Tag: Duterte

President Duterte visits soldiers wounded in NPA encounters

President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Wounded Personnel Medals to seven (7) wounded-in-action (WIA) soldiers, namely Pfc. Marquin Variacion, Pfc. Vincent Niño Lopez, Pvt. Regie Joy Duyan, Pvt. Ramon Balibagon, Jr., Sgt. Joshua Delawan, Pfc. Jenesses Andam, and 2Lt. Daniel De Guzman, at the Camp. BGen. Edilberto Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. The soldiers, who came from three different troops, were wounded after having separate encounters with the New […]

Drug lords conspiring with politicians to oust Duterte, says Sen. Cayetano

    (Eagle News) – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said that drug lords have started financing destabilization plans against President Rodrigo Duterte, and are allegedly conspiring with political personalities who also want to oust the President. Cayetano revealed this in a recent press conference where he also cited how certain politicians against President Duterte are all citing the same lines to discredit the Duterte administration in the eyes of the international community. He said these […]

President Duterte accepts NIA head resignation

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang said that President Rodrigo Duterte had already accepted the resignation of Peter Laviña, head of the National Irrigation Administration. In a press briefing in Malacañang on Wednesday, March 2, presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella, through the official statement from the Office of Cabinet Secretary Leoncio “Jun” Evasco “Laviña, said Laviña tendered his resignation amid attempts to vilify discredit and malign him, and to spare the President from embarrassment due to […]

No let-up in illegal drugs war, as Duterte vows to “preserve the Filipino people”

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would not stop his war against illegal drugs, as he repeated his vow when he took his oath as President to “preserve the Filipino people.” “My oath before God and country is to preserve the Filipino people. Period,” he said as he led the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Barangay Dapitan, Cordova, Cebu on Thursday. “I do not need martial law. […]

News in Photos: Naging pagdalaw ni Pangulong Duterte sa kaniyang apo na si Stonefish

DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Dumalaw si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kaniyang anak at sa bagong apo na tinawag na “Stonefish” kagabi, Marso 2 sa Davao Doctors Hospital. Ang ibig sabihin ng stonefish sa Cebuano ay “Isda sa Bato” subalit ang tunay na pangalan ng sanggol ay Marko Digong Duterte Carpio. Pangatlong anak na ito ni Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio at Atty. Manases Carpio. Kitang-kita naman ang kasiyahan ni Pangulong Duterte sa pagkakaroon nito ng […]

Proud Lolo: President Duterte visits newest “apo,” baby “Stonefish”

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte was the picture of a very proud and happy “Lolo” (grandfather) when he excitedly visited his newest “apo” (grandson) Marko Digong Duterte Carpio nicknamed baby “Stonefish” in Davao City late Thursday night. Lolo Digong’s smile as he viewed baby Stonefish at the Davao Doctors’ Hospital’s nursery was captured in film by his trusted aide Christopher “Bong” Go who took to Facebook to post his photos of the newest […]

President Duterte willing to talk to those who joined transport strike

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to hear the drivers and operators’ concerns on the planned phaseout of old jeepneys by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). “The President has assured the workers’ group that he would be holding a separate meeting with jeepney drivers who joined a nationwide transport strike,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said. Abella said that there is no definite date yet for the planned dialogue. Drivers […]

Watch: Filipinos in Macau, China stage rally to support President Duterte

(Eagle News) — Overseas Filipino workers held a gathering to rally support for Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in Macau, China. The rally staged by the United Democracy and Duterte Supporters or United DDS was also held over the weekend, at about the same time that hundreds of thousands of people showed up in Manila to express their support for the President. Eagle News Service correspondent in Macau, China Kit Wong interviewed some of those who came […]

“I am very sorry. We have failed,” says Duterte to Germany as he vows to hunt down Abu Sayyaf

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday (February 28) expressed his apologies to the German government and to the whole German nation a day after the confimation on the beheading of one of its nationals, Jurgen Kantner, by the terrorist group, Abu Sayyaf. At the same time, he reiterated the Philippine government’s policy not to give in to the ransom demands of the terrorist group who claims to be linked to the Islamic […]