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(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte has no intention of destroying the indigenous community or the lumads, when he gave a warning that he intended to destroy schools being operated by miltant groups which are allegedly using the schools to teach hatred and rebellion against government. Instead, the President’s statement on the lumad schools “sends a strong message for illegal education centers to comply with government […]
MANADO, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia and Australia on Saturday co-hosted a counter-terrorism meeting to address the rising threat of foreign fighters, as the Philippines battles pro-Islamic State militants. The one-day gathering in North Sulawesi brings together six countries including Malaysia, Philippines and New Zealand. Ministers are due to discuss the challenges posed by growing terrorism in Southeast Asia as well as concerns that IS is trying establish a regional caliphate in the Philippines, where government forces are pitted against Islamist […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Commission on Population said that from formerly being ranked at the 12th place, the Philippines is now down one rung, sliding to the 13th place in the list of countries with the largest population in the world. The Philippines is listed as having 103,796,832 or an estimated 103.8 million people. “On July 1, 2017, Ethiopia overtook our spot, making the Philippines the 13th largest country in the world,” […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano appealed to his fellow congressmen to prioritize the creation of an Emergency Management Agency as outlined by President Rodrigo Duterte himself in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). He said this should be among the priority bills in Congress. The proposed emergency management agency will be under the Office of the President and will be responsible for disaster mitigation and preparedness measures as well as […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Alliance of Concerned Teachers party-list Representative France Castro asked Education Secretary Leonor Briones to expedite the giving of permits to Lumad schools, adding that many permits for application were still pending with the Department of Education. Castro dared DepEd Secretary Briones to act on their applications. “Hinahamon ko si DepEd Secretary Liling [Briones] na magsalita. Ilang araw na ang nakalipas pero hindi siya nagsasalita kaugnay ng mga permit,” Castro […]
(Eagle News Service) — Gorio intensified into a typhoon on Friday, as it moved toward Taiwan and continued to enhance the southwest monsoon, triggering rains over parts of the country. Signal Number 2 has been raised over Batanes, and Signal Number 1 over the Babuyan Group of Islands, where rains and maximum sustained winds of 30 to 60 kilometers per hour are expected in 36 hours. In its 5 p.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte dared Jose Maria Sison, his former professor and founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to come home to the Philippines, leave the comfortable life he has in Utrecht, and fight the struggle he had lectured about here in his home country. The 72-year old Duterte called the 78-year old Sison “duwag” and “talawan,” the Filipino and Cebuano term respectively for “coward.” He said the […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines will no longer pursue a case against comedienne Mae Paner for what they said was her unauthorized use of a military uniform during a rally against martial law in Mindanao. AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año said in a statement read by AFP spokesperson Restituto Padilla on Friday that the change of heart was borne by reports Paner, also known as Juana Change, did not ridicule […]
Says President Duterte’s pronouncement was not meant to be taken at face value (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday sought to allay fears they would bomb lumad schools teaching subversion, saying President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement about it was not meant to be acted on in the first place. “Kinakailangang maintindihan ninyo ang pananalita (niya). Binanggit niya yun pero di naman talaga niya gagawin na bombahin (iyon). (He) was strongly communicating […]
(Eagle News) — Bandang alas singko ng madaling araw kahapon, Hulyo 27, nang sabay-sabay na palabasin sa selda ang mga preso sa minumum at maximum compound sa New Bilibid Prison. Bahagi ito ng sorpresang Operation Galugad na pinangunahan ng bagong contingent ng Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF). Isa-isa ring kinapkapan ang mga bilanggo na tinipon sa open grounds. Personal itong sinaksihan nina Philippine National Police Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa, Philippine Drug Enforcement […]
https://youtu.be/peFMsNDqgI4 QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Nasa blue alert na ngayon ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) kasunod na rin ng paglakas ng bagyong Gorio na nagpalakas naman sa habagat at nagdulot ng malakas na pag-ulan sa Luzon at Visayas. Dahil dito, pinaigting na ng kagawaran ang kanilang mga paghahanda sa posibleng epekto ng bagyo sa pamamagitan ng pre-positioning ng mga relief good. Kabilang sa mga inihanda ng DSWD ang mahigit 400,000 family […]
(Eagle News) — Severe Tropical Storm Gorio continued to intensify on Friday, as it headed northwest and enhanced the southwest monsoon that triggered rains in parts of the country. In its 5 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Gorio was now packing maximum winds of 105 kilometers per hour, with a gust of 130 kph, prompting a gale warning to be hoisted over the northern and central seaboards of Luzon. […]
