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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte talked with Communist Party of the Philippines (CCP) leaders, including National Democratic Front negotiating panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili, and the Tiamzon couple in Malacanang on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The President met with Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, and Agcaoili in a meeting at the Music Room. Also present were Rosario Agcaoili, Dr. Joy Alcantara, and former Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno. There were no details released as to […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Terrorists are planning to kidnap foreigners on a Philippine island popular with tourists, the United States embassy has warned, a month after a foiled abduction attempt by Islamic militants at another tourism hotspot. An advisory from the US embassy in Manila on Tuesday warned Americans to “carefully consider” going to Palawan, naming a World Heritage-listed underground river as one area of specific concern. “The US Embassy has received credible information that […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (May 10) extended his greetings to Mr. Moon Jae In on his election as the new President of the Republic of Korea. “On behalf of the Filipino nation, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte wishes to extend his warm congratulations to Mr. Moon Jae-in on his election as the new President of the Republic of Korea (ROK),” presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement. “The Philippines and the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang criticized the Commission on Human Rights for being selective in investigating alleged human rights violations in the country. According to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, it is very obvious that when it is the opponent of the government that is killed, the CHR immediately investigates the case. He said that when the victims are soldiers or policemen who died in the line of duty, the CHR does not immediately take […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Senator JV Ejercito is asking the Senate to probe the procurement system of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in view of the recent crash of the Philippine Air Force helicopter in Tanay, Rizal which resulted in the death of three soldiers. According to Ejercito, there have been reports that the AFP is buying second-hand or reconditioned equipment. “We can buy a small number of new ones just as long as they […]
(AFP) — Looters mobbed a deadly slum fire in Manila on Tuesday, pulling roofing sheets and electric wire from singed homes as firemen scrambled to contain the blaze. Riot police surrounded the Isla Puting Bato shantytown at Manila’s port area after being summoned by firemen who struggled to reach burning homes accessible only through narrow alleys that were swarmed by residents as well as scavengers. An AFP photographer saw about 100 people, most of them men, engaged […]
The Philippine delegation in Geneva, Switzerland led by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra faced more than 100 representatives of the member-countries of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in defending the country’s human rights record. Cayetano explained there was a deliberate attempt to bloat the numbers on alleged extrajudicial killings. The Philippine delegates answered questions on drug-related killings under the Duterte administration. Cayetano said that the killings were not state-sponsored and […]
(Eagle News)– Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta on Tuesday (May 9) welcomed the decision of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate the death of Saad Samad Kiram alias “Abu Saad,” one of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members who figured in a clash with government troops in Bohol province recently. Acosta, however, also urged the rights body to probe the killing of soldiers, policemen, and other government agents by the bandit group. “Ang suggestion […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several members of the United Nations Human Rights Council expressed grave concern over the alleged incidents of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines, this after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano gave an account of the human rights record of the Philippines before the international body in Geneva, Switzerland. The delegates from the United States and Australia said that it was important that the government look into the alleged 7,000 reported incidents of extra-judicial killings to identify […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pasado na sa Senate committee on public services ang panukalang palawigin pa ang validity ng driver’s license. Walang tumutol nang isalang sa botohan ang panukalang batas na gawing limang taon ang validity ng lisensya mula sa kasalukuyang taon. Sa pamamagitan ng inaprubahang panukala, aamyendahan ang Republic Act No. 4136 o ang Land Transportation and Traffic Code. Sa pagdinig nangako ang Land Transportation Office na hindi ito magpapataw ng dagdag na singil […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A party-list lawmaker expressed his disagreement to calls of protest groups to declare United Nations Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard as persona non grata. AKO Bicol party-list Representative Rodel Batocabe said that this move would only result in image problems for the Philippines, and would cast doubt on the country’s democracy. Batocabe said that Callamard should be allowed to express her opinions so government can rebut them. Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial […]
(Eagle News) — The Presidential Communications Operations Office has a new assistant secretary. Mocha Uson, a known supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been appointed to the post. “Pursuant to the provisions of existing laws, you are hereby appointed (as such),” a letter from Malacanang dated May 8 said. “By virtue hereof, you may qualify and enter upon the performance of the duties of the office, furnishing this office and the Civil Service Commission of copies […]
