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President Rodrigo Duterte attended a briefing on the state visits of Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia to the Philippines at the Study Conference Room in Malacañan Palace on Wednesday April 26, 2017. His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia are arriving ahead of their fellow leaders for their respective state visits. They are also set to participate in the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit chaired […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, April 26 attended the final briefing on the country’s hosting and chairmanship of the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit at the Aguinaldo State Dining Room in Malacañan Palace. https://youtu.be/1x1xGFMz6Fs
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Tinawag na politically motivated ni Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III ang crime against humanity na isinampa laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at dalawang senador sa International Criminal Court. Iginiit ni Pimentel na ang hindi pagkakakumbinse kina Senador Alan Peter Cayetano at Senador Richard Gordon na imbestigahan ang kaso ng umano’y extrajudicial killings ay hindi nangangahulugang pinagtatakpan nila ang pangulo. “The complainant just showed how weak his complaint is and […]
President Rodrigo Duterte is set to enjoy foreign support for his drug war when he hosts Southeast Asian leaders at a Manila summit this week, observers say. Duterte’s foreign policy is also expected to be in focus at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) event, which has the Philippines warming up to China, with which it has a territorial dispute. It will be closely watched how Duterte, who has not minced words against the United States […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The University of the Philippines caused quite a stir among some netizens and some in the UP community only recently. The powerful policy-making Board of Regents offered to confer an honorary degree – Doctorate of Law, honoris causa, to be exact – to President Rodrigo Duterte, citing tradition as the main reason. But the offer did not suit well with the protesters, who said the President, who has been criticized for his supposedly inhumane war […]
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda has confirmed that her office has received the communication of a Philippine lawyer who is seeking the investigation of President Rodrigo Duterte for allegedly committing “mass murder” regarding the Philippine government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign. Lawyer Jude Sabio, legal counsel of confessed hitman Edgar Matobato, filed a 77-page information against the President before the ICC, along with 11 of his allies, accusing him of committing crimes against humanity. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa to immediately detain the lady police officer who was earlier arrested in Bohol, and turned out to be a “lover” of an Abu Sayyaf member. “I just received instruction from the President and he ordered me to arrest and incarcerate right away Supt. Cristina Nobleza,” Dela Rosa said in a press briefing at around 2 p.m. Monday, April […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday reiterated his call for family planning and a mandatory Reserved Officers Training Corps program. For the first, Duterte said there was a need for this as the country’s resources were “not in parity” with its population. “Di mag-abot. Even tabla (hindi),” he said during the opening of the Palarong Pambansa in Antique on Sunday. But the President reserved the specifics at another time, saying that he would discuss […]
(Eagle News) – Liberal Party members in Congress who are allied with the House of Representatives’ majority bloc have issued their position that they would reject any impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte and their chairman, Vice-President Leni Robredo – a move which Malacanang welcomed. Deputy Majority Leader and Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo said their group, consisting of 15 LP members, have already told Robredo of their decision. Quimbo said the impeachment moves […]
(Agence France Presse) — Four gunmen have been killed in Bohol as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military on Sunday to kill remnants of the Abu Sayyaf behind a foiled mass kidnapping attempt there. Authorities said the dead suspects and three others on the run were stragglers from a boatload of the gunmen who sailed to the central island of Bohol this month as part of a plot to kidnap tourists. The raid had signalled […]
(Eagle News) — While Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte topped the Readers’ Poll for TIME Magazine’s top 100 list, the one who did his profile, former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria, wrote a very critical piece against the 72-year old leader and lectured him on what he should do. Duterte was among the TIME’s top 100 most influential figures in the world, along with his staunchest critic, detained Senator Leila de Lima who was listed among […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Friday the Russian warship docked in Manila for a four-day goodwill visit. The President arrived at Pier 15 of the Manila South Harbor past 4 p.m. He took pictures with the Russian crew and Russian ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev, and even posed for pictures with his signature closed fist. At one point, the President was heard saying: “I am not afraid because Russia is with me.” The warship, […]
