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HONG KONG, China | AFP | — Asian markets climbed Tuesday as mixed readings on the US economy and comments from a top Federal Reserve official raised expectations that US interest rate rises would be gradual. The gains came despite a negative lead from New York and Europe where traders are awaiting key events this week, including Chinese growth data, the last presidential debate and a European Central Bank policy meeting. A below-par reading […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill that postpones the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled on October 31, 2016 to October 23 next year. This was announced at a press briefing in Malacanang by Assistant Secretary Marie Banaag of the Presidential Communications Office, quoting Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. “According to Executive Secretary Medialdea, it was already signed by the President but he would have to wait […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Starting November 15, 2016, the newly-built rehabilitation center inside Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija will be receiving drug “surrenderees” and drug dependents. President Rodrigo Duterte will also be the guest of honor at its formal opening.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Senate is deliberating several measures to strengthen the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. One of the proposals is the creation of an independent body that will investigate police personnel who will abuse their mandate. https://youtu.be/HlxbNG_z5F8
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte warned those who plan to unseat him from power. He said he would fight those planning a coup d’etat against him. He said he would oppose any violent takeover of his government.
(Eagle News) — The planned burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will not materialize just yet. This was after the Supreme Court extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for the burial. The latest decision of the high court was announced by Supreme Court information chief […]
BEIJING, China — China on Monday, October 17 launched its longest manned space mission. It sent two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard a space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022. https://youtu.be/U4Pazy6rR-E
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Richard “Dick” Gordon on Monday, October 17 said that the senate committee on justice and human rights has already finished the first draft of a committee report on the inquiry into extra-judicial killings. Gordon did not reveal the contents of the committee report but said that the senate panel will recommend the filing of charges against witness and self-confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) hitman Edgar Matobato. He said, said […]
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — A 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen will go into effect starting Thursday, the United Nations announced on Monday. A cessation of hostilities that first went into effect in April “will re-enter into force at 23:59 Yemen time (2059 GMT) on 19 October 2016, for an initial period of 72 hours, subject to renewal,” the UN’s special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said in a statement. The announcement comes after […]
(Eagle News) — Brunei’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah officially welcomed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (October 17) at the Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan and the seat of government of Brunei. This was followed by a bilateral meeting between the two leaders. Included in the itinerary is a state dinner at the Royal Banquet Hall in the Sultan’s residence. President Duterte said that his visit to Brunei was important as this […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — The territorial dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea has all but wrecked the livelihoods of these Filipino fishermen. The Philippines won an international court ruling in its favor over who owns the Scarborough Shoal. China’s rejected that ruling and has stopped the Filipino fishermen entering the waters in and around the Shoal since 2012. Now they’re hoping their president’s impending visit to China will restore their […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he is open to joint military exercises with China and Russia, and reiterated he will no longer allow war games with the United States. Duterte made the remarks in an interview broadcast Monday with Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television ahead of a four-day visit to Beijing, which begins on Tuesday and is aimed at improving ties that soured over competing claims in the resource-rich […]
