News Update As of March 14, 2017
(Tuesday)
1. Manila Bulletin
Duterte set for 2-nation swing
President Duterte will embark on a two-nation swing in Asia this month to seek inputs on the coming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit which the country will be hosting.
The President is expected to visit Myanmar on March 19 and 20, followed by Thailand on March 21 and 22 based on his tentative schedule.
Duterte, in his remarks during the PDP-Laban assembly Sunday night, said he plans to ask his counterparts from Myanmar and Thailand about the things they want to raise during the summit. The Philippines has assumed the rotating chairmanship of the ASEAN this year.
http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/03/14/duterte-set-for-2-nation-swing/
2. Philippine Star
Duterte to military: Tell China Benham Rise is ours
President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he has told the military to assert Philippine ownership of a large ocean region off the country's northeastern coast where Chinese survey ships were spotted last year, in a discovery that alarmed Philippine defense officials.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/03/14/1681010/duterte-military-tell-china-benham-rise-ours
3. Daily Inquirer
Duterte clears Robredo in ‘destabilization’ efforts
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said Vice President Leni Robredo had nothing to do with what he called “destabilization” efforts against him.
Duterte made the remark in a press conference in Malacañang, where he also accused mining firms of funding the political opposition’s supposed destabilization plot against his administration to make him
“unpopular.”
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/880443/duterte-clears-robredo-in-destabilization-efforts#ixzz4bGT8IL00
4. Manila Times
‘Mining firms funding destabilization plot’
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday accused some mining firms of financing what he called a“destabilization” plot against his administration.
Speaking to reporters in Malacañang, the President said mining firms, which he did not name, were funding the political opposition to undermine his government.
“Kayong mga mining [You miners], I know you are funding the opposite side. I know that some of you are giving funding to the other side to destabilize me,” Duterte said during a joint press conference with Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd and Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.
http://www.manilatimes.net/mining-firms-funding-destabilization-plot/317133/
