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Directs national flag to be be flown at half-mast in all gov’t buildings nationwide and abroad (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte declared “period of national mourning” for 10 days over the passing of former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, from June 24, the day of his death until July 3. In his Proclamation No. 1169 which he signed on June 24, President Duterte also directed that the Philippine national flag to “be […]
Biden notes Aquino’s “remarkable legacy that will endure for years to come” (Eagle News) – US President Joe Biden extended his “deepest condolences to the people of the Philippines on the death of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.” “He was a valued friend and partner to the United States, and he will long be remembered for serving his country with integrity and selfless dedication,” President Biden said in a statement. The US leader […]
Hopes that Filipinos will be inspired by Aquino’s legacy (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday extended his “heartfelt condolences” to the family of former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III, joining the entire nation in mourning for his passing, and paying tribute to the Aquino family’s legacy of making sacrifices for democracy. “I express my deepest sympathies to his siblings Ballsy, Pinky, Viel and Kris, as well as to all his loved ones, […]
Aquino family says PNoy “died peacefully in his sleep”; thanks friends who stood by him, voters who trusted him (Eagle News) – The family of former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III thanked all those who loved and trusted the late president, and spoke of how he had served the nation from the heart, without noise and fanfare. Noynoy’s sister, Aurora Corazon “Pinky” Aquino-Abelleda, read a statement to the media on Thursday, June 24, confirming […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh4-E738Sp8 (Editor’s Note: In an interview with Eagle News Service in July 2019, former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III gives his views about several issues. We are re-publishing this exclusive interview to share the insights of the late President Noynoy Aquino who passed away on June 24, 2021. In this part of the video interview, he shares that in his younger years, he was for the death penalty, and would often even have […]
(Eagle News) – Former president Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III passed away on Thursday, June 24. He was 61. The 15th president of the Philippines died this morning. He was rushed to the Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City. His former Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas confirmed the death of the former president in a statement. “PNoy RIP (rest in peace). (He) was rushed to hospital early this morning and passed after efforts to revive […]
US also donating close to a million vaccine doses to the PHL set to arrive by July https://youtu.be/2_0XQHlDvSk (Eagle News) – The Philippines will be receiving at least 70 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the United States, including the 40 million Pfizer doses that were finalized through a bilateral deal, according to Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez. In an interview with the Eagle News Service program Balitalakayan on […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines hailed the award on the South China Sea arbitration as a “milestone in the corpus of international law,” as it celebrates the fifth anniversary of its issuance in favor of the Southeast Asian country. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the award issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016, after all, “settled the status of historic rights and maritime entitlements” in the South China […]
Tells DepEd chief that he “cannot gamble” with children’s health amid presence of more contagious COVID variants (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is not yet ready to allow the resumption of face-to-face classes in primary and secondary schools. In his “Talk to the People” on Monday night, June 22, Duterte made his views known to Education Secretary Leonor Briones who was initially seeking to allow “face to face classes” in […]
Tells Filipinos COVID-19 first wave already depleted gov’t resources (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said the country could not afford a second wave of the COVID-19 virus, as he directed the reimplementation of the mandatory wearing of face shields and directed Filipinos to get vaccinated. Duterte, in his “Talk to the People” on June 21, said that the highly infectious and more aggressive Delta variant is what changed his mind regarding the wearing […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will lift the suspension on the deployment of overseas Filipinos to Oman as soon as the Omani government removes the Southeast Asian country from its list of countries covered by a travel ban. According to Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s Bernard Olalia, this was the takeaway from the meeting between Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and the Omani ambassador on Monday, June 21. Olalia noted that the Philippines’ move was only […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded the lowest percentage of active COVID-19 cases this month on Monday, June 21, at 4.1 percent as the number of active cases decreased to 55,847. Total COVID-19 cases reached 1,364,239 in the country, but most of these are recoveries at 1,284,643 representing 94.7 percent of all COVID-19 cases as of Monday. Most of the active cases are still mild and asymptomatic at 95.5 percent, with 4.1 percent of them […]
