Tag: Duterte

President Duterte lashes out at EU, US, priests; Calls Inquirer and ABSCBN “rude,” “vicious and virulent”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday lashed out  in public for the first time at two media organizations he described  as “rude,” “vicious and virulent,” and as “trash,” while reiterating his frustration over other entities such as the European Union, the United States, and priests. “Wag kayong magbasa ng newspaper. Marami ang ano dyan, virulent…ABS(CBN), Inquirer. Natalo kandidato nila, they become really vicious and virulent,” Duterte said in a speech during the oath-taking of newly appointed  government officials […]

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Pangulong Duterte pinangunahan ang People’s Day Celebration sa Socorro, Oriental Mindoro

SOCORRO, Oriental Mindoro (Eagle News) – Pinasalamatan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mamamayan sa Bayan ng Socorro, Oriental Mindoro sa patuloy na pagsuporta sa kaniya. Sinabi ito ng Pangulo sa kaniyang naging pagbisita sa nasabing lugar noong Miyerkules, March 29 sa isinagawang People’s Day Celebration sa Brgy. Batong Dalig, Socorro, Oriental Mindoro. Nagpasalamat rin ang Pangulo sa suportang ibinigay sa kaniya ng League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) National President at Socorro Mayor Maria Fe ‘Bubut’ Brondial […]

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Robredo says she will accept President Duterte’s dinner invitation

  (Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo said she had accepted the dinner invitation of President Rodrigo Duterte for her and her children, saying this was the right thing to do. “The way I look at it, at the end of the day, we were both elected. We were given the mandate to serve the people, and it’s our obligation to find common ground even though we may disagree on some matters,” Robredo said in […]

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Malacañang, nagpaliwanag sa pahayag ng Pangulo vs EU officials

(Eagle News) — Iginiit ng Malacañang na huwag gawing literal ang lahat ng pahayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, dapat tingnan at intindihin ang konteksto ng pahayag ng Pangulo at huwag bigyan ng literal na pakahulugan. Ayon kay Abella, kung nagsalita man ang Pangulo na bibitayin niya ang mga European leader ibig lang sabihin huwag makialam ang mga ito sa ginagawang pamamalakad ng Chief Executive lalo na sa giyera laban […]

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Pangunguna ni President Duterte sa online poll ng Time Magazine, ikinatuwa ng Palasyo

(Eagle News) — Ikinasaya ng Malacañang ang pangunguna ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa paunang resulta ng online poll ng Time Magazine para sa pagpili ng Most Influential People in the World ngayong taon. Ayon kay Chief Presidential Legal Council Salvador Panelo, patunay lamang ito na maganda ang pagtanggap ng tao sa buong mundo sa magandang pamumuno ni Duterte lalo na sa paglaban sa iligal na droga. Ayon pa kay Panelo, nangangahulugang positibo ang pagkilala ng […]

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Chinese Ambassador presents a portrait of Philippine President Duterte

Chinese Ambassador presents a portrait of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the Ambassador of China to the Philippines, H.E. Zhao Jianhua, in a meeting at the Presidential Guest House in Panacan, Davao City on March 27, 2017.  The Chinese ambassador presented to him two paintings for the President.  The first was a painting of a rooster, and the second was a family portrait with President Duterte, his common-law-wife Honeylet Avancena, and daughter […]

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President Duterte’s birthday prayer: “A little more time and strength” from God to serve the country

  (Eagle News) — Today, March 28, is President Rodrigo Duterte’s 72nd birthday and for him, the greatest gift would be for him to spend some private time with his family, and for Filipinos to pray for him so he could have more strength and time to serve the country. “I only have one wish actually. Nakuha ko na lahat. No more gifts except maybe a prayer to God for my country. I’ve already reached […]

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Comelec to Congress: If barangay polls will be postponed, postpone them ASAP

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections has asked Congress to push through with the postponement of this year’s barangay elections soonest, if indeed the polls will be postponed. “What we’re asking is, if Congress actually pushes through with (the postponement), we’re asking them to do this as soon as possible. We need at least three months,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in an interview with CNN Philippines. According to Jimenez, this is because “we don’t want […]

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Trillanes claims Duterte dinner invitation for Robredo, just a “trap”

  (Eagle News)– Opposition senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that the dinner invitation by President Rodrigo Dutetre was a trap for Vice-President Leni Robredo as he warned the latter not to be “disarmed” by the President. The senator warned Robredo “not (to) fall for that trap again” in a statement he issued about the dinner invitation. Trillanes said the dinner was meant to “disarm and politically neutralize her at this time that (Mr.) Duterte is […]

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PNP says no extrajudicial killings in Philippines; calls out Robredo, media for “wrong reporting”

(Eagle News) — There are no extrajudicial killings in the country. This was the statement of the Philippine National Police on Monday, as media reports labelling all killings as extrajudicial continued to proliferate. In a press conference, the PNP clarified that extrajudicial killings were necessarily “state-sponsored.” No killing in the country, however, they said, was state-sponsored. “It is the media that is insistent in (using the term),” PNP Director General Ronald dela Rosa said. Chief […]

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