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(Eagle News) — Malacañang said it was concerned with the reported presence of Chinese survey ships at Benham Rise in the Pacific and Reed Bank in the South China Sea. “We are concerned about the presence of a Chinese ship in Benham Rise, which has been recognized by the United Nations as part of the Philippines,” Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement.. The Department of National Defense has already notified the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metro Manila Development Authority has released a traffic advisory on road repairs and road re-blocking this weekend March 10 – March 13. The road repairs will start 11 in the evening on Friday, March 10 until Monday, March 13 at 5 in the morning. MMDA advised motorists to look for alternative routes. To find out the routes affected, please watch the accompanying video. https://youtu.be/ecTmC8nR9Uc
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The pensioners of the Social Security System or SSS will receive the additional Php 1,000 pension benefit today, March 10, which will correspond to the deferential pension that they were supposed to be received last February 2017. The pension increase for the first three months of this year will be received within this month. The SSS released Php 2.07 billion for two million pensioners. Meanwhile, the increase in the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — “Its extortion, what happened was extortion.” This was the conclusion of Senate Blue Ribbon Commitee chair Senator Richard Gordon. The committee found that the Bureau of Immigration case which it investigated does not fall under bribery but under extortion. “I think the truth is already out. When we adjourn this hearing and submit a committee report, I am not going to schedule another hearing just to hear more lies,” […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Buhay Party-List Representative Lito Atienza asked the Senate to forget about the death penalty bill as the law cannot be applied to those charged under the Duterte administration. According to Atienza’s estimation, if the death penalty bill is passed, the execution of the first criminal to be sentenced with death will be around 2022, the end of President Duterte’s term. “Even assuming the Senate caves in, and approves its […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the cooperation of local officials in Mindanao in his war against terrorism and drugs, saying he might be forced to declare martial law there if they do not help the government. “I am asking you because I don’t want the trouble in Mindanao to spin out of control because then as president, I will be forced, I will be compelled to exercise extraordinary powers,” the President said. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Chinese survey ships have been entering waters recognized by the United Nations as Philippine territory, Manila’s defense secretary said Thursday, in a move he described as “very concerning”. Delfin Lorenzana said the ships were seen last year near Benham Rise — a Philippine territory 250 kilometres (155 miles) off the east coast of the main island of Luzon — as well as Reed Bank in the South China Sea, […]
(Eagle News) — Wanted: New antidrug personnel. The newly formed Drug Enforcement Group of the Philippine National Police is in search of new recruits who will lead the government in its re-launch of the war against drugs. In his first-ever press conference as head of the DEG, Senior Supt. Graciano Mijares said on Friday that 477 personnel were needed for the unit, which only recently replaced the PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Group. The PNP-AIDG and all antidrug units […]
(Eagle News) — Communist leaders are pressing for the resumption of peace talks with the Philippine government even after the reported ambush by its armed group, the New People’s Army, against non-combatant police members in Davao. In a statement posted in its website. CPP-NDFP panel chair Fidel Agaoili said that both the government panel had already initially agreed to hold “secret backchannel talks” for the purpose of resuming talks in April. Agcaoili said that […]
(Eagle News) – -Inanunsyo ng Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) na sila ay mamimigay ng iba’t-ibang scholarship programs para sa mga kuwalipikadong Filipino students. Ang mga scholarship ay para sa mga postgraduates na gustong mag-aral sa Taiwan o sa mga nagnanais na matuto ng Mandarin. Binuksan na ang application para sa mga sumusunod na scholarship programs: Ministry of Education Scholarship na magbibigay ng 2 years para sa Masteral at 4 years sa Doctorate Degree. […]
(Eagle News) — Nangangamba ang Commission on Population o PopCom na mas bibilis pa ang paglago ng populasyon ng Pilipinas kapag hindi maayos na naipatupad ang Reproductive Health Law. Hanggang ngayon, nananatili pa rin ang temporary restraining order (TRO) ng Korte Suprema sa implanon na isang uri contraceptive na una nang ipinamahagi ng Department of Health noong 2015. Ayon kay Doctor Juan Antonio Perez ng PopCom, kung hindi aalisin ng Supreme Court ang TRO sa […]
(Eagle News) — Lumutang at nagpiyansa sa Manila Regional Trial Court ang self-confessed hitman na si Edgar Matobato para sa kasong frustrated murder laban dito. Ito ay kasunod ng warrant of arrest na inisyu laban sa kanya ng Digos City, Davao Del Sur Regional Trial Court Branch 14. Dalawandaang libong piso ang inilagak na piyansa ni Matobato para sa kanyang pansamantalang kalayaan. Ang kaso laban kay Matobato ay kaugnay sa pagbaril nito kay Abeto Salcedo […]
