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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet the newly crowned Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray on Thursday, Dec. 20. Gray will make the courtesy call on the chief executive at the Villamor Airbase at 5:30 p.m. Gray is the fourth Filipina to win the crown, after Pia Wurtzbach in 2015, Margie Moran in 1973, and Gloria Diaz in 1969. In a previous statement, the Palace hailed Gray’s victory as “set(ting) the bar high in […]
(Eagle News) — The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan on Tuesday, Dec. 12, welcomed the United States’ return of the Balangiga bells to the Philippines, but at the same time called on the country to formally recognize “the atrocities of colonial rule and reparations for the people who bore the burden of colonial occupation.” “Bayan congratulates the people of Balangiga, Samar for the return of the Balangiga Bells. The bells are a reminder of the […]
President Rodrigo Duterte returned to public duties Saturday after several days of absence that prompted some to speculate about the state of his health. Duterte, 72, attended a ceremony commemorating the founding of a province and later met with troops in Butuan city, both in Mindanao. Responding to questions from reporters, a jovial Duterte said: “My state of health is — what you see is what you get,” he said, adding that his last medical […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang released on Thursday night pictures showing a sprightly President Rodrigo Duterte attending functions, amid speculations he was ill after he was not seen in public engagements for four days. The Palace said two pictures showed Duterte visiting Villamor Airbase, Pasay on Thursday. In one of the photographs taken from the airbase, the President–who was sporting a cap and a brown leather jacket— was seen saluting government troops who welcomed him upon […]
