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(Eagle News) — Interesado ang bansa na mag-export ng agricultural products sa Singapore sa unang quarter ng taon. Sinabi ni Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, gusto ng Singapore na mag-angkat ng karne ng baboy, manok, itlog, gulay at bigas na mula sa Pilipinas. Ayon ito kay Singaporean Ambassador to the Philippines Kok Li Peng sa kanilang naging pagpupulong. Gagawin ito ng Singapore matapos bawasan ng Malaysia ang kanilang importasyon ng produktong agrikultura sa mga bansa sa […]
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao said he is “stronger and faster” than ever ahead of his world title defence as he threw a lavish party with thousands of guests and a mass giveaway to mark his 40th birthday. A car, pickup trucks and appliances were raffled off and President Rodrigo Duterte and celebrities were among the well-wishers at the all-night event, held at a sprawling shopping mall in his […]
(Eagle News) – Miss Philippines Catriona Gray is Miss Universe 2018 besting 93 other contestants who participated in the beauty pageant. With the win, Gray becomes the fourth Philippine candidate to win the crown after Pia Wurtzbach in 2015, Margarita Moran in 1973, and Gloria Diaz in 1969. In the 2018 Miss Universe competition held in Bangkok, Thailand, Miss South Africa was declared first runner-up while Miss Venezuela was second runner-up. During the question […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said both the Filipino people and the American people should be credited for the return of the historic Balangiga Bells, as he acknowledged the “long and tedious process” as well as “several efforts” made by his predecessors for the return of the bells 117 years since they were taken as war trophies by American soldiers. During the turn-over ceremony of the bells on Saturday, December 15, at the Balangiga […]
(Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana na inaalok ng Japan ang latest air defense radar technology nito sa Pilipinas. Ayon kay lorenzana, isa ito sa mga plataporma na sinusuri ng Philippine Air Force. Ang nasabing equipment ay maaari aniyang gamitin sa pag-momonitor ng mga aircraft at sea craft na pumapasok at umaalis sa teritoryo ng Pilipinas. Dagdag pa ng kalihim, kinokonsidera ng gobyerno ang nasabing alok ng Japan. “Yes, they (Japan) are […]
(Eagle News) — The return of the three Balangiga bells to the Philippines is a “symbol of respect” of the United States for its alliance with the Asian country, the Department of National Defense said. “It is not only an act of goodwill,” the DND said in a statement. According to the DND, “it is a laudable historic moment, and a milestone in Philippine-US relations that will mark a promising future between our countries.” The bells–two […]
(Eagle News) — Outgoing Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, Her Excellency Amanda Gorely, visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Central Office in Quezon City to make her farewell courtesy call on INC Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, on Monday, December 10. Gorely said she was “delighted to pay a farewell courtesy call on Brother Eduardo Manalo.” It was the Australian ambassador’s second time to visit the INC Executive Minister. The first […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — An American Catholic priest wanted for allegedly sexually abusing Filipino altar boys as young as seven has been arrested in the Philippines and now faces deportation, officials said Thursday. Kenneth Bernard Hendricks, 77, was taken into custody Wednesday on the central island of Biliran after serving as a priest for 37 years in the predominantly Catholic Philippines. “We received information from US authorities regarding the alleged sexual exploitation of multiple […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Dec. 4, appeared to shoot down the idea of physically going to areas being claimed by China in the West Philippine Sea to check if there are indeed weather stations there. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in the first place “you may have some problems there; may even provoke something that we don’t want.” “They claim that it’s theirs, but the arbitral ruling says it’s ours. Meanwhile, nobody seems […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte recognized the “extraordinary service” of government agencies, including government officials, which worked hard to make the Philippines’ hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2017 a success. The President on Monday, December 3, also bestowed the Order of Sikatuna with the Rank of Datu (Grand Cross) with Gold Distinction to ASEAN-National Organization Council Chairman Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez, and former […]
There are Filipino illegal workers in China, too, Duterte says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 27, urged a careful approach to the issue of Chinese illegal workers in the country. Speaking to reporters in Bohol, Duterte noted that while the illegal workers should be deported, there were also “so many thousands of Filipinos working there or went inside China as tourists and working there.” He noted that the same was true […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said the signing of the memorandum of agreement on oil and gas development between the Philippines and China was a “clear act of treason.” “…(It is a) blatant betrayal of the sovereign rights and national patrimony of the Philippines and the Filipino people,” he said. For one, he said the MOU “waste basket” the international arbitral ruling that nullified China’s excessive claims in the South […]
