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(Eagle News) — “What happened to the right to be heard?” This was what President Rodrigo Duterte said he told Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk when the issue of human rights was raised in separate instances. “Sabi ko sa kaniya, did it not occur to you, wonder why, ang pinapakita nila extrajudicial killings, di makaproduce when, what happened, how?” Duterte said he told Trudeau. Earlier, Trudeau said he raised “human […]
(Eagle News) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed on Tuesday a landmark agreement that will ensure the protection of migrant workers in the region, a pact President Rodrigo Duterte, this year’s ASEAN chair, said was the fulfillment of a promise to ASEAN peoples. The signing ceremony of the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers was held, as the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits drew to […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, November 13, said he is mulling more investments from India, particularly in the manufacture of cheaper medicine. President Duterte held a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. “We want to discuss trade relations further and especially, the most important one is that… and I’m happy that you’re here because if we can’t find the […]
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday strong US ties with the Philippines were vital for military reasons. The US president said he had repaired relations with the Philippines, which soured last year during the administration of former president Barack Obama. Duterte blasted Obama for intervening in Philippine affairs when he criticized the Philippine president’s drug war. “The (Philippines’) relationship with the past administration was horrible, to use a nice word. I would say horrible is […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has pledged two accused Russian drug traffickers would get a “fair trial.” Duterte made the commitment at a meeting late Monday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev on the sidelines of a regional summit in Manila. “I would just like to say that we have a working functional justice system here and they will get a fair trial and that they will be detained in a comfortable house,” Duterte told Medvedev, according […]
(Eagle News) — Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said he gave President Rodrigo Duterte his “assurance” Canada would “continue to work” on the issue of garbage originating from his country and that was still languishing in the Philippines. But Trudeau did not specifically say the trash brought to the Asian country by 103 container vans from 2013 to 2014 would indeed be returned to Canada. “Canada is very much engaged in finding a […]
(Eagle News) — Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he brought up “human rights, rule of law and specifically extrajudicial killings” during a conversation with President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. Speaking in a press conference on Tuesday, Trudeau said he told Duterte he was “concerned with human rights,” and he “impressed upon” him the “need for upholding rule of law.” This was despite the repeated denials […]
(Eagle News) — Canada on Tuesday reiterated calls for North Korea to cease developing its nuclear program, with its leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, issuing a strong statement the Asian country should “immediately cease all activities” that could endanger security in the region. “As tensions in North Korea arise, Canada stands united with the Asian continent and the world in our demand that North Korea (do this),” Trudeau said in his speech at the start of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was unable to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-United Nations Summit on Monday night because of the series of scheduled bilateral meetings with other countries he had to attend. In a text message to reporters, Foreign Affairs acting spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar said that Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano attended the summit in Duterte’s place. Bolivar said the President had several bilateral meetings with India, Japan, South Korea and […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tinalakay ang implementasyon ng Association of Southeast Asian Nations Vision 2025 sa isinagawang plenary session ng 31st ASEAN Summit noong Lunes, Nobyembre 13. Batay ito sa paunang impormasyon na inilabas ng gobyerno. Ang ASEAN Vision 2025 ay pagpapatuloy ng mga inilatag na plano ng ASEAN regional bloc sa pagsisimula ng ASEAN integration na inilunsad noon pang 2015. Ito ay konsolidasyon ng ASEAN Community Building na naglalayong mas lalo pang gawing politically […]
(Eagle News) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed willingness to “expand (Russian) ties” with the Philippines, noting that a “new chapter” in the relationship between two countries has already been opened. In bilateral talks held on Monday night, Medvedev said that such ties could expand to include the areas of culture, politics, trade, business, among others. Duterte said in the aspect of trade, the Philippine government has plans of organizing a trade event that […]
(Eagle News) — Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China have agreed to start talks on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea based on the Framework approved by the foreign ministers in August. Foreign Affairs spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar said this was announced by both sides in their statements delivered during the ASEAN-China Summit on Monday. The summit held at the Philippine International Convention Center was attended by Chinese Premier Li […]
