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Palace officials call on gov’t employees to help achieve Duterte governance goals

  (Eagle News) – Palace officials on Monday exhorted all government employees, including those in Malacanang, to help achieve the governance goals of President Rodrigo Duterte. During the new administration’s first flag-raising ceremony at the Palace’s Kalayaan Hall grounds, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella told palace employees that in order to help President Rodrigo R. Duterte achieve his goals, the support of everybody, particularly those in the government service, will be […]

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VP Robredo pays courtesy call to President Duterte

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Vice President Leni G.Robredo again met, this time in a “cordial” meeting held Monday afternoon in Malacanang when the country’s second highest official paid a courtesy call on the President. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andana was told that the President and Vice President had a closed-door meeting in which VP Robredo expressed full support to the leadership of President Duterte. According to Robredo, her […]

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Military to focus on disaster response missions

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Newly appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya said, the AFP will focus on its humanitarian assistance and disaster relief response missions. The Philippines is located in the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire” and has recorded more casualties and devastation brought about by national disasters and calamities. Aside from improving competencies in combat, soldiers would also be involved in the crackdown on criminality and terrorism, […]

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Applications for registration for Barangay, SK elections set on July 15-31

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is planning to conduct the registration of voters for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections this month. The application for registration will start on July 15 and will end by the end of the month. According to the COMELEC, the filing of opposition to the application for registration will start on August 1 to 15.

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PNP may ikakasang hotline para mapabilis ang pag-aksyon

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Philippine National Police o PNP na agad nilang aaksyunan ang mga lehitimong reklamong ipinararating sa kanila. Ito ang inihayag ni Senior Supt. Dionardo Carlos, tagapagsalita ng PNP kasunod ng ikakasang hotline ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte para sa iba’t-ibang sumbong ng publiko Ayon kay Carlos, mayroon din silang ikakasang sariling hotline sa PNP upang makatulong sa mabilis na pag-aksyon sa mga ipinararating sa kanilang impormasyon o sumbong. Kasalukuyang ginagamit […]

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Duterte to create task force against journalist killings

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will create a task force that will address journalist killings. According to Communications Operations Secretary Martin Andanar, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and his legal team are drafting an administrative order (AO). The announcement was made after Saturnino Estanio Jr., a broadcaster in Surigao City survived in an ambush. This is the first media violence that occurred under the Duterte administration.

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Tropical Storm to enter Philippine area of responsibility on Tuesday

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A typhoon with an international name of Nepartak is expected to landfall in the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday, July 5, the country’s weather bureau said. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services and Administration (PAGASA), the center of the tropical storm was moving at 2,060 kilometers east of Mindanao with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph). It is forecast to move […]

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LTFRB mulls lifting coding scheme in PUVs, AFP aid to fix traffic woes

    QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — To discourage people from buying more private cars which worsen traffic congestion, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said that it will consider lifting the number coding scheme. LTFRB Chairman Atty. Martin Delgra III told reporters in a press conference that quote: “There should be more people on the road than cars. Once we remove colorum vehicles, we will consider lifting number coding in public […]

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Executive Order on FOI expected until next week – Andanar

Credit photo from PCOO MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — “The best days are yet to come.” Presidential Communications Office Secretary, Martin Andanar has announced that the long-awaited Freedom of Information Bill is being finalized and is expected within the week, he said over Radyo ng Bayan on Sunday. “This week, watch out for the draft of the Executive Order for the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act which should be released within the week. This is the President’s […]

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Drilon pushes for con-con to review 1987 Constitution

MANILA, Philippines (PIA) — Senate President Franklin M. Drilon has filed a resolution calling for a constitutional convention to review the 1987 Constitution. “There is a need to re-examine the Constitution to determine if it is still attuned or responsive to the demands of present-day realities,” Drilon explained. Drilon said that Resolution of Both Houses No. 1 calls for a convention, whose members shall be elected by January of next year, to propose amendments to, […]

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