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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Several senators agree that they want to know the real circumstances on the ground before acting on the recommendation for a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. “I’m open to the proposal to extend martial law in our area of Mindanao. But I need to listen first to the briefing scheduled by the (Armed Forces of the Philippines) before I can finalize my decision,” Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday said it has recommended a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao to President Rodrigo Duterte. “Principally (we made the recommendation) due to existing threats sa Mindanao from the terrorist groups..,” he said, noting that there were other groups that need to be the focus of “continuing concern” apart from Maute. He said they received reports that the attack […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Armed Forces of the Philippines said it welcomes a Commission on Human Rights probe into the encounter between government troops and alleged members of the New People’s Army in Nasugbu, Batangas that resulted in the deaths of 15. But Major General Rhoderick Parayno, 2nd Infantry Division commander who has jurisdiction over the place where the Nov. 28 encounter took place, said he hoped that the investigation “will show results […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service The Department of Health on Friday announced the creation of a task force that will conduct a “thorough review” of the controversial dengue vaccination program started in March 2016 under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said the task force was composed of representatives from the DOH Central Office; the DOH regional offices in the National Capital Region, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon or the three […]
Girl in C. Luzon contracted dengue only at least 20 months after vaccine administration, Duque says (Eagle News) – Health Secretary Francisco Duque on Friday raised the possibility Dengvaxia was not effective in the first place, following the discovery of a girl in Central Luzon who contracted the virus even before the 30-month protection the vaccine was supposed to provide had lapsed. “If you start counting from March 16 (last year, when the vaccination program […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has recommended a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. This is according to AFP Spokesperson Restituto Padilla, who spoke to the media on Friday. “As far as I’m concerned, there is a recommendation to similarly support the recommendation of the (Philippine National Police),” he said. He said the recommendation has been submitted to the Department of National Defense, whose secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, submitted the same […]
Resist attempts for ICC to be used as venue to pursue political agenda, Roque tells the body (Eagle News) — The Philippines has urged the International Criminal Court to “resist attempts” for it to be used as a venue by some sectors to “pursue political agenda to destabilize governments and undermine legitimate national authorities.” In a statement issued at the general debate of the 16th Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the […]
Distribution of license plates covering 2013 to June 2016, prior to Duterte’s assumption of office, still on hold due to Supreme Court TRO, Galvante says (Eagle News) — If all goes well, the government will start distributing the license plates with new security features next year. But Land Transportation Office Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante said only the plates from President Rodrigo Duterte’s assumption in office in 2016 onwards are covered. “Ang pagkakaalam ko mga naunang […]
(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte has cancelled local peace talks with the New People’s Army. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed a proclamation officially labeling the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA as a terrorist group. Prior to this, Duterte signed Proclamation 360, formally terminating peace talks with the rebels. Duterte had said he was fed up with the group’s “depredatory acts,” including what he said was the killing of a four-month-old baby. […]
“We have to go to the provinces,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called for a “dispersal” of development in the country, saying Metro Manila would be “dead” in 25 years. “Manila I think will be in about 25 years, will be a dead city. It will start to decay and there is no way that we can rehab the place..In other places, maybe Batangas or Cavite, mahihirapan tayo. So Manila […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — An Argentine judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of former president Cristina Kirchner for allegedly covering up Iranian involvement in a 1994 bombing at a Buenos Aires Jewish center that left 85 people dead, according to a judicial source. The order also removes the judicial immunity of Kirchner, who served as president from 2007-2015 and is now a senator. She has previously called the case an “absurdity.”
But I will fulfill my promise, he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday admitted he was having a difficult time addressing the problem of corruption, but vowed to fulfill his promise to do something about it. “Even if I have to fire..It will go on and on until I get rid of the major players,” he said in a speech at the Kapampangan Food Festival held in the ASEAN Convention Center in […]
