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(Eagle News)—-Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday, Oct. 8, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s trip to Hong Kong, saying he deserved some private time. “I really believe that he deserves private time. He has to stop and smell the flowers too,” he said in a television interview. According to Andanar, “if there’s anything about that, it’s the president showing his love for his family and he works so hard, he deserves it.” “Family is […]
(Eagle News) — Hihirit ng dagdag-presyo sa tinapay ang samahan ng mga panaderya sa bansa. Ayon kay Luisito Chavez ng Philippine Federation of Bakers’ Association, maghahain sila ng petisyon sa Department of Trade Industry anumang araw ngayong linggo kaugnay sa taas-presyo ng tinapay. Bagamat stable aniya ang presyuhan ng harina, mataas naman ang ibang sangkap sa paggawa ng tinapay bukod pa sa malaking singil sa kuryente, tubig at gasolina. Hindi naman masabi ng samahan kung […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque cancelled his regular press briefing in Malacañang on Monday, Oct. 8. In a text message to reporters, Roque said he was going on leave starting that day. Roque did not give a reason, but his leave came after the presidential spokesperson said he would think about whether or not he would stay in that function in government. He said this after he was left in the dark about President Duterte’s […]
(Eagle News)–For the lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo, if President Rodrigo Duterte resigns it is not for him to decide who to succeed him. According to Barry Gutierrez, “Yung Konstitusyon na sinumpaan niyang tutuparin at ipagtatanggol, yun din yung Konstitusyon na nagsasabi na kung sakaling siya ay bababa sa pwesto, ang papalit sa kanya ay ang nahalal na bise presidente.” Gutierrez issued the statement after Duterte again belittled Robredo’s leadership capabilities, saying she was […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon urged President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint a career officer at the helm of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, instead of a military official. “The President should reconsider his decision to appoint a retired military officer as DSWD secretary. The DSWD is a very sensitive and crucial social welfare agency,” Drilon said in an interview with DZBB on Sunday, Oct. 7. He was referring to Lieutenant General Rolando […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Sunday, Oct. 7, called for a full disclosure of the President’s state of health if he was serious when he made the “cancer” remark. “..But if not (serious), then it would be best that we stop such talk and focus our time and attention on looking for solutions to the serious problems of spiraling high prices of food, gasoline, and other basic commodities,” Pangilinan said in a short statement. In […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Escudero believes President Rodrigo Duterte will be candid about his state of health. According to Escudero, it was, after all, Duterte himself who disclosed what medical tests he underwent “the denials of his spokespersons notwithstanding.” “I think he will be equally candid with respect to the “findings,” if any, and his spokespersons should take the cue from their boss with respect to this issue and not second guess him as regards his […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Sunday, Oct. 7, thanked the public for the very good satisfaction rating it gave the Duterte administration, based on a Social Weather Stations survey. “As the survey shows, in what Social Weather Stations calls its Governance Report Card, of the 14 specific subjects rated, we received the lowest rating in fighting inflation. Nonetheless, public satisfaction remains “very good” at +50 during the time when our people are feeling the hit of […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s military said Sunday one of its members was killed in a car crash in the Philippines during joint exercises with US and Filipino troops. Suguru Maehara, a 38-year-old sergeant of the Ground Self-Defense Forces, was involved in the accident on Tuesday last week, according to a GSDF spokesman who confirmed his death. “It is the first time a GSDF member has died during an overseas drill,” the spokesman told […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has upheld the Sandiganbayan’s decision to allow the use of the Anti-Money Laundering Council inquiry report on alleged pork barrel scam transactions in the plunder case against former Senator Jinggoy Estrada. In an 11-page resolution penned by Justice Lucas Bersamin, the High Court junked Estrada’s petition for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus assailing the denial of the Sandiganbayan of his motion to suppress/exclude the report, calling the same moot and academic. In doing so, […]
(Eagle News) — Fellow Supreme Court justices honored retiring Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro on Friday, crediting her for having restored collegiality, as well as “dignity and harmony” in the high court. The high court held a special en banc session honoring De Castro, the 24th Supreme Court Chief Justice of the country on Friday, three days before she officially reaches her mandatory retirement age of 70 on Monday, October 8, her birthday. Senior […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Surigao del Norte on Sunday, Oct. 7. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake took place 83 kilometers east of Burgos. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No aftershocks were expected.
