International news:

November 14 2016 ( Monday )

US president-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina governor Nikki Haley,
who was critical of him during his election campaign and who has little foreign
policy experience, to be US ambassador to the UN.
Local news:
1)

Strengthen his anti-drug campaign and suppress rebellion in Mindanao.

A writ of habeas corpus, which literally means to produce the body, is an order to deliver an imprisoned
individual to a court. Duterte said he wanted to take all drug pushers off the streets and have the last drug
lord killed during his term.
2) CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmea yesterday filed criminal charges against four

officials of SM Prime Holdings, Inc. for allegedly misrepresenting the size of its
building to reduce its tax obligations to the City Government amounting to about P23
million.

International news: November 15 2016 ( Tuesday )

The World Meteorological Organization has announced here at the 22nd annual
U.N. climate summit, known as COP 22, that 2016 is very likely to be the hottest
year on recordand that the average global temperature this year is 1.2 degrees
Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Local news:

1) 80th Founding Anniversary of the National Bureau of Investigation

What you do is my ultimate responsibility, said President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to the National
Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at their 80th founding anniversary held at the NBI Gymnasium in
Taft Avenue, Manila.He warned government workers not to go into illegal drugs, especially law
enforcers such as the NBI, the police and the military.Just do your duty, just follow my
instructions and you do not have anything to worry. And I will believe your story because I am
your chief, he said.

2) A 22-year-old Malaysian was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport

on Monday after he tried to smuggle into the country 4.6 kilos of high grade
cocaineworthP23million.

International news: November 16 2016 ( wednesday )

Dozens of wildfires continued to rage across the South on Wednesday,

scorching more than 128,000 acres in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Local news:
1) MANILA- After an eight-hour fire that gutted around 500 houses

and killed two people on Sunday, the Mandaluyong City

government passed on Wednesday afternoon a resolution
declaring a state of calamity in the two affected barangays
(villages) of Mandaluyong City, so that the local government
could mobilize resources for relief and rehabilitation efforts.
2) MANILA, Philippines The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now considering
more options to finally put an end to the widespread illegal contractual employment scheme in the
country.

International news: November 17 2016 ( thursday )

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing a military crackdown in Burma

and crossing the border into Bangladesh. Some news reportssay, members of
the group labeled the most-persecuted in the worldwere shot at as they fled,
and Bangladeshi border guards turned them away. More than 1 million
Rohingya live in western Burma, mainly in Rakhine state.
Local news:
1) MANILA, Philippines The Armed Forces of the Philippines was instructed to keep preparations
for the sudden burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes' Cemetery on Friday
under wraps.Brigadier General Restituto Padilla, AFP spokesperson, said the military was given
very short notice on Thursday at exactly 5 p.m., which was followed by a "flurry" of activity and
coordination.
2) MANILA, Philippines Suspected big-time drug lord Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa arrived from the
United Arab Emirates early Friday morning and will be kept in isolation at the national police
headquarters in Camp Crame for his security.Philippine National Police Director General

Ronald Dela Rosa presented Espinosa to the media after booking procedures. He said Espinosa
would be brought to the detention center after meeting with the PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Group.
Espinosa will be kept in isolation in the PNP custodial center and even relatives will be barred
from visiting him without clearance from Dela Rosa himself.

International news: November 18 2016 ( Friday )

Kansas City Fed President Esther George became latest voice in the rate-hike chorus,
saying the central bank should increase rates "sooner rather than later."
In a speech Friday morning, George encouraged her fellow central bankers to avoid a
situation where the Fed waited too long to hike and thus stoked fears in the market.
Local news:
1) The Philippine economy expanded 7.1 percent in the first three

months in office of President Duterte on the back of robust

public infrastructure spending and private construction, and
growth in agriculture.
2) TWENTY-NINE years ago another American politicianRonald Reaganalso
sought to make America great again. He stood in front of the Brandenburg Gate in
what was then West Berlin and implored his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev,
to knock down the Berlin Wall. Mr Reagan proclaimed that the West was ready to
promote true openness, to tear down barriers that separate people, to create a safe,
freer world. Today Donald Trump is the politician most associated with the desire to
make America great againand he thinks the way to do so is to build walls.
Unqualified defences of globalisation by Western leaders feel as archaic as the selfindulgent guitar solos of hair metal past.

International news: November 21 2016 ( Monday )

US President-elect Donald Trump knew from the very start it will end this way.
For winning is something he has done all his life. He has never lost and never made a
mistake. It was so easy. Remember? He alone could solve the problems of America
and make it great again.

Local news:

1) DAVAO CITY The new chief of the National Electrification Administration

(NEA) has vowed to help President Dutertes program of bringing development
to the countryside by energizing the farthest communities and pushing for
lower prices of electricity.
Edgardo Masongsong, former party-list representative for electric cooperatives who
was appointed administrator of the governments electric cooperatives regulator last
Nov. 18, said Sunday his office would prioritize bringing light to the barrios
(villages) because there is a correlation between access to electricity and improved
incomes.
Household access to electricity in rural areas is associated with a 36-percent increase
in per capita income, so you can see the role electricity plays in uplifting the lives of
our countrymen, Masongsong, quoting a study by the Philippine Institute for
Development Studies (PIDS), said in a statement.

2) An Inquirer team and a four-member crew of an American TV show sailed to

the disputed Panatag Shoal (international name: Scarborough Shoal) on Nov.
13, barely three weeks after Filipino fishermen were allowed access to their
traditional fishing ground by the Chinese Coast Guard patrolling the area.

The fishermen were anxious about returning to Panatag despite a friendly

agreement between the Philippine and Chinese governments on fishing at the shoal.
But they agreed to take us there so we could see for ourselves the situation at Panatag
Shoal.

International news: November 22 2016 (tuesday )

President-elect Donald Trump is calling for unity in a Thanksgiving address posted on social media.
In the message released Wednesday, Trump says the nation has just finished a "long and bruising" campaign and
that "tensions don't just heal overnight."
Trump says he is praying that on Thanksgiving the country will "begin to heal our divisions and move forward
strengthened by shared purpose."
He adds that with the political campaign over, it's time for a "great national .. campaign to rebuild our country.

Local news:

1) LOILO CITYWeary travelers along the Iloilo-Capiz national highway would

usually find relief when passing through a stretch of road flanked by tall
mahogany trees. The trees provided comfort and respite, especially to those
taking public transportation for a three-hour trip between Iloilo and Capiz
provinces, and Iloilo and Aklan province, a trip that would take four hours.
2). MANILA The Senate would adjourn its session on Tuesday night
whether or not it was done with floor deliberations on the proposed P3.3 trillion
national budget for 2017, Senate President Aquilino Koko Pimentel III said.
This would pave the way for the Senate to hold committee hearings on
Wednesday, Pimentel said.