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(Eagle News) – A US Air Force plane bearing the three historic Balangiga bells is set to land today, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at the Villamor Air Force Base in Pasay City to return the bells taken 117 years ago by US forces as war trophies from a Catholic church in Samar. US Ambassador Sung Kim will lead the turn-over ceremonies of these historic bells back to the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte will […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants Congress to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019 as the previous extension for martial law is about to end this month. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed that President Duterte has already approved the recommendation of the military and the police to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year. The previous extension of martial law in the South will end by December 31, 2018. […]
(Eagle News) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensourda, said that her office will continue to conduct its examination of the situation in the Philippines, even if the country had already initiated action to withdraw from the Rome Statute. In her annual report on preliminary examination activities for year 2018, the Philippines was listed as among the countries in which the ICC had opened preliminary examinations. The report covers the period […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged Overseas Filipino Workers to be more assertive against corruption by not giving in to demands for money from corrupt government officials. “Learn to be assertive. Kung nasa tama ka, why give money?” the President said during his speech at the 85th anniversary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Duterte said he would never condone people in government extorting money from OFWs. “Pagka lumaban kayo lahat.. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte administered the oath of office for newly appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Tuesday, December 4, along with two other Court of Appeals Justices whom he had appointed to the high court. Chief Justice Bersamin, who was appointed to replace former Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, was accompanied by his family at the Heroes Hall during the ceremony. Bersamin was appointed as the country’s top magistrate […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Quezon Service Cross to the late the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, in a historical posthumous awarding ceremony in Malacanang on Monday, December 3. “I am deeply honored to lead the Filipino people in conferring to the late Senator the Quezon Service Cross — the highest recognition for outstanding civilian service by the Republic of the Philippines,” Duterte said. Accepting the award is the late Senator’s husband, […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping witnessed on Tuesday, Nov. 20, the signing of 29 memoranda of understanding (MOU) and other agreements covering trade, cultural and educational cooperation, infastructure development, and oil and gas exploration and development between the two countries, among others. The signing of the various agreements were done on the first day of Xi’s historic two-day state visit in the country. Xi is the first […]
(Eagle News) – Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will be donating 10,000 tons of rice to “help communities devastated by typhoon Ompong” as he vowed to further help the Philippines which he said was a true friend and partner of China. The donation was only a part of what China said is its “modest commitment” to help the Philippines, among which was fully supporting and helping the country in its infrastructure and […]
President Rodrigo Duterte receives President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in a welcome ceremony at the Kalayaan Grounds in Malacañang on November 20, 2018. The Chinese President is on his first State Visit to the Philippines from November 20-21, 2018. From the welcome ceremony, the two leaders proceeded to Malacañan Palace where President Xi Jinping signed the guest book. The two leaders also had an official photo taken inside Malacanang.
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte reaffirmed ASEAN and China’s shared commitment to the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, as he stressed that both ASEAN and China had agreed on the value of self-restraint, and freedom of navigationa and overflight in the disputed South China Sea. “President Duterte reiterated the need to maintain and promote peace, stability, security, safety, and freedom of […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte decided to stay on at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders meeting in Papua New Guinea on Sunday, Nov. 18, where he and other APEC leaders convened for the last round of sessions before the important summit wraps up today. Duterte also posed together with his fellow APEC leaders for a second family photo on Sunday morning at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby. He stood beside Russia’s […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the declaration of 17 special non-working holidays in several provinces across the country. Below is a list of the laws signed by Duterte on Oct. 30 and Nov. 8, and the corresponding holidays: RA 11113: Declaring March 24 of every year a special non-working holiday in Ligao City, Albay in commemoration of its founding anniversary RA 11114: Declaring December 8 of every year a special non-working holiday in Agoo, La […]
