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(Eagle News) — Nais ni House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez na limitan lamang sa panahon ng Duterte administration ang pagpapataw ng death penalty. Ayon kay Suarez, isa pangunahing may-akda ng panukala, sa oras na magsimula na ang period of amendments ay magsisingit siya ng tinatawag na sunset provision sa death penalty bill. Samantala, ang mga anti-death penalty sa minorya naman ay umapila na idaan ang panukalang ito sa conscience votes ng mga kongresista. Ayon kina […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte maintained that there is still a good relationship between him and former President Fidel V. Ramos. This was after the former President’s comments criticizing the Duterte administration. Ramos personally went to the Malacañang to discuss his personal concerns with President Duterte.
QUEZON City, Philippines (November 14) – A lot has been said about the state of the Philippine economy after the first 100 days of President Duterte’s Administration. Critics were quick to say that the economy has weakened. Shuli Ren in his article in Barron’s Asia website cited the 0.6% drop in the Philippine Stock Market right after US President Obama cancelled his meeting with President Duterte following Duterte’s harsh remarks after the media asked him what […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Handang tumulong ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sa imbestigasyon ng United Nations Special Rapporteur sa alegasyong extra-judicial killings sa ilalim ng Duterte Administration. Pero nilinaw ni CHR Chairman Chito Gascon na wala pa silang natatanggap na Official Communication mula sa UN hinggil sa imbitasyon ng Malacañang kay Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard. Ayon kay Gascon, maaaring pinaplantsa pa lamang ng un ang mga detalye ng isasagawang imbestigasyon.
(Eagle News) — With the theme: “Build, build, build,” the Duterte administration will soon launch the biggest infrastructure push in Philippine history amounting to P8 trillion to propel economic growth in the next five-and-a-half years. Socio-economic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia said the Duterte administration would be the “golden age for infrastructure” if this pushes through, even as the other cabinet members pushed for the granting of emergency powers to the government to make this happen. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Duterte administration will revive some of the projects of former President Ferdinand Marcos. President Duterte said some of the Marcos projects that his administration will copy are the “Masagana 99” and “Biyayang Dagat” for the food security of the country.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inilatag ni Foreign Affairs Sec. Perfecto Yasay sa UN general Assembly ang apat na prayoridad ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ayon kay Yasay, kabilang dito ang commitment ng pamahalaan para sa pagsunod sa rule of law at ang pagbibigay ng dekalidad na serbisyo para sa publiko. Kasama din sa kanilang prayoridad ang commitment ng pamahalaan sa pagtugon sa climate change at disaster risk reduction at ang pagpapanatili ng […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacanang said it would continue the economic policies of the Aquino administration. National Economic Development Agency Director-General Ernesto Pernia said that the current administration is actually continuing the implementation of the former administration’s macro-economic policies. Pernia said that the government is now prioritizing the implementation of public-private partnership projects and big-ticket infrastructure projects.
QUEZON City, Philippines – In the near future, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be connected by an efficient and fast bullet train system. Ret. Col. Rodrigo Bonifacio, a member of the Duterte administration think tank, said the bullet train is part of the planned 9.1 trillion euro infrastructure project promised by European leaders.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Duterte administration is studying the possibility of streamlining government procedures as well as lessening the required processing time to facilitate business. Incoming Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said that the incoming administration is committed to lessening the processing time as well as making government agencies review their respective procedures. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – Oriental Mindoro 2nd District Representative Rey Umali said that it is possible to implement federalism within three years into the Duterte administration if the necessary amendment is proposed early during the 17th Congress. Federalism is one of the priority measures of the Duterte administration and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte aims to achieve it by 2020. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales,Editing by DYC, Uploaded by […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The administration of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte plans to continue his weekly television show, “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa” (From the Masses to the Masses), this time fit for national television. According to Presidential Communication Operations Office chief Martin Andanar, the weekly TV show aims to lay down to the public the policies and programs of the government. Duterte’s weekly show in Davao City addresses various concerns of constituents. Andanar said […]
