Tag: Cabinet Secretary

Duterte urges Cabinet members to pursue projects that can be finished within his term

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Jan. 10, urged his Cabinet members to pursue projects that can be finished within his term. The President is in his fourth year in office. He will step down in 2022. “Sabi ko sa lahat ng secretary ng mga departamento, ‘Do not go into projects which you cannot finish within the two-year time left for me in office,’” the President said in Cotabato. He was in Pigcawayan […]

Nograles takes his oath as new Cabinet Secretary, replacing Evasco

  (Eagle News) — Representative Karlo Nograles of Davao City’s first district is the new Cabinet Secretary, taking his oath on Monday, Nov. 5, to fill in the position left vacant by former cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco who is running for Bohol governor. Nograles himself confirmed that he had already taken his oath, and thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for his confidence in him. “As a fellow Mindanaoan and kapwa probinsyano, I hope to contribute to […]

Umano’y kakapusan ng suplay ng NFA rice, iimbestigahan na sa Kamara

(Eagle News) – Bubusisiin na sa Kamara ang umano’y kakapusan ng bigas ng National Food Authority (NFA) sa merkado at kakaunting buffer stock. Noong Pebrero, inihain ni House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Jose Panganiban, Jr. ang resolusyon para imbestigahan ang ulat na umamin ang NFA na mayroon itong mahigit sa 65,000 metriko toneladang bigas na buffer stock na tatagal na lamang ng dalawang araw. Isinaad ni Panganiban sa resolusyon na ang mandato ng NFA ay […]