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(Eagle News) – Both the Philippines and Russia have ““affirmed their mutual support for each other” after a meeting in Malacanang between President Rodrigo Duterte and Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev. Presidential Spokesperson said that the Russian Ambassador, in his meeting with President Duterte, handed a personal letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said that the two discussed the Philippine government’s war on drugs and the ongoing crisis in Syria wherein […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Monday, April 16, said it was only exercising its sovereignty when it blocked the entry of a European socialist party politician for violation of immigration laws, and ordered him deported. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that Giacomo Filibeck, who was stopped at the immigration counter of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu on Sunday, April 15, had, after all, been blacklisted for violating the law provision that prohibits tourists staying in […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte may sign an executive order (EO) against contractualization or “endo” on or before May 1, according to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, April 16. Roque said the President wanted the EO “as soon as possible,” but a “final version” — a tripartite document — has yet to be “agreed upon” by labor, management and the government. “I would think that they would want a significant EO like this to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Durerte on Saturday, April 14, assured that the government is taking steps to end the abuse on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East countries, after meeting with an overseas Filipino worker who was abused by her employer in Saudi Arabia. President Duterte met with Pahima Alagasi, who was scaled by the mother of her employer with boiling water four years ago. She returned home Friday, after staying […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 13, called Supreme Court Chief Justice-on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno as “ignorant” and pretentious, and advised her to just resign. The President said that Sereno’s position as head of the Supreme Court until 2030, when she turns 70, is “too long for an ignorant Chief Justice.” Sereno, 58, was appointed as Chief Justice in August 2012 by former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III when she […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 13, issued a public apology to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Friday, a week after describing the military crackdown on the country’s Rohingya minority as a “genocide.” “I will apologize to you, but if you have noticed, my statement was almost a satire,” Duterte told a pre-dawn news conference in Davao on Friday. He said his original comments were intended as a dig at European countries […]
Also secures P4.13-billion grant from Asian neighbor (Eagle News) –-The Philippines has secured an estimated US$9.8 billion worth of investments from nine business agreements signed with China during President Rodrigo Duterte’s official visit. Duterte himself made the announcement in his arrival speech in Davao City on Friday, April 13. The President said the signing of the business letters of intent (LOI) between the Philippine government and Chinese firms were expected to generate more than 10,000 […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned barangay officials who are still engaged in the illegal drug trade that he would not have any middle ground in dealing with criminals. “Basta ako dito sa drugs, zero tolerance ako. There is no middle ground here. Hindi ako maglalaro sa droga. I do not talk to criminals,” Duterte said in answer to reporters’ questions on barangay officials involved in drugs, shortly after his arrival Friday morning, […]
“Maybe in the coming days we see a development,” Duterte says (Eagle News) — “We have progressed a lot.” This was what President Rodrigo Duterte said when talking about the possibility of resuming peace talks with the communist rebels on Thursday, April 12. Speaking before around 2000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, the President said as such “maybe in the coming days we see a development.” The President called off peace talks with the communist rebels […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on Filipinos to “defend the honor of our motherland” on Monday, April 9, Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor, as he recalled the heroism of thousands of Filipino and American troops who marched in Bataan 76 years ago. “Seventy-six years have passed since Filipino and American troops fought side by side in defense of our democratic way of life,” the President said in a statement. “Immeasurable […]
By M.R. Faith Bolanos Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The national government will allocate P2 billion pesos in calamity fund for the assistance of affected workers during the rehabilitation period of Boracay island. This statement was made by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque after the proposal to close the Boracay Island was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 5. “There was a figure mentioned by the Secretary of Finance, and […]
(Eagle News) — Rice traders have pledged to give at least 700,000 sacks of rice to the government to replenish the stocks of the National Food Authority (NFA) which they will sell in Metro Manila at P39 per kilo. This was confirmed by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque who also announced President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to place the NFA under the Office of the President. The rice traders promised to deliver 100,000 sacks of rice […]
