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(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night reiterated the country had sovereign rights over its claims in the South China Sea. The President made the assertion before the Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua and Filipino-Chinese businessmen, among others. “It has been the claim of the Republic of the Philippines na atin ‘yan… which we call before the China Sea, now the West Philippine Sea,” Duterte said. He also noted that the Philippine Rise was ours. “So […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte personally monitored the appearance of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go in the Senate hearing regarding the controversial frigate deal. It is President Duterte himself who ordered Go to attend the hearing in order to clarify the matter, especially the allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, on the frigate deal. “Expect Secretary Go to tell all, and as […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Ronald de la Rosa on Saturday said those who wish to topple President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and the President himself would have to deal with him first. “I tell you, you want to bring down Duterte administration? Over my dead body, giyera tayo, kung gusto niyo giyera,” Dela Rosa told reporters in an ambush interview with reporters. Dela Rosa was a guest at the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is committed to peace. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was the statement given by President Rodrigo Duterte during his meeting on Thursday night with Idun Tvedt, Norwegian special envoy for the peace process between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. Duterte made the statement even after peace talks between the two parties collapsed last year. According to Roque, Tvedt “reiterated the commitment of the Norwegian […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hinamon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga kritiko ng Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. Ito ay matapos na maipaabot sa Pangulo ang patuloy pa ring pagkontra ng ilang grupo sa TRAIN law na nagdulot ng pagtaas ng presyo sa ilang pangunahing bilihin. Sinabi ng Pangulo na huwag na lamang magbayad ng buwis ang mga taong tutol sa pag-iral ng train. Ngunit dapat aniyang maging handa sakaling habulin naman […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman said on Thursday that it was not “obliged to inform the subject of the fact-finding investigation about its outcome.” The anti-graft body issued the statement days after Solicitor General Jose Calida lashed out at the agency for its failure to announce that the investigation into the allegations contained in Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s plunder complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte had been terminated for “lack of merit.” The […]
Scores of holiday resorts on the Philippines’ famous white-sand island Boracay have been given two months to clean up or face closure, officials said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte warned tourists were swimming in polluted waters. The outspoken leader last week blasted the tiny island’s hotels, restaurants and other businesses, accusing them of dumping sewage directly into the sea and turning it into a “cesspool.” The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said a total […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday urged the Philippines to file a diplomatic protest against China over its reported naming of five undersea features at Philippine Rise. “So palagay ko this time, it warrants at the very least, a diplomatic protest dahil hndi pwedeng hahayaan na lang yan. At least ngayon maliwanag na, dapat off limits na sa kanila itong Benham Rise,” Trillanes said in an interview with reporters. […]
Agriculture secretary says the move was to ensure PHL rice sufficiency in the long run (Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol is slated to visit Papua New Guinea next month to “finalize an arrangement” that will allow Filipino farmers to plant rice there. In a press conference on Wednesday, Piñol said President Rodrigo Duterte has given him the go-signal to make the trip that the agriculture secretary said would ensure the country’s rice sufficiency […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Kuwait’s foreign minister on Tuesday condemned what he called an “escalation” by Manila after the Philippines expanded a ban on its nationals working in Kuwait. Manila on Monday officially announced a “total ban” on new employment in Kuwait, including Filipinos who had already obtained employment permits but had not yet left for the Gulf country. The measure came after President Rodrigo Duterte angrily lashed out at Kuwait over reports of Filipino […]
Duterte also thanks Gokongwei family for offer to deploy aircraft for distressed Filipino workers (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to have reconciled with Lucio Tan on Tuesday night, after the business tycoon who was once publicly slammed by the chief executive for his airline’s then-unpaid debts offered one of his planes for use by Overseas Filipino Workers being repatriated from Kuwait. “(Tan) called yesterday offering another plane..Nabayaran mo naman na taxes mo, at […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense on Tuesday officially issued a notice terminating the $233.36 million contract with a Canadian company for the procurement of combat utility helicopters. In a statement, the DND said the notice terminating the agreement for 16 units of Bell 412 combat utility helicopters was issued to Canadian Commercial Corporation. “The termination was precipitated by the review ordered by the Canadian government on the implementation of the signed Contract Agreement […]
