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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (January 6) toured a Russian Navy ship docked in a port in Manila and personally welcomed the Russian naval officers as friends, saying that Manila is open to them if they need anything such as the replenishment of their supplies. “To the friendship of Russia and the Philippines. We welcome our Russian friends. Anytime you want to dock here for anything, for play, for replenish supplies, […]
(Eagle News) – It was New Bilibid Prison inmate Tomas Donina who had linked Senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV to the previous attempt to kill controversial inmate Jaybee Sebastian in September last year. This was the clarification of Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II amid denials from De Lima that she was behind any attempt on the life of Sebastian who had earlier linked her to the illegal drug trade […]
Department of Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Tuesday, January 3, enumerated five preconditions necessary for the Duterte Government to be able to achieve a 7 percent sustained growth rate. These five preconditions which must be achieved are: peace and order, addressing the infrastructure gap, investing in human resources, cutting the cost of doing business in the country, and a competitive tax system. On capitalizing on human resources, Secretary Diokno said the country would […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Two Russian Navy ships arrived in Manila on Tuesday (January 3) for a five-day goodwill visit in the first ever official naval contact between Russia and the Philippines, as Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte moved to strengthen ties with Moscow. A possible weapons deal is also seen in the offing, as well as joint military exercises between the Philippines and Russia, considered the main rival of the Philippines’ once closest […]
(Eagle News) – Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno confirmed on Monday that the increase in the base pay and allowances of soldiers and policemen had been included in the 2017 national budget. Diokno, however, did not give any more details as he is expected to make the announcement about the figures in Malacanang on Tuesday. In a yearend video report, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said President Rodrigo Duterte would fulfill his promise to the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In his speech during the anniversary of the National Bureau of Investigation, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered that all online gambling activities and firms to be closed and shut down as such activities do not benefit the country. Duterte also reiterated his order of arresting online gambling tycoon Jack Lam due to tax evasion.
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has been named by TIME magazine as the “most googled person” in the Philippines this year. In its interactive map, Time described Mr. Duterte as “President of the Philippines known for waging a deadly war on drugs.” Time also named United States President-elect Donald Trump as the “top-trending person in 88 countries in 2016” based on the data that Google had provided to TIME. “People across the globe […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on all members of the Anti- Money Laundering Council to resign, saying that all of them were “corrupt.” Duterte was furious that the central bank’s Anti-Money Laundering Council had failed to provide him an unspecified “assessment report”. “I’ll count one to three and if you don’t resign, I will treat you as a drug addict,” he said. In a speech after signing the 2017 national budget, he […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte called the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein “stupid and “a little bit crazy” for tagging him as a “murderer” and for dictating on the Philippine government on what it should do on its own affairs. Mr. Duterte said it was not proper for a UN official to dictate on a sovereign country what it should do. He said Al Hussein cannot just […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinag-utos na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagpapasara sa mga operasyon ng lahat ng online gambling sa bansa. Sinabi ito ng pangulo sa kanyang talumpati sa Malacanang na wala namang pakinabang sa mga ganitong uri ng sugal ang bansa. Ipinaliwanag naman ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre na sakop ng kautusan ng pangulo ang lahat ng mga online gambling firms sa bansa. Sa kanyang talumpati, muling binanggit ng pangulo ang kanyang utos […]
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE (PIA) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Thursday, December 22 reiterated his all-out war against illegal drugs. “During the time of (Former) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, I was taken in by her as a consultant on peace and security, so more or less I know the country’s situation because I was there,” Duterte shared during the Convergence of the Nanay Volunteers as Community Drugwatch. The President added that even when he was […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte continues to have an “excellent” trust rating among Filipinos for this fourth quarter, with a +72 net trust rating, considered as one of the highest ever achieved by a Philippine president. The figure however also represents a slight drop from the previous quarter’s +76 net trust rating in the September SWS survey. The December 2016 Social Weather Survey was conducted from December 3-6, 2016 using face-to-face interviews of […]
