Tag: visit

President Marcos: Philippines on ‘frontline’ of maritime disputes, ‘will not yield’

CANBERRA, Feb 29, 2024 (AFP) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos told Australia’s parliament his country was on the “frontline” of a battle for regional peace Thursday, pledging resolve as he sought support in maritime disputes with China. With Beijing’s warships loitering in waters off his country’s coast, Marcos told Australian lawmakers that “the Philippines now finds itself on the frontline against actions that undermine regional peace, erode regional stability, and threaten regional success”. He vowed […]

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Blinken begins rare Beijing visit in bid to lower temperature

BEIJING, June 18, 2023 (AFP) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday began the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years as the two powers looked to notch down the temperature in an escalating rivalry. Both sides have voiced guarded hope of improving communication and preventing conflict, with the world’s two largest economies at odds on an array of issues from trade to technology and regional security. Officials though […]

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DFA: Malaysia PM Mahathir to visit PHL from March 6 to 7

(Eagle News)–Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will be in the country from March 6 to 7, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to the DFA, President Rodrigo Duterte, who invited Mahathir, will officially welcome him in ceremonies in Malacañang on March 7. Duterte had gone to Malaysia in July 2018. According to the DFA, this would be followed by a bilateral meeting “to survey and discuss cooperation in the political, economic, […]

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Duterte meets with kin of soldiers slain in Abu Sayyaf encounter, Jolo blasts in Sulu

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte met with families of soldiers who were killed in the line of duty in two separate incidents in Sulu, the Palace said on Wednesday, Feb. 6. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President met with the kin of  soldiers who died in an  encounter with the Abu Sayyaf in Patikul on Feb. 2 and with the kin of a soldier who was among those killed after the twin […]

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Duterte to inspect site of deadly blasts in Sulu

(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte will visit the site of the twin blasts in Sulu that killed at least 20 and injured 81 on Monday, Jan. 28. According to the Palace’s schedule released on the same day, the President would inspect the damage on the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo. The schedule did not say, however, if President Duterte would visit the relatives of those who were killed in the blasts, which took […]

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In photos: Albayalde visits Batocabe’s wake in Albay

  (Eagle News)—In these pictures released by the Office of the Chief of the Philippine National Police, PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde is seen visiting the wake of Rep. Rodel Batocabe in Albay. Batocabe was shot as he was about to board his vehicle from a gift-giving activity in Daraga on Saturday, Dec. 22. His bodyguard was also killed. The National Bureau of Investigation has said the killing was “likely politically motivated.”  

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News in photos: Duterte visits wakes of Sytin, Ty

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wakes of businessmen Dominic Sytin and George Ty on Sunday, Dec .2. Sytin,  founder and chief executive officer of United Auctioneers Inc. based in Subic, was shot dead by a lone gunman on Nov. 28. Ty, founding chairman of Metrobank, died after months of battling pancreatic cancer on Nov. 23.

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President Duterte visits Japanese Navy flotilla docked in Subic

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Sept. 1, visited the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Escort Flotilla Four as it docked at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Olongapo. The fleet — composed of  Japanese Ship (JS) Kaga (DDH-184) with five  SH-60K patrol helicopters, an Akizuki-class destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD-117), and a Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD-105) — is in the country for a five-day goodwill visit. The President was accorded foyer honors upon his arrival. The […]

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President Duterte to visit S. Korea in June

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will visit South Korea from June 3 to 5. A statement from South Korea’s Blue House said its president Moon Jae-In and Duterte will have a summit on June 4. This would have been President Duterte’s first visit to South Korea, which only last month held a very successful summit with North Korea. During the summit, the two Koreas agreed to, among others, put an end to the Korea War which […]

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Roque: President Duterte to visit Pag-asa Island within his term

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea within his term, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Friday, May 18. Roque made the statement after the President failed to “jet ski” in the Philippine Rise reportedly to assert the country’s rights over the Philippines’ extended continental shelf. Roque had said the trip to the Philippine Rise was “not feasible,” given the fact that it was underwater. Presidential […]

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Duterte bags $9.8 billion in investments from China trip

Also secures P4.13-billion grant from Asian neighbor (Eagle News) –-The Philippines has secured an estimated US$9.8  billion worth of investments from nine business agreements signed with China during President Rodrigo Duterte’s official visit. Duterte himself made the announcement in his arrival speech in Davao City on Friday, April 13. The President said the signing of the business letters of intent (LOI) between the Philippine government and Chinese firms were expected to generate more than 10,000 […]

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