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(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, Oct. 5, strongly refuted a media report that said President Rodrigo Duterte had linked an alleged drug pusher to Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua. In a radio interview, Roque said the President’s words had been taken out of context by Rappler. GMA News Online also carried a similar story. “Fake news, fake news, fake news… Ang konteksto po ng sinabi ni Presidente, at meron po akong video… ang […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Inflation surged to 6.7 percent in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Friday, Oct. 5. In August, the inflation rate was pegged at 6.4 percent. National Statistician Lisa Grace Bersales noted, however, that month-on-month inflation was at 0.8 percent, slower than the 0.9 percent in August. Month-on-month inflation refers to the increase in consumer prices.
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 4, said he wants Army Chief Lieutenant Rolando Bautista to be the next Social Welfare Secretary. Bautista was commander of the task group that fought against the Maute terrorists who overran Marawi in May last year and defeated them. He is slated to retire from the military on Oct. 15, after reaching the mandatory age of retirement. I’ll announce it, the next DSWD secretary… Rolly, Rolly Bautista. Sorry […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 4, admitted he had gone to the hospital the day before but only so he could undergo some tests. In a speech before the Philippine Military Academy, Duterte said he stayed for an hour in the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan. “I was about to have a sana ngayong Cabinet meeting yesterday but yung reading ng aking ano, somebody advised my doctor just also to repeat […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace released pictures and a video of President Rodrigo Duterte in a series of activities on Thursday, Oct. 4, to quash rumors he had been hospitalized on Wednesday, Oct. 3. In the pictures released by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Duterte was seen meeting with former President Fidel Ramos. In a video posted by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Duterte was seen shaking hands with some military officials as he prepared […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was not at the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp. event in Malacanang on Wednesday, Oct. 3, because he decided to rest instead. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement, effectively belying rumors the President had been hospitalized on that day. According to Roque, the President stayed at Bahay Pangarap. “He had a schedule almost every day. He did not really have a day off. So the President decided to have […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Thursday, Oct. 4, stood by its remark some schools were being used as venues for “communist recruitment.” AFP Spokesperson Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo issued the statement after some schools–the University of Makati and the University of Sto. Tomas, among others–denied there was such a recruitment in their campuses. According to Arevalo, “we have reports of concerned parents communicating to us their worries about the ‘brainwashing’ activities […]
(Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo is running for a Senate seat in 2019. In a statement, Atty. Romulo Macalintal said he decided to run upon the prodding of senior citizens and persons with disabilities. “Maraming pangangailangan ang ating mga kapatid na senior citizen at persons with disabilities. Mula sa kanilang kalusugan, kabuhayan, pati na rin kapakanan. Sila ay dumaraing ngunit hindi nila maipaglaban ang kanilang karapatan.Marami sa kanila ang nais […]
Zamboanga City district collector, Customs Police district commander under preventive suspension (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered an “immediate, thorough” investigation into the disappearance of over 23,000 sacks of smuggled rice. “He was visibly upset..Nagalit talaga si Presidente. It’s incredible. How can you lose sacks of rice?” Roque said in a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 4. According to Roque, based on a report from Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapena, as of 10 a.m., Zamboanga […]
(Eagle News) — A group of Overseas Filipino Workers has filed an ethics complaint against ACTS-OFW Rep. Aniceto Bertiz III. In also seeking for Bertiz’s “outright removal” from office, Arman Hernando, chair of Migrante International, noted that his “conduct and ideals” are “unbecoming of an OFW representative.” Earlier, Bertiz earned the ire of netizens after he was seen shoving his VIP pass in the face of a security officer at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport […]
(Eagle News) — The number of senatorial bets running under the PDP-Laban ticket is now down to “five or six.” This is according to Senator Koko Pimentel, who had said he had sent an initial list of 24 possible senatorial bets to President Rodrigo Duterte, the PDP-Laban chair, in August. According to Pimentel, the number was reduced after some decided to run for other posts such as Quirino Rep. Dakila Carlo Dax Cua, who said he […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Lito Lapid and his son Mark are now members of the Nationalist People’s Coalition. The two took their oath before Senate President Tito Sotto. Lapid is reportedly planning to run for a Senate seat in 2019, while Mark is eyeing the post of mayor in Porac, Pampanga. Both will run under the NPC ticket.
