Tag: Duterte

After Senate pins him for perjury and murder, Matobato goes after Duterte before Ombudsman

  (Eagle News) – Self-confessed hired killer Edgar Matobato filed on Friday (December 9) a formal complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against President Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa, and the President’s son, Davao City vice-mayor Paolo Duterte for their alleged involvement in the Davao Death Squad. Matobato, who was earlier presented by Senator Leila de Lima in senate hearings on extrajudicial killings, insisted in his complaint before […]

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Duterte says he did not and will not interfere in probe on erring cops

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte stressed he did not and would not interfere in the ongoing investigation of the National Bureau of Investigation on the Leyte police officials who were involved in the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. Even as he initially expressed support for policemen who were involved in the alleged “rubout” of Mayor Espinosa, he told the NBI to go on and file cases against the policemen if they […]

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President Duterte assures Leni she will remain VP until the end of her term

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte made the assurance on Thursday that Vice-President Leni Robredo would remain in her post “until the end of her term.” During an interview at the groundbreaking of the Bicol International airport on Thursday (December 8), Duterte dismissed Robredo’s fears that there was ever a plot to remove her as Vice-President. “I will assure Leni and the Bicol region that she will be there until the end of her […]

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P2,000 insentibo para sa mga project-based na kawani ngayong Disyembre, pinagtibay ni Duterte

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinagtibay ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang panukala na makatatanggap ng P2,000 na insentibo ang mahigit na 100,000 mga kawani na kabilang sa estadong Contract of service, Job order at Project-based mula sa mga ahensyang kinabibilangan nila, sa nakaraang pulong ng mga gabinete nitong Lunes, Disyembre 5. Ang panukalang ito ay batay sa rekomendasyon ng kalihim ng Social Welfare na si Judy Taguiwalo na ang mga nasabing kawani ng Gobyerno ay makatanggap rin […]

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Pabahay para sa mga biktima ng Yolanda, maari nang matirahan

Tacloban, Leyte — Maaari nang lumipat ang mga biktima ng typhoon Yolanda sa mga itinayong pabahay ng gobyerno. Matatandaang ipinag-utos ito ni Pangulong Dutete nitong Nobyembre sa paggunita sa ikatlong anibersaryo ng supertyphoon Yolanda na ikinasawi ng mahigit na 6,000 katao. Ang pagpapalipat sa 827 na pamilyang nasalanta ng bagyong Yolanda noong 2013 sa mga bagong tayo na ‘relocation sites’ sa Tacloban, Leyte ay naganap nitong Sabado Disyembre 3. Sa tulong ng ‘Office of the Presidential […]

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Duterte felt “uncomfortable” with VP’s political actions — Palace

    (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte had become “uncomfortable” working in the cabinet with Vice-President Leni Robredo and his trust for her had dwindled which was the reason for him to issue a directive that she should already “desist” from attending cabinet meetings, Palace officials said Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said this, while also clarifying that it was not the President’s intention to fire Robredo from her cabinet post. “With or without […]

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Duterte to opposition: “Maghintay na lang kayo. You’ve had your days”

  (Eagle News) – While Vice-President Leni Robredo has claimed that there might be plans from Malacanang to oust her, President Duterte hinted that it is the other way around: It is the opposition who could not wait to get him out of office. In his speech Monday night (December 5) at the Malacanang grounds, Duterte advised the opposition to just wait. He however did not make any mention of Robredo’s earlier resignation as chairwoman […]

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Philippine vice president to lead opposition to Duterte policies

  by Mynardo Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA Philippines (AFP) — Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo vowed Monday to spearhead national opposition to extrajudicial killings and other flashpoint issues surrounding President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial anti-crime crackdown. The announcement, which came a day after she quit Duterte’s cabinet, makes her the highest-ranking official to publicly voice such firm dissent to the president’s hardline law-and-order platform. “This is not the time for fear. It is a time […]

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Robredo resigns after receiving notice not to attend cabinet meetings anymore

  (Eagle News) — After receiving a relayed instruction for her not to attend cabinet meetings anymore starting Monday (December 5), Vice President Leni Robredo announced that she is resigning from President Duterte’s cabinet. In a statement issued on Sunday, Robredo said that she is tendering his resignation as Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) on Monday. She said she arrived at this decision after she received a text message from Cabinet […]

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Duterte to HPG grads: Be ready for terrorism

DAVAO CITY (PIA) — President Rodrigo Duterte asked the graduates of the Motorcycle Riding Course for police and other personnel to be prepared to tackle terrorism and the government’s campaign against illegal drugs in its graduation rites which he attended. In his message during the event held in Matina Aplaya here on Friday, Dec. 2, the President warned that terrorism would become the country’s concern in the next two to three years and everyone should […]

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Trump says Philippines fighting drugs ‘the right way’ in phone call with Duterte

  US President-elect Donald Trump told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte that Manila was conducting its deadly drug war “the right way”, Duterte said Saturday, in stark contrast to the criticism he received from President Barack Obama. The Philippine president called Trump late Friday evening to congratulate him on his election victory with Trump wishing him “success” in his controversial anti-crime crackdown, in which some 4,800 people have been killed since June, according to Duterte. “He […]

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Duterte to Congress: Speed up efforts on federalism

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has asked both chambers of Congress to speed up its work regarding the government’s planned shift to federalism. The Chief Executive stressed his vow to sacrifice his current post just to give way to a federal form of government. “Ako, I am offering my term. Sabi ko nga, ma-craft lang iyan. Wala kayong problema sa akin,” Duterte said in a speech delivered at the third Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao […]

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