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(Eagle News) — Over 200 New People’s Army rebel-returnees met with President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday. The 241 from Davao Del Norte and Compostela Valley boarded two Philippine Air Force C-130s at Davao City International Airport for the meeting in Malacanang. The meeting was, however, not open for media coverage. The rebel-returnees will be given a tour of Luneta Park and Intramuros. Duterte has said the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA was a terrorist organization. He made […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has proposed the creation of a “United Nations of Asia” that he said would protect the interests of Asian nations. Alvarez made the proposal in a radio interview on Wednesday night, after slamming the United States for its intelligence group’s report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and pronouncements on a revolutionary government and a nationwide martial law as “regional threats.” “Ngayon, ang para sa akin, ang […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to protest a United States intelligence group’s report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, among others, as a regional threat. “Kasi anong pakialam nila sa atin eh sila nga itong maraming kalokohan sa iba’t ibang bansa? Nanghihimasok sila e di naman sila kasali doon,” Alvarez said in a radio interview. Alvarez said the release of the report was indeed […]
(Eagle News) — Administrative charges will be filed against the three labor officials who reportedly did not take action on the report in 2017 that Overseas Filipino Worker Joanna Demafelis was missing. When asked during the Senate labor committee hearing on Wednesday if charges would be filed against labor attache Alejandro Padaid, assistant labor attache Lily Pearl Guerrero and welfare officer Sara Concepcion after they failed to act on the information given by Demafelis’ sister, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte “adheres to the rule of law and remains loyal to the Constitution.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement after the United States Intelligence Group described some of Duterte’s actions–his war on drugs and pronouncements on a revolutionary government and nationwide martial law— as “regional threats” in its Feb. 13 Worldwide Threats Assessment report. Duterte, who has said he would step down once a federal type of government was in […]
(Eagle News) — The government has formally sought the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army as a terrorist group. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong filed on Wednesday a petition for proscription with the Manila Regional Trial Court. President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks with the communist rebels last year, and later issued a proclamation declaring the CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization. Section 17 of Republic Act No. 9372, or the […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa on Wednesday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement his term as head of the national police force would be extended anew, saying he was “willing to serve” the chief executive “up to (his) last breath.” “I am a good soldier and will do orders emanating from my boss. I am willing to serve him up to my last breath sa laki ng utang […]
(Eagle News) — Kuwait has invited President Rodrigo Duterte anew following the imposition of a total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to the Middle Eastern country. Kuwait’s state-run KUNA news agency quoted Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled al-Jarallah as saying the proposed visit was in March. It was unclear, however, if Duterte accepted the invitation, which comes after Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah condemned Duterte’s statements lashing out at the […]
“India is also interested,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he invited Indian businessmen to invest in the country’s telecommunications industry. The President made the announcement in a speech before members of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Philippines Inc. “India is also interested to enter the telecom industry. We are considering and invited them in my talks with the businessmen of India during my official visit,” he said, referring […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced he would again extend the term of Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa. Duterte made the announcement in a speech in Malacanang. “(Dela Rosa).. I extended (his) term until April 24. Will extend his term a little bit longer,” Duterte said. It was unclear up to when Dela Rosa would serve as PNP chief. Dela Rosa was supposed to retire on January 21 but Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing sending soldiers to China so they could be trained. Duterte made the pronouncement in a speech before Filipino-Chinese businessmen at the Manila Hotel on Monday. “(I)’m sure there is an academy there to train good professional Chinese soldiers. Maybe China can accommodate them also and let them not really to fight the Americans but terrorism,” Duterte said. Relations between the Philippines and China have warmed since Duterte assumed […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakatakdang dumalaw si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa burol ng namatay na overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) na si Joanna Demafelis sa Sara, Iloilo ngayong Linggo. Kinumpirma ito mismo ni Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, pero hindi pa inihayag kung kailan ang eksaktong petsa. Gayunman, tiniyak ni Roque na magbibigay ng financial at burial assistance ang gobyerno sa pamilya ni Joanna. Nitong Biyernes, Pebrero 16, dumating sa bansa ang labi ni Demafelis na […]
