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(Reuters) — The South China Sea arbitration case will “take the back seat” during talks with China, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday (October 19) in Beijing. Duterte said he would wait for the Chinese to bring up the dispute rather than doing so himself. Duterte arrived in Beijing on Tuesday (October 18) with at least 200 top business people to pave the way for what he calls a new commercial alliance, amid […]
(Reuters) — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Beijing on Tuesday (October 18) at the start of a four-day state visit aimed at improving ties between the Asian neighbours. Duterte was welcomed by Chinese officials after arriving from an earlier state visit to Brunei. He is expected to meet the Chinese leadership for bilateral talks on trade, security and the economy. Duterte is travelling with at least 200 business leaders, and Chinese […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill that postpones the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled on October 31, 2016 to October 23 next year. This was announced at a press briefing in Malacanang by Assistant Secretary Marie Banaag of the Presidential Communications Office, quoting Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. “According to Executive Secretary Medialdea, it was already signed by the President but he would have to wait […]
(Eagle News) — The planned burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will not materialize just yet. This was after the Supreme Court extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for the burial. The latest decision of the high court was announced by Supreme Court information chief […]
(Eagle News) — Brunei’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah officially welcomed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (October 17) at the Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan and the seat of government of Brunei. This was followed by a bilateral meeting between the two leaders. Included in the itinerary is a state dinner at the Royal Banquet Hall in the Sultan’s residence. President Duterte said that his visit to Brunei was important as this […]
DAVAO, Philippines | AFP | — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Sunday he will not “barter” away territory and economic rights ahead of a visit to Beijing, where he hopes to mend ties frayed by a row over the South China Sea. Duterte will head to Beijing on Tuesday — after a state visit to Brunei that kicks off late Sunday — and will be bringing along a large business delegation in a bid […]
DAVAO CITY, Oct. 17 — President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Sunday afternoon, left for his state visits to Brunei Darussalam and China where he will meet his fellow state leaders to discuss enhancement of special ties and trade relations between the Philippines and its neighbors. President Duterte said he will meet with Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah in Brunei Darussalam, and the talks will center on enhancing special relations between the two countries. “We will discuss of further enhancing […]
(Reuters) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday (October 12) his country would maintain its existing defence treaties and its military alliances, adding to uncertainty and confusion over the status of security ties with the United States. In an apparent break from a weeks-long torrent of anti-American rhetoric, Duterte suggested defence alliances would continue and his foreign policy was to “realign”, but reiterated joint exercises with U.S. troops, a decades-old tradition, would be stopped. […]
MANILA, Philippines – (Eagle News)– President Duterte has signed his first administrative order, the creation of a task force on media killings, pushing through with his earlier promise to create a superbody that would probe the killing of journalists in the country. The move came despite receiving “bad press” both from the international and local media who have reported on his speeches, curses and tirades, notably against United States President Barack Obama, the European Union, and the United Nations. Presidential Secretary Martin Andanar made […]
(Eagle News) – President Duterte continued to enjoy a high trust rating of 86 percent, according to the latest survey of Pulse Asia this September. But the latest trust rating was slightly down by five percentage points compared to his 91 percent rating in July just after his inauguration as President. The nationwide “Ulat ng Bayan” survey released on Wednesday October 12 showed Duterte still trusted by the majority, although losing most percentage points in Metro […]
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia’s second-most populous country, rolling out among the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the region. Public health campaigners who have long battled against the country’s hefty tobacco lobby welcomed the push to end smoking in public places and said they believed Duterte, with his tough anti-vice record, was […]
