Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News) – Umatras na ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sa planong pangunahan ang pakikipag-negosasyon sa Maute Terror Group sa Marawi City. Ayon kay MILF Chairman Al-haj Murad Ebrahim, magiging mahirap ang mamagitan dahil mismong si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang nagsabing hindi makikipag-usap ang gobyerno sa mga terorista. Malabo na aniyang makumbinseng sumuko ang mga miyembro ng Maute Group dahil tiyak na bago pa nila isagawa ang planong pag-atake ay nakahanda na ang mga ito […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday said the government will take “bold and decisive steps” to ensure the country will not be a “haven” for the operations of terrorists, as reported by the United States State Department in its counterterrorism report for 2016. “The Duterte administration recognized this early and will continue to take bold and decisive steps to eliminate this nefarious threat, destroy their resource channels from illicit drugs and […]
(Agence France Presse) — The government has ordered the arrest of communist rebel leaders involved in peace talks, after a guerrilla ambush left five presidential bodyguards wounded in the latest escalation of the half century-long conflict. The insurgents have been engaged in off-and-on peace talks with Manila to end one of the world’s longest insurgencies. But the government suspended formal peace talks in May, and on Thursday chief government lawyer Jose Calida said guerrilla leaders […]
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in his third attempt, successfully visits Marawi City by going to the 103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade, 1st Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in Kampo Ranao, Marawi City on Thursday, July 20. The Commander-in-Chief checks the government troops who have been in the frontline of the war against the Maute terror group. He leads the ceremonial distribution of grocery packs and G-shock watches to about 3,000 soldiers and police forces in […]
(Eagle News) — The Asian Development Bank forecast a “strong growth” for the Philippine economy for 2017 and 2018, with inflation predicted to pick up, and current account expected to post a surplus. The Manila-based lender pegged Gross Domestic Product growth for 2017 at 6.4 percent, and for 2018 at 6.6 percent. In 2016, ADB said the Philippine economy posted a 6.8-percent growth, buoyed by domestic demand. It said in that same year, private consumption […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte revealed plans of the Maute Group and the Abu Sayyaf Group to attack Basilan City, General Santos City, Cagayan De Oro City and Zamboanga City in Mindanao. He detailed this in his seven-page letter to Congress which sought a five-month extension of martial law in Mindanao “Validated reports disclose that Hapilon and the Mautes have sent an operational fund to ASG sub-leader Furuji Indama in order to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited war-torn Marawi on Thursday, making good on his word to check up on government troops fighting Islamist militants in the area. Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera, 1st Infantry Division spokesperson, said the President made the visit in Camp Ranao around lunchtime. There was no media coverage of the event, as they were only informed about the President’s visit after he left. Prior to this visit, Duterte had attempted to […]
Agence France Presse — Limits on foreign ownership of the Philippine telecom industry should be lifted to attract investment and improve its service, a senior minister said Thursday. Currently foreign firms can own a maximum 40 per cent of Philippine utilities, including telecom companies, which should be raised, according to Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia. “If we want to attract foreign direct investment, they have to have a larger stake in the investment,” he told […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former United States Secretary of State Madeline Albright called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as well as the Maute Group in the Philippines an “infectious virus”. “While much of the world’s attention is on the threat by ISIS, I’m keenly aware the Philippines and your neighbors are also under attack,” Albright said. “They are more dangerous. They are the product of a set of perverse and ambitious […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo said she was ready to face any planned impeachment case against her. “Handa naman tayong harapin. Wala tayong ginagawang mali. Bahagi naman iyan ng democratic process,” Robredo said in an interview. Robredo said though that impeachment was a political process and that the issues being thrown against her should have basis. Robredo added that she would continue to fulfill her duties as vice-president despite the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — The police said on Thursday (July 20) they had arrested 43 foreigners, mostly Chinese nationals, for kidnapping a Singaporean woman at a casino resort in the capital. Police said the gang, believed to be a loan shark syndicate, was targeting foreign high-rollers, with 11 similar cases reported since 2015 involving two groups composed of Chinese and Singaporean citizens. The 48-year-old Singaporean woman was kidnapped at the Solaire casino on July 17 […]
Agence France Presse — Authorities have said they would monitor large transactions at casinos to curb money-laundering, after proceeds from an $81 million theft were funnelled through several gambling establishments last year. President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law this week adding the gaming sector to monitored institutions. Casinos must now report to the central bank’s Anti-Money Laundering Council all transactions exceeding five million pesos (around $99,000). The law authorizes the council to obtain court orders […]
