niyang magiging sentro siya ng kritisismo at banat ng mga taga-suporta ng Pangulo. Gayunman, naniniwala ang mambabatas na bahagi ng kanyang sinumpaang tungkulin sa mga Pilipino ang pagpuna sa mga […]

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Benham Rise tiyak na hindi ibibigay ni Pangulong Duterte sa China – Prof .Carlos

(Eagle News) — Mali ang report na mistulang pinahihintulutan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang China na pasukin ang teritoryo ng bansa. Ito’y may kaugnayan sa namataang Chinese Survey Ship sa bahagi ng Benham Rise na umano’y alam ni Pangulong Duterte . Sa panayam ng Liwanagin Natin, sinabi ni Up Professor Clarita Carlos , posibleng may dahilan ang Pangulo at tiyak ring alam nito na mayaman sa natural resources ang Benham Rise kaya malabo niya itong […]

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