News Update As of March 17, 2017
(Friday)
1. Manila Bulletin
Agreements expected to be signed during Duterte’s Thailand visit
President Duterte is expected to sign several agreements with Thai officials when he visits the Kingdom next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
In a pre-departure briefing in Malacañang yesterday, Foreign Affairs spokesperson Charles Jose said the agreements expected to be signed will be in the areas of agriculture, science and technology, energy, and education.
http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/03/17/agreements-expected-tobe-signed-during-dutertes-thailand-visit/
2. Philippine Star
European Parliament members call for Leila’s release
Members of the European Parliament called for the immediate release of Sen. Leila de Lima and for the European Union (EU) to support an independent international investigation on President Duterte’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/03/17/1681967/european-parliament-members-call-leilas- release
3. Daily Inquirer
Speaker: Duterte had no hand in House shakeup
President Duterte had no hand in the ouster of lawmakers who voted against the death penalty bill, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Thursday, a day after former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a deputy speaker, and 11 committee chairs were removed from their posts.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/881538/speaker-duterte-had-no-hand-in-house-shakeup#ixzz4bXsXmTFt 4. Manila Times
Duterte faces impeach rap
AN opposition lawmaker on Thursday filed the first impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte over thousands of supposedly drug-related killings, summary executions in Davao City when he was city mayor, as well as graft and corruption, charges immediately belittled by administration officials and congressional allies.
http://www.manilatimes.net/duterte-faces-impeach-rap/317635/
