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SWS: 72 percent of Filipinos satisfied with Duterte admin performance

(Eagle News)–The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte kept its very good net satisfaction rating, with 72 percent of Filipinos satisfied with their performance, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The SWS said the +58 net satisfaction rating of the Duterte administration, with 15% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 13% dissatisfied, was similar to the very good +58 (69% satisfied, 11% dissatisfied) in March 2018. “The steady net satisfaction rating of the Duterte Administration from March 2018 to June […]

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House panel to move for chambers of Congress to vote separately in Cha-Cha

(Eagle News)—Newly elected House committee on constitutional amendments chair Vicente Veloso said they would withdraw the House resolution that allows  Congress to convene into a constitutional assembly for Charter Change. In a radio interview, Veloso said this was at the behest of Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who said the resolution should specify that voting would be done separately by the Senate and the House in their proposed amendments to the Constitution. “Kasi may pagdududa daw […]

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PHL to send basketball delegation to Asian Games

(Eagle News)—The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is sending a Philippine team to the Asian Games after all. SBP and Philippine Basketball Association officials confirmed this in a press conference over the weekend. In a statement, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said the decision was the result of his talks with the PBA and SBP “na kapwa naman maluwag na kinonsidera ang gusto natin na magpadala ng koponan sa nasabing palaro.” “Sayang po kasi […]

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Duterte honors those wounded in Basilan blast

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Aug. 5, visited those who were wounded in an explosion at a checkpoint in Basilan on July 31. The President conferred the Order of Lapu-Lapu on six Scout Rangers, and on the three members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit who were injured in the blast that killed at least 11 people. They were also given financial assistance and cellphones, among others. Authorities are still investigating the blast […]

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Trillanes lashes out at Cayetano; calls him “a political snake”

(Eagle News)–“A political snake.” This was how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano following his word war with former President Benigno Aquino III over the West Philippine Sea issue. In a statement, Trillanes noted how Cayetano was “still a loyal ally of the Aquino administration” when the Panatag stand-off took place in 2012. “..So obviously, he never saw anything wrong with how PNoy (President Noynoy Aquino) resolved it then,” Trillanes […]

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Castro: Arroyo treats all solons equally

(Eagle News)–Deputy Speaker Fredenil Castro said Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s statement all lawmakers would receive a budget regardless of whether they were a member of the majority or the minority shows she treats all her colleagues equally. In a radio interview, Castro said this was the right thing to do, as a Speaker was a Speaker not only for the majority but also the minority. “Ang Speaker, dapat nasa gitna lang,” he said. He said […]

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Zarate: Offer of P1-million bounty for arrest of four militant leaders “a cheap political stunt, vendetta”

(Eagle News)–“A cheap political stunt and vendetta.” This was how Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate described the P1-million bounty offered by the Citizens Crime Watch for the arrest of four militant leaders for supposed murder. “This is evidently a cheap political stunt and vendetta by sycophants who wants (sic) to claw their way to power,” he said. According to Zarate, if anything happens to Liza Maza, Rafael Mariano, Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casiño, “we will hold […]

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Pacquiao wants Sara Duterte to run for Senate seat

(Eagle News)–Senator Manny Pacquiao wants Davao Mayor Sara Duterte to run for senator in 2019. In a radio interview, Pacquiao said this was because he feels she would be able to do a lot in the Senate because of her political will. “Na-manage nga niya nang maayos ang Davao City eh…,” he said. He said the presidential daughter could also help outside the Senate. Earlier, Senator Panfilo Lacson said that among the “fresh, new, young” […]

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Jeane Napoles back in PHL — lawyer

(Eagle News)—–Jeane Napoles is back in the country and will face the cases filed against her, her lawyer said on Saturday, Aug. 4. In a statement, Jun Encarnacion said he “personally fetched” his client from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Aug. 3, at 3:35 a.m. He said this after confirming his client left the country on July 27, prior to the United States justice department’s announcement she, her sister Jo Christine, Jo Christine’s husband […]

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Bayan’s Reyes slams Topacio’s P1-million bounty offer for arrest of 4 former lawmakers

(Eagle News)–“A lame publicity stunt.” This was how Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Secretary General Renato Reyes described lawyer Ferdinand Topacio’s offer of a P1 million bounty for the arrest of former Bayan Muna Reps. Satur Ocampo and Teodoro Casiño, former Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza and former Agrarian Reform Secretary and Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano, who have been ordered arrested by a Nueva Ecija court. “What is the point of the PR gimmick of Topacio et al when […]

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Duterte lashes out at Prietos anew; expresses opposition to renewal of ABS-CBN franchise

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Aug. 4, lashed out at the Prieto family and ABS-CBN anew, noting what he said were their liabilities to the government. In a speech in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Duterte even expressed his opposition to the television station’s franchise renewal. “Sige, padala ng emissary para kausapin ako….(But) Nothing will happen. I will not talk to you but I will never also intervene,” Duterte said. If he had his way, though,  “I […]

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Cayetano fires back at Noynoy Aquino over West PHL Sea issue

(Eagle News)—-Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano lashed out at  Former President Benigno Aquino III, who criticized his handling of the West Philippine Sea issue and hoped the secretary’s politics were as “transparent” as their hairstyles. In a statement posted on his Facebook account, Cayetano said it was “regrettable” the former president “chose to play with words, including our haircuts, in responding to an immensely important issue and addressing people’s main questions about the situation […]

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