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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine officials sought on Friday to play down comments by President Rodrigo Duterte who announced his “separation” from the United States a day earlier, saying their country will maintain U.S. trade and economic ties. Duterte made his comments in Beijing, where he was paving the way for what he calls a new commercial alliance as relations with long-time ally Washington deteriorate. He told Chinese and Philippine business people at a forum […]
DAVAO, Philippines | AFP | — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday he would not sever his nation’s alliance with the United States, as he clarified his announcement that he planned to “separate”. “It’s not severance of ties. Severance is to cut diplomatic relations. I can not do that. Why? It’s in the best interests of my country that I don’t do that,” Duterte told reporters in his hometown of Davao after returning from […]
ILOCOS NORTE, Philippines (Reuters) — Residents in the northern Philippines returned to their homes on Friday (October 21) after typhoon Haima, the strongest storm to hit the country in three years, left a trail of destruction that killed at least 12 people. Haima barrelled through the northern provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Ilocos on Wednesday (October 19) night, damaging houses, cutting power and displacing thousands of people. A day after the typhoon has passed, some […]
(Eagle News) – “It was pure insanity.” That was how the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process condemned the recent violent dispersal done by members of the Manila Police District on rallyists in front of the United States Embassy on Wednesday, October 19. In a statement issued by the OPAPP on Friday, October 21, it said it was “shocked and appalled with the violent manner the protesters were dispersed at the […]
MANILA, Philippines — The National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that 113 houses were damaged by Lawin in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), including six houses that were totally damaged and 107 others that were partially damaged. The agency also said that 65 barangays were flooded with waters reaching a level of up to three feet in Pangasinan and Pampanga while Regions I, III, Calabarzon, and the whole of CAR are experiencing brownouts […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tinatayang 16,000 manggagawa na ang na-regular sa trabaho sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ito ang inihayag ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III bilang bahagi ng pangako ng administrasyon na wakasan na ang contractualization o end of contract na mas kilala bilang “ENDO.” Ayon kay Bello, ang regularisasyon ng 16,000 workers ay kumakatawan sa 10 hanggang 15 porsyento ng kabuuang bilang ng mga irregular worker. Isa rin aniya […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In spite of his various controversial pronouncements, President Rodrigo Duterte still got the highest performance and trust ratings among the top five national government officials, according to latest Pulse Asia nationwide survey. The President got an 86 percent approval rating, compared to Vice-President Leni Robredo who had a 66 percent approval rating. Duterte also got the highest consistent “big trust” ratings across the country, and across all classes, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Plano ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) na magtanim ng isang milyong puno ng kawayan sa susunod na anim na taon. Layon nitong mabawasan ang epekto ng climate change at mabigyan ng kabuhayan ang mga pamilya sa iba’t-ibang panig ng bansa. Ito ang kauna-unahang naglunsad ang ahensya ng massive planting ng kawayan bilang bahagi ng National Greening Program ng pamahalaan. Ayon sa DENR, ang kawayan ay nakakatulong sa […]
EXPECT the return of brisk Chinese tourist arrivals in the country, after China lifted all travel advisories to the Philippines which previously discouraged its citizens from coming the country. The announcement on the lifting of the travel advisories was made by Chinese president Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, amid the four-day state visit of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to China which saw the two leaders cementing their brotherly […]
QUEZON CITY, Oct. 21 – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has reported the outage of the following North Luzon transmission lines, affecting the provinces of La Union, Isabela, Cagayan, Abra, Benguet, Mountain Province, Ilocos Norte Sur, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. Bauang-San Fernando 69kV line Customer/s affected: LUECO Date/time of outage: 20-Oct/ 3:26AM Date/time of restored: 20-Oct/ 8:31AM Bauang-Naguilian 69kV line Customer/s affected: LUELCO Date/time of outage: 19-Oct/ 8:47PM San Esteban- Bangued 69 kV line Customer/s […]
SAYING that the United States has “lost now,” President Duterte said he is realigning himself with the “ideological flow” of China as he announced his separation from the United States, both in the military and economic sense. Duterte was in Beijing, China where he is visiting with at least 200 businessmen to pave the way for what he calls a new commercial alliance. Both the Philippines and China have also agreed to resume bilateral […]
BEIJING, China | AFP | — Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte declared his “separation” from longstanding ally the United States in Beijing on Thursday, as he rebalances his country’s diplomacy towards China. Duterte is in China for a four-day trip seen as confirming his tilt away from Washington and towards Beijing’s sphere of influence — and its deep pockets. “I announce my separation from the United States,” he said to applause at a meeting in […]
