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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte advised senator Leila de Lima to just answer in court the drug-related charges filed against her at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court by the Department of Justice on Friday, February 17. “She has to face the music. Actually ilang testigo ‘yan (There are several witnesses), it took months to develop the case,” Duterte told reporters during his visit to the wake of soldiers killed in action in Panacan, […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential daughter and Davao City mayor Sara Duterte and presidential son, Davao City vice-mayor Paolo Duterte, flatly denied allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on their alleged illegally acquired bank accounts. Mayor Sara Dutetre, in a statement,flatly denied she has P121 million presently or that her bank accounts were illegal as claimed by the senator. If Trillanes can prove it, she said, he can get them all and she would […]
(Eagle News) – Calling Senator Antonio Trillanes IV a coward with no balls and a “tulisan” (brigand), President Rodrigo Duterte fired back at the senator for alleging that he had joint accounts with his children amounting to P2.2 billion that had been acquired illegally, saying he would immediately resign if Trillanes can prove this to be true. Duterte, in a video recording aired by Malacanang’s RTVM announcing his statements, said he would also resign if […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV revived old allegations made against President Rodrigo Duterte, accusing him of being “corrupt” for allegedly keeping billions of pesos in joint accounts with his daughter and sons. Armed with alleged documents detailing transaction histories, Trillanes said the President and his family should explain their deposits. “Ipinanganak daw siya na mahirap at kung anu-ano. Eto na . it’s time to unmask this guy,” Trillanes said as he presented […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte promised to release P2 billion in aid and rehabilitation money for quake-hit Surigao del Norte, including the aid and relief money for the quake victims during his visit to the province on Sunday, February 12, following Friday’s 6.7 magnitude tremor that left at least six people dead and over 200 injured. The President flew to the province to personally oversee the relief and rehabilitation efforts being done by […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The leader of the Philippines’ communist insurgency has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to revive collapsed peace talks as his rebels launched new attacks. On Saturday, Duterte angrily scrapped talks with communist insurgents aimed at ending their decades-long conflict after both the government and the rebels called off unilateral ceasefires. “Even if the armed conflict between the armed forces of the two parties has resumed, peace negotiations can and must […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte again pushed for the return of capital punishment in the country, citing statistics that showed a more than 3,000 percent increase in heinous crimes after the death penalty was scrapped in 2006. During a speech at the Manila Times 5th Business Forum in Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City on February 10, 2017, the President said the statistics provided by the Bureau of Corrections itself showed that the death […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has intervened in the closure and suspension orders on 28 mining companies which had earlier been issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, asking that the mining firms be first given the chance to give their side. President Duterte has directed that due process first be observed against the supposedly erring mining firms, by giving them the opportunity to present their side and to dispute audit findings of the […]
(Eagle News) — Filipinos avidly followed the father and son exchange between President Rodrigo Duterte and his youngest son, Baste, where the President admitted to making use of national media coverage to look for his son. The President said he was concerned because the 29-year old Sebastian, who is more known for his nickname “Baste,” had been gone for a long while now. He could not be found at home, and when the President asked his […]
https://youtu.be/WZFne178mZU (Eagle News) – More than 200 of the 300 rogue cops who are facing various administrative and criminal charges were turned over to Malacanang on Tuesday (February 7) where they received a severe scolding from President Rodrigo Duterte who told them they would be sent to Basilan in two weeks’ time. There, they would stay there for two years to fight the Abu Sayyaf, and other insurgents. A visibly very angry and disappointed President Duterte faced the […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte stood pat on his earlier decision to cancel peace talks with the National Democratic Front, as he called communist leaders “spoiled brats” and “mayabang” (arrogant). He said he does not want to talk anymore with the Communist Party of the Philippines-NDF because of their unreasonable demands. “I tried my best to make peace with everybody,” he said in a speech at the launch of the Hardin ng Lunas […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte announced he is pulling out members of the government’s peace panel negotiating with communist leaders in Rome and Oslo, as he cancels peace talks with the National Democratic Front. In a talk with reporters in Davao City, late Saturday night, the President said he is not interested with arguing with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) anymore, as the latter insisted on the release of the remaining 400 […]
