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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has invited Vice-President Leni Robredo to dinner after Robredo talked to him during the Philippine National Police Academy commencement exercises, assuring him that she does not want him to be removed from office. Duterte replied that he believed her. Speaking to reporters in Bukidnon, Duterte said: “Yes, ganito yan she mention on destab destab. Sabi niya wala ako niyan. Sabi ko Leni I believe you.” The President also told […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is demanding answers from the previous Aquino administration why it had allowed the drug problem to become worse and balloon into this tragedy wherein he said four millions Filipinos are now drug addicts. “You read the crimes that were committed before the drug campaign. Look at the victims! Children who are raped, two years old, night shift workers and everybody else,” Duterte said during the groundbreaking of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not let the Filipino youth be destroyed by drugs, stressing that this was a campaign promise that he made and he would not renege on it. The President also stressed the importance of rehabilitation of illegal drug dependents, which is a twin program of the Philippine goverment’s fight against drugs. On Saturday, March 25, President Duterte led the groundbreaking ceremony of the a site where […]
China said on Friday (March 24) it was in touch with the Philippines about the possible visit of a Chinese naval ship to the country. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday (March 23) he had invited China to send a battleship to visit. His overtures towards a country long regarded by Manila as a maritime aggressor have marked an astonishing foreign policy shake-up, and Duterte made a landmark visit to meet Chinese President […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice-President Leni Robredo were on the same stage for the first time during the 38th commencement exercises of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) since the controversial impeachment issue cropped up. Duterte and Robredo were seated side by side, albeit a bit awkwardly, on the stage during the event. Duterte led the PNPA graduation rites of Masidlak Class of 2017 at Camp General Mariano Castañeda in Silang, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that China had informed him they were not building anything on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea out of their new friendship, and he is confident that China will “not touch” the disputed shoal. Duterte’s remark came amid a comment by a mayor in charge of China-controlled disputed islands and reefs last week that preparatory work was being planned to build several monitoring stations, including […]
(Eagle News) — “Guys, lay off. Stop it.” This was President Rodrigo Duterte’s advice to those working on impeachment complaints against his constant critic Vice-President Leni Robredo, saying what she was doing in criticizing his administration was part of democracy. “Look, we just had an election. Guys, lay off. Stop it. You can do other things but do not tinker with the structure of government. I will not countenance it,” said Duterte in a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday called out the usual personalities in his speech before the Filipino community in Thailand, as he wrapped up his 3-day visit in the neighboring Asian country. “Wag kayo maniwala dyan. Basura ni..kilala ba ninyo si Trillanes?” Duterte asked the thousands of Filipinos who had trooped to a hotel in Bangkok to see the popular President. Upon hearing Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s name, the crowd, who at one […]
(Eagle News) — China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday (March 22) denied reports that China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring station on the disputed Scarborough Shoal (Panatag) in the South China Sea, even as it stressed how it placed “great importance on China-Philippine relations.” China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the reports on the media about this were simply “not true.” “I want to say, China places great importance on […]
The Philippines and Thailand have agreed to strengthen their collaboration in several fields including agriculture, science and technology, and tourism. President Rodrigo Duterte and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha witnessed the signing of documents between their two countries at the Santi Maitri Building, Government House in Bangkok on Tuesday, March 21. The signing ceremony is for the following documents: Agreement between the DOST of the republic of the Philippines and Kingdom of Thailand for cooperation in the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang said that there were no contradictions between the statements issued by President Rodrigo Duterte and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. According to Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, there was only a matter of difference of perspectives between the President and the Australian official when they issued their statements. Abella was referring to Duterte’s pronouncement before he left for Myanmar that he did not discuss human rights and extra-judicial killings with Bishop, […]
(Eagle News) — If an impeachment complaint is filed against Vice-President Leni Robredo with the House of Representatives when Congress resumes, it is possible that this would move faster and prosper unlike the impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte. This was how leaders at the Lower House and even Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III viewed recent developments affecting the top two leaders of the country. An impeachment complaint was earlier filed […]
