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‘Great friend’: AFP driver among 23 killed in Kabul suicide attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — AFP driver Mohammad Akhtar, a 31-year-old father of four who was among 23 people killed in a suicide attack in Kabul, was a “great friend” known for his kindness and honesty, colleagues said Monday. Sunday’s attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group, happened as supporters of Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum were leaving the capital’s international airport after welcoming home the former warlord from exile. Akhtar’s death […]
WATCH: Several members of the House hold a session post-SONA
(Eagle News) — In this video taken by Eagle News correspondent Norie Baytic, several members of the House of Representatives are seen holding a session post-State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 23, apparently aimed at again installing Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the Speaker. This was done after several who included allies of Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez’s camp questioned her oath-taking for the post prior to President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address. Deputy […]
Duterte urges Congress to pass bill creating Department of Disaster Management
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged Congress to pass a law that will create a new department that will handle disaster risk reduction, the Department of Disaster Management. The President said his cabinet has “approved for immediate endorsement to Congress the passage of the law creating the Department of Disaster Management.” “We need a truly empowered department characterized by a unity of command, science-based approach, and full time focus on natural hazards and disasters, […]
News in photo: House members hold session after Duterte’s SONA
Duterte wants trust fund for coconut farmers “at soonest possible time”
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 23, urged Congress to pass a bill establishing a trust fund for coconut farmers “at the soonest possible time.” “Our coconut farmers form a significant part of the basic sectors of our society. It is by the toil of their hands that we put food on the table,” he said. In March, the Senate passed on third and final reading a measure that would create the […]
President Duterte urges passage of “National Land Use Act”; gives ultimatum to mining industry
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned those destroying the country’s environment, particularly the mining industry that he will go after them with more “restrictive” measures, even as he urged the Senate to pass a National Land Use Act to manage the country’s land resources. The President said that one of the restrictions that his government will implement is the prohibition of “open pit mining” which has destroyed the environment. “The protection of the […]
ICYMI: The third State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte
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Duterte reiterates support for TRAIN; “We need this for sustainable growth,” he says
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 23, rejected calls to suspend the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law. In fact, in his third State of the Nation Address, he said he hoped to sign Package 2 of the TRAIN law before the end of the year. “We need this for sustainable growth,” he said. Critics of TRAIN have aired their concerns about inflation allegedly as a result of TRAIN, which imposes […]
Trillanes gives Duterte SONA a grade of zero
(Eagle News) — “Zero.” This was the grade Senator Antonio Trillanes IV gave President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 23. “Sa akin po zero dahil 20 plus thousand na na Pilipino ang pinatay niya,” he said in a press conference. Trillanes made the statement even as he noted that “walang grado ang pwedeng magjustify (sa mga pagpatay) at sa mga taong naging biktima ng anti-tambay policy.” He noted that Duterte […]
Duterte urges Congress anew to pass law ending contractualization “once and for all”
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 23, renewed his call for Congress to pass a measure that would end contractualization “once and for all.” He said this as he reiterated the power to end the same was not vested in him. “Much as I would like to do the impossible, that power is not vested upon me by the Constitution and neither will I make both ends meet if I violate the […]
Duterte on Bangsamoro Organic Law: Give me 48 hours and I will sign it
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to sign a measure creating the Bangsamoro within 48 hours. “When the approved version is received by my office, the law has been passed actually, and give me 48 hours to sign it and ratify the law,” he said. He said in his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 23, that he would read the measure before he signs, “baka may isiningit kayo dyan na hindi maganda […]
