Philippines gets U.S. weapons

WASHINGTON HAS provided the Philippines some P48.5 million (about $1 million) worth of weapons and munitions intended to enhance the military’s counterterrorism capabilities and readiness.

Duterte backs out again from his threat to junk VFA

PRESIDENT DUTERTE has backed out for the second time to junk the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with Washington.

Biden defeats Trump in an election he made about character of the nation and the President: CNN

AMERICA HAS has chosen Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, CNN projects, turning at a time of national crisis to a man whose character was forged by aching personal tragedy and who is pledging to restore calm and truth after Donald Trump's exhausting and manic single term.

Venezuelan President announces capture of US spy that was planning attack

VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday that a US spy who had been targeting the country’s oil refineries for an attack has been captured.

U.S., Philippines hold workshop to combat illegal fishing

THE UNITED STATES Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Philippine government held a workshop recently to combat illegal fishing in the country.

Beng praises U.S. support, thanked American people

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Beng Climaco thanked Washington and the American people for the continued support Zamboanga is getting through its various programs here as she joined the celebration of the 244th U.S. Independence Day and the Philippine-American Friendship Day.

Sulu praises U.S. donations

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Sulu Governor Sakur lauded the efforts of the U.S. military in assisting this southern Filipino province in fighting the spread of the novel coronavirus or Covid-19.

WHO suspends hydroxychloroquine trials for Covid-19

THE WORLD Health Organization (WHO) said it is temporarily halting a clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for treating coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients due to safety concerns.

US ‘concerned’ over Philippine shutdown of top broadcaster

THE UNITED States on Thursday voiced concern over the Philippine government-ordered shutdown of the country’s top broadcaster ABS-CBN, which has been targeted by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Assassination of Qassem Soleimani was top secret mission: report

THE MAGAZINE Newsweek has quoted several unnamed sources as saying that only a few people were in the know about the killing of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a US MQ-9 Reaper drone in Iraq earlier this year.

HOT OFF THE PRESS: The Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper March 9-15, 2020

HOT OFF THE PRESS: The Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper March 9-15, 2020

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Duterte, hinamon ang Amerika!

HINAMON NI Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Amerika na magsampa ng mga kaso laban sa kanya kaugnay sa alegasyon ng extrajudicial killings ng kanyang madugong war on drugs.

HOT OFF THE PRESS: The Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper Feb. 24 - Mar. 1, 2020

HOT OFF THE PRESS: The Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper Feb. 24 - Mar. 1, 2020

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Duterte Does the Right Thing for a Change

 ‘He might be the devil incarnate, but Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte is beginning the process of ending over 120 years of colonial subjugation’ – Walden Belo

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s termination of a key military pact with the United States - the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) - which governed the deployment of U.S. troops in the country has evoked varied responses. 

HOT OFF THE PRESS: The Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper Feb. 17-23, 2020

HOT OFF THE PRESS: The Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper Feb. 17-23, 2020

Duterte scraps VFA; wrong move, says Pentagon

‘I don't really mind if they would like to do that, it will save a lot of money – Trump’

PRESIDENT DUTERTE’s termination of the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States was a wrong move, the Pentagon said, but it will save a lot of money for Washington, according to President Donald Trump.

When asked whether he would try to persuade Duterte to reconsider his decision to scrap the VFA, Trump said: “Well I never minded that very much, to be honest. We helped the Philippines very much. We helped them defeat ISIS ... I don't really mind if they would like to do that, it will save a lot of money. My views are different from others.” 

Duterte to make good his threats to scrap VFA

FILIPINO LEADER Rodrigo Duterte has vowed for the second time to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States after Washington cancelled the visa of former Philippine police chief and now Senator Ronald dela Rosa, and forbidden his Cabinet members to go to the United States.

“I am terminating. I was not joking. The day I said it was the day that I decided it should be terminated. Alam mo sabi nila na it’s my — subject to my whim, ‘yung kapritso. No. It started when they mentioned about the resolution in the US Senate. They were trying to figure — trying to figure out who would be the persons who will be barred from entering. Noon pa lang nag — ‘yung utak ko gumagalaw na. Ganun ako eh, hindi naman ako naghihintay,” he told reporters.