Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has turned down once again calls for him to run for president in 2016.
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Gov’t allots ₱14.8M for Pnoy’s U.S. trip
About 14.8 million pesos were allotted for President Aquino’s US trip.
Global Rallies on climate change
Scores of environmental activists have gathered at the streets of New York City for the International Day of Action on Climate Change.
Lawmakers press for the creation of Cordillera autonomous region
Men from northern Luzon have pressed for the formation of Cordillera Autonomous Region or CAR.
Israeli agriculture expert visits Philippines
In order to further strengthen the ties between Israel and the Philippines,an officer of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture visits the country Omar Zeidan, Deputy Director for Extension Service of said ministry, met up with his Philippine counterparts in the fields of horticulture and post-harvest. In 2006, both governments decided to create the Philippine-Israeli Center for Agricultural Training which seeks to promulgate an agricultural and research and development coordinator that will promote farm productivity, profitability […]
Military aircraft in Egypt
In Egypt, a military aircraft crashed, killing six of its crew. Reports said that the crash occurred in a training flight. One crew member survived said crash. The crash was caused by a technical failure.
Storm kills four in Taiwan
“Mario” brought heavy rains and strong wings to Taiwan, killing 4.
Lawmaker advise careful deliberation of BBL
Isabela representative Rodito Albano said that the Congress should carefully deliberate before passing the Bangsamoro Basic Law which will create a Bangsamoro entity which will replace the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, saying that it may be the basis of other autonomous entities in the country.
New batch of Filipino peacekeepers
The Armed Forces of the Philippines will send a new batch of Filipino peacekeepers to Haiti after the Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights returned to the country.
US on airstrikes
The United States is confident that other countries will help them in conducting airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State militants. This was stated by the US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Powers, after the formation of the international military, political and financial coalition to fight the Sunni muslim group that invaded portions of Syria and Iraq. She said, that US will wait for the announcement of other countries. Said official did not name the […]
Airstrike in Iraq
The French military conducted airstrikes against the Islamic State militants in Iraq. Two French military jets bomb a depot and a military base used by the ISIS as a fort. More than 20 Islamic militants were said to have been killed in the said airstrike.
Emergency Power
Members of the Senate may finish their session without discussing the grant of emergency powers to the President to resolve the energy crisis. The final session of the Senate is scheduled on September 24 before the more than 2 weeks vacation in preparation of the hearing on the proposed budget of the House of Representatives. The request for emergency powers will fall in the hands of Senator Sergio Osmeña III, chairman of the Senate Committee […]
