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(Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the dismissal of former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog again. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ombudsman said Mabilog’s dismissal stems from his role in the allegedly anomalous agreement between the local government and a private company he himself owned in 2015. “It is undisputed that respondent entered into a MOA, on behalf of the city government with 3L for the implementation of the city’s […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has fired two government officials for “sitting on papers” that were necessary for the construction of an infrastructure project for an entire year. The President announced the dismissal of the two Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission officials in an interview aired over PTV 4 on Friday night. “May dalawa dito na isang taon na halos ‘yung papel. At ‘yun pa namang papel na ‘yung construction firm, na siya ang gagawa ng […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has fired two more of his people after they allegedly “us(ed) their influence.” In an interview–a video clip of which was uploaded on Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson’s Facebook page on Friday–Duterte said, without giving names, that the two he fired were “from Malacañang.” “Empleyado diyan tapos kung ano anong pinagsasabi sa labas, na malakas (sila). I hate that,” Duterte said. He said he did not make any […]
(Eagle News) — The House Justice panel on Thursday approved the committee report and resolution that dismissed the impeachment complaint filed against Commission on Elections chair Andres Bautista. Nineteen members voted for the motion of Misamis Occidental Representative Henry Oaminal to make such an approval. Only two members—Rep. Gwen Garcia and Rep. Harry Roque—voted against Oaminal’s motion. The complaint filed by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio and former Rep. Jacinto Paras on Aug. 23 was earlier dismissed for […]
(Eagle News) — “I could never be misinformed.” This was the response of President Rodrigo Duterte to dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno’s statement the chief executive had been fed wrong information that led to his dismissal on Monday. “I could never be misinformed. Kaabugado ko misinformed ako,” he told reporters in an ambush interview in Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, which he visited on Thursday. “When I make a move, when I […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had already talked about firing Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno days before he officially sacked him at the end of a Cabinet meeting. This is according to Senator Tito Sotto, majority floor leader, who said he “already overheard” this during their trip to Myanmar and Thailand two weeks ago. “As I told one of you and I told you off the record then, I knew the (Department of the Interior and […]
(Eagle News) — Dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno on Thursday said he was retiring from politics for good, even as he reiterated he had done nothing wrong and that he was only “a willing victim” in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drive against corruption. “Ayoko na. Out na talaga ako… Malaki kris ni misis ko. Baka mamaya gamitin niya. Promise ko sa kanya di na ako babalik sa pulitika,” Sueno said when asked if he had plans of running for governor in Mindanao […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday revealed he had fired another government official, an undersecretary, only days after he sacked a member of his Cabinet. Duterte made the revelation during a speech at the Grand Harvest Festival of the Seh Leng Agritech Corporation in Talavera, Nueva Ecija. “Sabi ko kanina..tawagan mo..She’s fired. So pangalawa siya,” he said. The first official who was sacked this week was Department of the Interior and Local Government chief […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he fired then-Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mike Sueno because he “did not like his answer” when asked about the questionable firetruck deal the DILG had entered into. “Last night I fired a Cabinet member in a full Cabinet meeting because I did not like his answer because it was a plain lie,” he said during the inauguration of the Metropolitan Manila Development […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was “quite open and frank” in questioning Interior Secretary Mike Sueno during Monday’s Cabinet meeting before he was sacked. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a press briefing in Malacanang on Tuesday that Duterte’s questioning started “almost at the beginning of the meeting.” “The President was asking if (Sueno) traveled abroad to this part, did he know the background of the situation. More or less along that line. He was interested in establishing […]
(Eagle News) — “He showed remarkable political will.” This was how Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon described President Rodrigo Duterte after he sacked Interior Secretary Mike Sueno, citing “a lack of loss and confidence,” on Monday night. In a statement, Biazon said Sueno, after all, was a “prime mover in the electoral campaign of the President occupying a top sensitive post.” “Trust and confidence of a President in his appointee should be absolute. This is an example of an […]
