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BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the Philippines said Wednesday they will cautiously proceed with discussions on joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, further reversing years of tensions over their competing claims to the region. The two states have long been embroiled in a bitter dispute over the waterway — with China claiming nearly the entire sea — but President Rodrigo Duterte has in recent years softened his predecessors’ policy of […]
(Eagle News) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) said it will proceed with the preliminary examination on the case filed against the Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his officials, even as it had received notice that the country was withdrawing from the Rome Statute. In a statement, the ICC said that it was already officially notified by the United Nations on Monday, March 19, of the Philippines’ written notification of withdrawal, but explained that […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Four people were killed and 19 feared trapped by a major hotel fire in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday, with others plucked from the rooftop by helicopter, authorities said. The blaze at the Waterfront Manila Pavilion, a hotel and casino complex, was still raging six hours after it began on Sunday morning, prompting more than 300 people to flee the area and six to be brought to hospital, fire and […]
(Eagle News) — Many Filipinos are worried that the current tension between the United States and North Korea will escalate into an armed conflict, the Social Weather Stations said. According to the pollster, based on its December 2017 survey, a whopping 84 percent expressed this concern. Sixteen percent were not worried, 12% were not too worried, and 4% were not worried at all, the SWS said. The survey also found that 88 percent were worried that the Philippines would […]
(Eagle News) – Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano congratulated newly designated US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying the Philippines was looking forward to working with him. “We congratulate Mike Pompeo on his designation as the new Secretary of State. We look forward to working with him and further strengthening the special relationship between the Philippines and the United States,” Cayetano said in a statement. At the same time, he thanked former Secretary […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakatakdang i-turn over ngayong buwan ng Japanese Government ang mahigit 20 units ng heavy machinery at iba pang equipment sa Pilipinas. Bahagi ito ng tulong ng Japan para sa reconstruction at rehabilitasyon sa Marawi City. Ayon sa Department of Finance (DOF), 27 heavy machinery at iba pang equipment ang ibibigay ng Japan na bahagi ng tulong nito sa Pilipinas sa ilalim ng Philippine-Japan Economic and Social Development Program. Sa pagtataya […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagviral sa social media ang memorandum ukol sa umano’y presensya sa bansa ng ISIS bombers at mga bomb expert na nagpaplano umanong umatake sa mga mall sa Zamboanga, Davao, Cebu, Manila, Ilo-Ilo, Cagayan De Oro at mga siyudad sa Northern at Southern Luzon. Pero base sa isinagawang beripikasyon ng PNP, negatibo umano ang nasabing impormasyon. Sa harap nito, ayaw daw magpakasiguro ng National Capital Region Police Office. Kaya naman habang […]
(Eagle News) — Pretty soon, the Philippines will no longer be the “sick man of Asia.” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian made the statement on Tuesday, days after a US News report said the Philippines was the best country to invest in this 2018. The Philippines bested Singapore, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, among others, in the list that was based on a study that polled over 21,000 people worldwide. The study sought to measure the respondents’ perceptions […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines is the best country to invest in this 2018, a US News report said. In coming up with the list, US News said it took into account a World Bank Group report that enumerated four factors that prompt individuals and corporations to invest in a country’s “natural resources, markets, technologies, or brands”—the country’s people, environment, relationships, and framework. For the best countries to invest in ranking, US News said it focused on eight […]
https://youtu.be/i_cNsoW2X4w (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police said that any requests for information that they will get from international and local organizations will have to pass through proper procedure. PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. John Bulalacao stressed this, saying that policemen will also follow what President Rodrigo Duterte had said about ignoring questions from human rights probers who are biased against the government. “Anumang request ng international organizations, or maging local organizations ukol dito. […]
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday said a Philippine-Chinese state firm joint exploration of the South China Sea was “likely to happen.” “We might enter into an agreement with a Chinese-owned corporation, not the Chinese state itself,” Roque said in an interview aired over national television. Roque declined to name the company, but said it was state-owned. “They’re moving forward and it’s likely to happen,” he added without giving a timetable or the exact terms of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government hailed the inclusion of the Maute group in the United States list of foreign terrorist organizations. “The official designation of the Maute Group as an affiliate group of ISIS and its inclusion in the US list of foreign terrorist organizations are positive developments in the campaign against terrorism,” said Presidential Spokesperson harry Roque in a statement. “This reaffirms our long-held belief that the Maute Group is composed of local […]
