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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he will have to study very carefully and ponder on the suggestion for him to declare martial law in Mindanao, particularly in Sulu, to counter the Abu Sayyaf problem. “I need time to ponder on it (declaring martial law) deeply. And it is not only a political decision; it is an emotional decision. You do not tinker with powers, [with] extraordinary powers of the state,” […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would push for the inclusion of Turkey and Mongolia in a grouping of Southeast Asian nations, dismissing concerns about their geographic location. Duterte said leaders of Turkey and Mongolia told him about their desire to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while they were in China over the weekend for a summit on a global trade infrastructure project. Duterte, whose nation holds the rotating ASEAN chairmanship […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he was open to exploring the South China Sea’s natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam. Duterte, who spoke upon his arrival in the country from official visits to China, Cambodia and Hong Kong, also emphasized he had no immediate plans to pressure China over an international tribunal’s ruling last year that its sweeping claims to most of the sea were unlawful. “If we can get something there with […]
(Eagle News) — Malapit nang mag-bigay ang Department of Health ng libreng gamot sa cervical cancer kasunod ng unang pag-labas ng pondo mula sa sin taxes. Ayon sa DOH, kasalukuyan na ang pag-subsidize ng gobyerno ng mga gamot para sa chemotherapy ng breast, colon at rectum cancer ngayong taon. Sa mga susunod na taon ay maaari nang mag-bigay ng libreng gamot sa cervical cancer. Sa ngayon, Ginagamit ang sin tax sa assistance program para sa […]
(Eagle News)– The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) declared on Monday (May 15) that all Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits in Bohol were neutralized. “With the death of (Abu) Asis and (Abu) Ubayda, all the Abu Sayyaf Group members that landed in Bohol province aboard three bancas in early April 2017 were neutralized. Bohol is now cleared of Abu Sayyaf Group elements,” AFP spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said. Earlier on Monday, Ubayda and […]
(Eagle News)– Alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles was transferred to Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City early Tuesday (May 16) morning. She was transferred from the Correctional Institute for Women, Mandaluyong City to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Taguig City where she arrived after 4 a.m. Napoles’ transfer to Camp Bagong Diwa was upon the order of the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division on Monday (May 15). After the Court of […]
(Eagle News) – “He can go ahead. He’s free to do it. This is a democracy.” This was how President Rodrigo Duterte reacted to questions on the threat of Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano to bring to the International Criminal Court (ICC) his impeachment complaint against him, after it had been junked by majority of the House committee on Justice for “insufficiency in substance.” “Look, I was investigated by the Human Rights (commission) when Delilah (senator […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Naglabas ng tatlong warrant of arrest ang Sandiganbayan laban kay dating Maguindanao Gov. Sajid Ampatuan. Ito ay kaugnay sa patong patong na kaso ng falsification of public documents, malversation at graft na isinampa laban sa kanya at sa iba pang dating opisyal ng probinsiya kaugnay ng P72.26 milyon na pondo na nakalaan sana sa pagrepair ng mga school building. Ayon sa prosekusyon, pinalsipika ng mga opisyal noon ng probinsiya […]
(Eagle News) — “Stop it.” This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday to unscrupulous judges who he said made an interpretation of the law a mere business, as he appealed to the Supreme Court to “do something” about corruption in the judiciary. Duterte, who arrived in the country from China past 3 a.m., said during his speech at the Davao International Airport that it was an open secret that some judges received […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental early Tuesday. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake took place 211 kilometers south, 36° east of Sarangani at 1:41 a.m. The depth of focus was at 33 kilometers. No aftershocks were expected.
Cites many common qualities of Panamanians and Filipinos (Eagle News) — “Filipinos are the best seafarers in the world.” This was according to Panamanian ambassador to the Philippines, Rolando Guevara Alvarado, when he visited the main office of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) in Quezon City recently. “Filipino seafarers are hard workers. They do adapt to the different scenarios. That is why they are preferred by ship owners,” Ambassador Guevara said. In fact, the Panamanian embassy […]
(Eagle News) — One of the two remaining Abu Sayyaf members who figured in a clash with government troops in Bohol on April 11 has been killed. “Combined AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and PNP (Philippine National Police) troops encountered today the last two remaining lawless elements who entered Bohol early in April this year,” a joint statement by the AFP and PNP said. The encounter reportedly took place in Barangay Kahayag, Calape, Bohol at 12:30 […]
