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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has designated retired Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. as the new deputy director-general of the National Security Council (NSC), Malacanang said on Thursday, Sept. 9 Parlade, the former spokesperson of the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), has already retired from the military on July 26 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56. He was serving as the Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House said Thursday it is assessing an explosion near North Korea’s nuclear test site that was detected by seismic monitors, but did not confirm reports of a nuclear test. “We are aware of seismic activity on the Korean Peninsula in the vicinity of a known North Korean nuclear test site,” said National Security Council spokesman Ned Price. “We are monitoring and continuing to assess the situation in close coordination […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nanindigan si Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte na pabor at napagpasyahan na sa National Security Council ang pagbabago ng saligang batas sa pamamagitan ng Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass). Ang dahilan malaki ang gagastusin kung masusunod ang Constitutional Convention (Con-Con).
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernie Abella in a statement said members of the National Security Council (NSC), led by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, are considering the possibility of a shift from Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) to Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) as a mode to amend the 1986 constitution. The NSC composed of 35 leader-members from the executive and legislative branches of government met on Wednesday in Malacañang palace to discuss various issues facing the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — It surely is an awkward moment for former President Benigno Aquino III to finally meet again his political nemesis and predecessor, then president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This is the first National Security Council (NSC) meeting held in Malacañang. A video by state-run radio-television Malacañang showed that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte had a photo opportunity with the past presidents before he convened the NSC. At the first […]
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Chiz Escudero is asking that the National Security Council (NSC) to be convened in the face of aggressive reclamation activities conducted by China in the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
