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(Eagle News) — The inauguration ceremonies for President-elect Rodrigo Duterte start inside Rizal Hall in Malacanang at around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, with the holding of an economical prayer, followed by a special song, “Duterte Para sa Tunay na Pagbabago” written and sung by Freddie Aguilar, and the reading of the Joint Resolution proclaming Rodrigo Duterte as President and Leni Robredo as the Vice-President based on the results of the May 9, 2016 […]
(Eagle News) — Outgoing Philippine President Aquino was given his last military honors at the Palace grounds around 11 a.m. Thursday June 30, about an hour before incoming President Rodrigo Duterte takes his oath as the 16th president of the country. After the military and departure honors, Aquino left the grounds of Malacanang where he served as the country’s top leader in the last six years. He will now start his life as “Citizen Noy” […]
MANILA, Philippines – President-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte will be sworn into office on Thursday in a historic feat as the country’s first president hailing from Mindanao. Supreme Court Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes will administer the oath in English as the President’s children — Paolo, Sara and Sebastian — stand in witness. His youngest daughter Veronica will hold the Bible to be used for the ceremony that will take place at the Rizal Hall in Malacañan […]
MANILA, June 30 — The inauguration of the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines, Rodrigo Roa Duterte is expected to be simple and manifests “real change”. The event is scheduled to start from 10:30 am and ends at around four in the afternoon at the the Rizal Hall of the Malacañang Palace. Mr. Duterte is set to prove to the Filipino people his campaign slogan of true reform in the country from the very […]
by Cecil MORELLA MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Authoritarian firebrand Rodrigo Duterte takes office as Philippine president Thursday, promising a ruthless and deeply controversial war on crime as the chief focus of his six-year term. His anti-crime programme includes plans to reintroduce the death penalty, issuing shoot-to-kill orders to the security services and offering them bounties for the bodies of drug dealers. He has also told ordinary Filipinos to kill suspected criminals. A lawyer who cut […]
(Eagle News) — Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., on Wednesday filed his electoral protest case before the Supreme Court which serves as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), as he insisted that he was cheated in the vice-presidential race during the vote-counting for the May 9 polls. The strong rains on Wednesday afternoon did not hamper the filing of the case, when the Marcos camp submitted its 1,000-page petition asking the PET to set aside the […]
Vice-President Leni Robredo delivers her speech in Filipino after her oath-taking at the Quezon City Reception House. (Eagle News Service screengrab photo) (Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni-Robredo took her oath of office at the Quezon City Reception House at 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, and delivered her speech afterwards. This was the first time that a Vice-President had a separate inauguration from the Philippine president. President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will take his oath at 12 […]
(Eagle News) — Ibinahagi ng state-owned television network ang larawan ng Barong Tagalog na isusuot ni President-elect Rodrigo Duterte sa kaniyang inaugurasyon. Sa twitter account ng People’s Television Network, naka-post ang barong na dinisenyo ni Aris Escarilla ng Chardin na isang high-end clothes shop sa Davao City. Una nang sinabi ng Chardin na naghanda sila ng 12 barong tagalog para kay Duterte na maaari niyang pagpilian. Naka-post din sa twitter account ng PTV-4 ang […]
By Weng dela Fuente (Eagle News) — Simpleng inaugurasyon lamang ang aasahan sa opisyal na pag-upo sa panunungkulan ni President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. Sa pahayag ng incoming Presidential Communications Office sa pangunguna ni incoming Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, sinabi nitong nais ni Duterte na maging simple lamang ang kaniyang inaugurasyon. Sa unang araw sa administrasyon, patutunayan din aniya ni President-elect Duterte ang pangakong sisimulan ang pagbabago. Simpleng kasuotan, simpleng pagkain para sa inaugurasyon Simpleng […]
MANILA, June 29 – Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. on Tuesday, June 28 bid farewell to journalists and reporters whom he has worked with for the past six years. In his last press briefing before leaving his post as spokesperson of outgoing President Benigno S. Aquino III, Secretary Coloma expressed his gratitude to the members of the Malacañang Press Corps, a group of reporters covering the President, for helping inform the public […]
MANILA, June 29 – In his message during his final press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, outgoing Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. underscored the importance of the media in a democratic country. Secretary Coloma, who will be replaced by former TV news anchor and radio commentator Martin Andanar on Thursday (June 30), said the government and the media should have a good relationship. “Hindi kailangang maging magka-away ang pamahalaan at media. Puwede namang […]
MANILA, June — Tomorrow, June 30, 2016, Rodrigo Roa Duterte will take his oath as the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines. The ceremonies will be less of a spectacle than tradition requires but bellowed of the Filipino pride. Incoming Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar has revealed preparations have already been finalized from the program down to the food. The program drafted by the Malacañan estimates the day’s activities to begin […]
