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(Eagle News) – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US is ready to defend the Philippines in case of any “armed attack” on Philippine forces in the South China Sea. Pompeo noted that the Philippines as an island nation “depends on a free and undistracted access to the seas” and that China’s “island building and military activities” threatened the country’s sovereignty. “China’s Island building and military activities in the South […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte still has no specific plans to visit the United States so far. When asked on Friday, March 1, about whether Duterte would finally make the visit, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said “specific dates will have to wait for the end of the elections.” Locsin noted the President, after all, was busy endorsing his candidates for the polls slated in May. In any case, he said he has already conveyed […]
(Eagle News) — (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte had a closed door meeting Thursday night, February 28, with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo who came to the Philippines straight from the historic second summit of President Donald Trump in Vietnam with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Pompeo, immediately after arriving in Manila, said he intended to “work closely” with the Philippines “to address regional issues such as #NorthKorea, the South China […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was indicted anew, this time, for inciting to sedition raps because of his remarks over President Rodrigo Duterte’s issuance of a proclamation voiding his earlier amnesty. Assistant City Prosecutor Reynaldo Ticyado from the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office, in a resolution dated Jan. 29, 2019, said there was probable cause to file sedition charges against Trillanes. The resolution which was recently released said that the evidence against the […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 25, met with Moro National Liberation Front’s Nur Misuari. This was after Duterte revealed there ”rumblings” within the group which had complaints about the Bangsamoro Transition Authority being composed of members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The meeting in Malacañang lasted for 15 minutes. On Tuesday, the Sandiganbayan allowed Misuari, who is facing graft and malversation cases, to attend the 48th Session of the Organization of Islamic […]
(Eagle News) — Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr., 60, who had been undergoing cancer treatment for more than a year, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 23. “It is with deep sadness that the Monetary Board (MB) announced that Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor and Chairman of the Monetary Board Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr. peacefully passed away on 23 February 2019 surrounded by members of his family,” the BSP’s statement said. “The […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel next week to the Philippines, the State Department said Friday, as the former US colony increasingly flirts with regional giant China. Pompeo will travel to Manila on February 28 and March 1 for talks with President Rodrigo Duterte, State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said. The top US diplomat will be paying the visit on his way back from Hanoi where he is joining President Donald Trump for […]
(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. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Revised Corporation Code which allows the registration of a “one-person corporation” and removing the requirement for the minimum number of five incorporators, among others. The Revised Corporation Code, which amended the 38-year old Corporation Code, aims to strengthen and simplify corporate governance standards for a more business-friendly environment amidst the drop in the country’s rank in the latest Ease of Doing Business […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that students given scholarships by the government will not lose this privilege even if they express dissent regarding government, including its policies and actions. Wala naman kung dissent lang (If it’s only dissent, no). If you disagree with my move, you disagree, or you do not find consonance in our decision, fine,” the President said during an interview with reporters in Malacanang. But Duterte said a line […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, February 20, signed the Universal Health Care Act into law which guarantees equitable access to quality and affordable health care for all Filipinos. Under the law, all Filipinos will be automatically enrolled under the National Health Insurance Program which classifies members as either “direct contributors” for those who have the capacity to pay premiums, or “indirect contributors” for those who indigents, senior citizens and persons with […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 14, said there was a “delay” in the implementation of infrastructure projects under the Build, Build, Build program. Under the program, the government aims to finance massive infrastructure projects during the time of President Duterte. Some of the funds come partly from the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law. “Walang trabahante,” Duterte said of the reason there was a delay in the first place. […]
