Tag: Bong Go

Lacson questions Acierto’s timing, motive for release of “exposé” on Michael Yang

(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, March 28, questioned the timing and motive for  dismissed Colonel Eduardo Acierto’s release of his alleged exposé on Michael Yang’s supposed drug links. Speaking before the Kapihan sa Senado, Lacson said in the first place, Acierto could have said what he said he knew when he appeared before the Senate blue ribbon committee probing the shabu shipment allegedly seen in magnetic lifters last year. Acierto has been […]

“Malasakit Center” posters ni dating SAP Bong Go, pinababaklas ng Comelec sa DOH

(Eagle News) — Pinatatanggal ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa Department Of Health (DOH) ang lahat ng “malasakit center posters” na may pangalan ni dating Special Assistant to the President at senatorial candidate Christopher “Bong” Go. Ayon kay Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, nagpadala na ito ng mga notice sa lahat ng kandidato na may mga illegal posters. Kabilang na anya rito yaong mga posters na nakapaskil sa mga government hospitals, health centers, airports, piers at […]

Duterte expresses dismay over resulting SWS Senate survey frontrunners

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Jan. 3, expressed dismay over the results of a recent Social Weather Stations survey on winning Senate bets in the 2019 polls, saying his bets were better choices for the people. “I don’t want to derogate others pero nakita niyo yung nanguna sa survey?” he asked. He then made a pitch for his candidates, including his former aide Bong Go, Francis Tolentino and former police chief Ronald dela Rosa, […]

Duterte slams Communist rebels anew

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Dec. 18, slammed Communist rebels anew, noting what he said were their atrocities. “They are just plain bandits and that is the way we should treat them,” Duterte said. According to the President, because the rebels were “criminals,” a warrant was not needed to arrest them. He said they were “24-hour violators” of the Revised Penal Code after all. “Darating ang panahon na hindi na ako tatanggap ng surrenderees,” […]

New Special Assistant to the President named

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has named an officer in charge of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President. Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain, who was administrator of Davao when Duterte was the city mayor, will replace Bong Go temporarily, based on a memorandum signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Go resigned last month to run as senator n the 2019 polls.

Bong Go may kapalit na bilang assistant ni Pangulong Duterte

(Eagle News) — May napili na si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na kapalit ni Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go. Ipinakilala ng Pangulo ang kapalit ni Go sa kanyang naging talumpati sa Philippine Quality Award and Conferment Ceremony sa Malacañang. Bagamat hindi pinangalanan ni Duterte ang kapalit ni Go, nakilala ito na si Senior Inspector Sofia Loren Deliu na dating contestant ng Miss Earth Philippines beauty pageant. Si Deliu ay kasalukuyang junior officer sa […]

President Duterte accompanies Bong Go as he files COC for senate bid

  (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 […]

President Duterte has decided to temporarily suspend 2nd tranche of excise tax on fuel, says Bong Go

(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 […]

Bong Go says chances he runs for a Senate seat are higher

(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 […]

Trillanes files reso seeking Senate probe into gov’t contracts won by Bong Go’s family

(Eagle News)—-Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Sept. 12, filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the government contracts allegedly obtained by the family of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Trillanes filed Resolution 889 a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said the senator’s mother was a supplier for the Philippine Navy even when the senator and his father were in the naval service. Trillanes said he would not know if his mother did […]

Bong Go hits back at PCIJ; “I have never been involved in gov’t corruption,” he says

(Eagle News)—-Special Assistant to the President Bong Go called recent reports by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism as  “false news guised as investigative reports,” saying he has never been involved in corruption. “I have protected my name over the years. If anyone can prove that I spoke with (Department of Public Works and Highways) or any other agency involved in the funding of these projects, I will resign immediately,” he said in a statement. Go […]

Alejano: I don’t need to go to Israel to prove the President is healthy

(Eagle News)–Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Tuesday, Aug. 28, said he did not need to go to Israel to prove the chief executive was healthy. Alejano made the statement in response to a statement by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go that he do the same following the congressman’s remark the President would go to Israel for health reasons. Duterte denied this, saying he only wanted to visit the Overseas Filipino Workers there in […]