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(Eagle News) — Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito filed his certificate of candidacy for re-election as senator in the May 2019 senatorial race before the Commission on Election (Comelec) in Intramuros, Manila. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Service Meanne Corvera)
(Eagle News) — No less that President Rodrigo Duterte accompanied his special assistant Christopher “Bong” Go when he filed his certificate of candidacy at past 4 p.m. Monday, October 15, at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) main office in Intramuros, Manila. The President sat beside Go as he submitted his COC, and even posed for photos with the signature “fist” pose, as Go showed his certificate of candidacy. Go will be running as a […]
(Eagle News) – Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, has resigned and decided to run as a party-list representative, instead of running as a senatorial candidate. In his farewell press briefing in Malacanang on Monday, Oct. 15, Roque announced this, saying he has consulted President Rodrigo Duterte himself and that the President had advised him that it was better for him to run for Congress, instead of the Senate. “He (Duterte) has advised that the […]
(Eagle News) — Former Palace communications assistant secretary Mocha Uson on Monday, October 15 filed her certificate of candidacy for party-list representative under the AA Kasosyo partylist. (Photos by Eagle News Service Jerold Tagbo)
(Eagle News) — On the third day of filing of the certificate of candidacy, supporters of politicians and party-list groups gathered outside the Commission on Election (Comelec) main office in Palacio del Gobernador Intramuros, Manila. (Photos by Eagle News Service Jerold Tagbo, Meanne Corvera)
(Eagle News) — Senator Cynthia Villar filed her certificate of candidacy seeking for her second term in the Senate on Monday, October 15. She is accompanied by her husband former senator Manny Villar. Villar will run for senator under Nacionalista Party. (Eagle News Service Jerold Tagbo)
(Eagle News) — Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano files on Monday, October 15 filed his certificate of candidacy for 2019 senatorial run. Alejano was accompanied by Sen. Antonio Trillanes. (Eagle News Service Jerold Tagbo)
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to temporarily suspend the implementation of the additional fuel excise tax to “arrest the rising price of oil” and to tame inflation, according to Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go. In his speech at the opening of the TienDA Malasakit Store in Taguig City on Sunday, October 14, Go said that the temporary suspension of the second tranche of the fuel excise tax would be […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice on Sunday, Oct. 14, took strong exception to Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano’s allegation the government was exerting pressure on a Makati court judge for him to rule against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in the coup d’état case against him. In a strongly worded statement, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the DOJ “does not interact with the judge except through the pleadings filed and arguments raised in open court,” referring to […]
(Eagle News)–Special Assistant to the President Bong Go has yet to decide whether to run for a Senate seat in the 2019 elections. But in a radio interview, Go said the chances he would run were higher. “Pinagiisipan ko pa pong mabuti,” he said. According to Go, he “leave(s) it to the wisdom of the President kung saan po ako mas makakatulong.” Asked about his colleagues’ political plans, Go said Harry Roque and the President […]
(Eagle News)–Filipinos illegally staying in the United Arab Emirates only have until the end of the month to regularize their stay or face repatriation. This was the reminder issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs a day before the arrival in Manila of 150 Filipinos from Dubai who availed of the UAE amnesty program. The 14th batch of repatriates is expected to arrive at Terminal 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 8:45 a.m. […]
(Eagle News)–For Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, the number of votes the Philippines got to be reelected to the United Nations Human Rights Council “speaks volumes of the confidence of the international community on the human rights record of the Duterte administration.” On Friday, 165 out of 192 member-states voted for the Philippines’ reelection for 2018 to 2020. Apart from the Philippines, Bahrain, Cameroon, Somalia, Bangladesh, and Eritrea were voted into the body. “We […]
