Tag: philippines

Vote recount seen after SC rules Marcos protest “sufficient in form and substance”

  (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), affirmed its earlier declaration that the electoral protest of former senator and then vice-presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos was “sufficient in form and substance.” With this decision, the PET junked the poll protest case filed by Marcos’ rival, Vice-President Leni Robredo, and would likely proceed to recount the votes cast in the very controversial and hotly contested May 2016 vice-presidential race. […]

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Panukalang pagbaba ng minimum age sa criminal liability sa PHL, tinutulan

By Ailly Mill Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tinutulan ng ilang grupong nagsusulong sa karapatan ng mga kabataan ang planong ibaba ang minimum age sa criminal liability. Ang minimum age sa criminal liability ay ang pinakamababang edad kung saan ang isang tao ay maaaring sampahan ng kaso sa korte at makulong. Dito sa Pilipinas,  batay sa ilalim ng Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 na inamyendahan ng Republic Act 10630  ang […]

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Imelda Marcos loses bid to reclaim jewels

    Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has lost a long fight to reclaim jewels confiscated when her husband, the late President Ferdinand Marcos, was ousted, with the Supreme Court ruling she acquired them illegally. The items worth $150,000 are now the property of the state, the court ruled, paving the way for the possible sale of a much larger collection of Marcos jewellery that could net the government millions. “Petitioners failed to satisfactorily […]

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Coldest temperature this year: Baguio City records 8 degrees Celsius Tuesday morning

  (Eagle News) – Residents of Baguio City felt an extremely cold temperature of 8.0 degrees Celsius early Tuesday morning, February 14, becoming the coldest recorded temperature so far this year. This was recorded at 5 a.m. today, beating the previous record of 9.2 degrees Celsius set on Sunday, February 12. Both surpassed the 2016 record low of 10.8 degrees Celsius. The country’s weather bureau said that this cold weather was caused by the northeast […]

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Philippine communist leader seeks renewed peace talks

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The leader of the Philippines’ communist insurgency has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to revive collapsed peace talks as his rebels launched new attacks. On Saturday, Duterte angrily scrapped talks with communist insurgents aimed at ending their decades-long conflict after both the government and the rebels called off unilateral ceasefires. “Even if the armed conflict between the armed forces of the two parties has resumed, peace negotiations can and must […]

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3 dead after strong quake shakes southern Philippines

  Manila, Philippines (AFP) — A strong quake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least three people, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing their homes, media reports and authorities said. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake knocked out power in the city of Surigao, more than 700 kilometres southeast of the capital Manila, and an unknown number of people are believed to be trapped in rubble. At least seven people were injured by falling debris […]

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China likely to build on reef near Philippines: minister

by Ayee Macaraig Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the country’s defence secretary said Tuesday, adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway. In an interview with AFP, Delfin Lorenzana said he believed China would eventually reclaim Scarborough Shoal, just 230 kilometres (143 miles) from the main Philippine island of Luzon. Beijing has already built up a number […]

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President Duterte “earnestly asks” Moro rebels: Do not provide sanctuary to terrorists

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte “earnestly asked” members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) not to provide “sanctuary” to the ISIS-connected Maute group, and other terrorist groups. In a speech during his visit to the wounded soldiers in Camp Siongco Station Hospital in Maguindanao, the President said that he wants to pursue peace with the Moro rebels as well as with the communist insurgents, but […]

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China, Philippines agree to cooperate on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion to reduce poverty

  China has agreed to cooperate with the Philippines on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said after a meeting in Beijing on Monday (January 23). “After our series of talks this morning, at this moment, we can confirm that the initial batch of civilian (infrastructure) projects are worth around $3.7 billion. We’ve already confirmed three of these projects, but there are still a series of bank formalities that […]

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Philippine officials visit China to discuss bilateral cooperation

  Senior Philippine officials are visiting Beijing for talks on economic and trade cooperation. The heads of the Philippines’ finance, budget, economic planning, public works, and transportation departments arrived on Sunday. It’s the largest delegation of cabinet members from the Philippines to visit China in nearly a decade. “We continue the discussions that were started between your President Xi Jinping and President Rodrigo Duterte when he came here. We want to continue our discussions to […]

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Malacanang congratulates US President Trump, closer US-PHL ties seen

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang congratulated the United States 45th President Donald Trump on Saturday (January 21), saying the Philippine government was looking forward to “working closely” with the new Trump administration. “We congratulate the people of the United States for a successful 58th presidential inauguration. In keeping with the two-century American democratic tradition, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America outside the U.S. Capitol at 12 […]

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Trump presidency to put the Philippines’ Duterte administration on the spot, says analyst

  By Rowena Dela Fuente-Deimoy Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Trump administration is expected to assert that the United States is the only superpower in the world. With the formal assumption to office of US President-elect Donald Trump, the new administration is seen to embark on a new foreign policy which is way different from that of outgoing US President Barack Obama. In an interview with Eagle New Service, International […]

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