DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte wants to change the constitution to lift restrictive foreign investment laws as part of his plan to boost the economy, a senior aide said Thursday. He also plans to spend more to address crumbling infrastructure and make it easier to do business overall, Carlos Dominguez, widely tipped to win a cabinet post, told reporters. “We will ensure the attractiveness of the Philippines to foreign direct investment by […]
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CPP-NPA founding chair Joma Sison, nais umanong ipaaresto si President Aquino
MANILA, Philippines — Isa sa gustong mangyari ni CPP-NPA Founding Chairman Joma Sison na ipaaresto si Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III pagbaba nito sa puwesto. Pero ayon sa Malakanyang, hindi makakatulong ang gayon sa ipina-panawagang unity and healing ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte. (Eagle News)
Botong nakuha ni Robredo, kaduda-duda — Political Analyst, Statistician
MANILA, Philippines — Isang statistician at political Analyst ang nangangamba rin sa anila’y kaduda-dudang boto na nakukuha ni Representative Leni Rebredo. Ayon kay Prof. David Yap, Statistician ng Ateneo de Manila University at Prof. Antonio Contreras, Political Analyst ng De La Salle University, kuwestyunable ang lumalabas na resulta ng boto sa eleksyon para kay Robredo. (Eagle News)
President Aquino names Executive Secretary Ochoa as head of transition team
MANILA, May 13 – President Benigno S. Aquino III has informed the camp of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of the transition team to be headed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. “I talked to Mr. Bong Go yesterday (Tuesday) to relay to Mayor Duterte that an Administrative Order is being drafted designating the Executive Secretary as head of the transition team,” President Aquino said in a statement issued by Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. […]
AFP at PNP, handa na sa Special Elections sa Sabado
MANLIa, Philippines — Handang handa na ang Philippine National Police para sa ipatutupad na seguridad sa gagawing special elections sa ilang sa Samar at ARMM sa Sabado, Mayo 14. Samantala, ang AFP naman ay nakahanda raw na magpadala ng augmentation force sa mga lugar na may security concern. (Eagle News)
Presidential Transition Committee scheduled to meet on Friday afternoon
MANILA, May 13 – Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. is scheduled to meet with the members of the Presidential Transition Committee (PTC) at the Office of the President on Friday (May 13) afternoon. President Aquino has named Executive Secretary Ochoa as head of the transition committee tasked to brief the team of presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. “The transition committee created by President Aquino and headed by ES Ochoa will hold its initial meeting shortly. This committee involves […]
Duterte: Kayong nasa NAIA, pag may “tanim” pa dyan, lahat kayo alis
Ito ang babala ni Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte laban sa mga empleyado ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (o NAIA) hinggil sa isyu ng tanim bala. Banta ni Duterte, sisibakin nya lahat ng empleyado ng NAIA mula sa pinaka pinuno ng paliparan hanggang sa Police Commander na naka istasyon sa paliparan. Ang nasabing interview ay ginanap isang araw matapos ang eleksyon.
European Union at Spain, nakahandang makipagtulungan kay Duterte
Tiniyak ng European Union ang makikipag tulungan sa nakatakdang pag- upo bilang bagong pangulo ng Pilipinas na si Rodrigo Duterte matapos ang halalan nito lamang Lunes. Ayon kay European Union Ambassador Franz Jessen, hinihintay na lamang nila ang official announcement kung saan nakatakda nitong ilatag sa bagong pangulo ang agenda sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at EU. Partikular na ang usaping pangkapayapaan sa Mindanao. Suportado rin ng Spain si Duterte na nangakong palalakasin ang relasyon sa […]
Cayetano nag-concede na kay Robredo
“I humbly concede my vice presidential bid to Rep. Leni Robredo, who, by all accounts and with 96 percent of the votes already tallied, is our country’s presumptive vice president-elect.” Naniniwala ang senador na hindi lamang nangunguna sa pagkabise presidente si Robredo kundi siya ang malinaw na nanalo rito. Nanawagan din ang runningmate ni presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte sa iba pang kandidato na igalang ang pasya ng mamamayan at suportahan na sina Duterte At Robredo. […]
May Migration of Votes sa Quick Count ng Comelec at PPCRV – Marcos Camp
Ibinunyag ng kampo ni Vice-Presidential candidate Senator Bongbong Marcos ang nangyayaring migration of votes o ang paglilipat ng mga boto sa patuloy na isinasagawang quick count Ng Commission On Elections at Parish Pastoral Council For Responsible Voting o PPCRV. Ayon kay ABAKADA partylist Representative Jonathan Dela Cruz, kuwestyunable kung saan nanggagaling ang mga boto para kay Administration party Vice-Presidential candidate Leni Robredo lalo’t si Marcos ang paboritong Vice-Presidential candidate ng halos lahat ng presidentiables. Kataka-taka […]
COMELEC confirms change in “script” of transparency server
(Eagle News) — The Commisson on Elections on Thursday confirmed that it has allowed the changing of the script of the poll body’s transparency server, but that this was not to revise the hash code of the system. COMELEC chair Andres Bautista said the transparency server was tweaked only to correct the error in the letter ñ. According to the poll body, Marlon Garcia, the project manager of Smartmatic, only corrected one character of the […]
EU Celebrates Silver Year in the Philippines
The European Union celebrated 25 years of partnership with the Philippines at the Europe Day reception in Makati City.





