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(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte is not keen on implementing a deployment ban on Kuwait. In an ANC interview on Friday, the President said there were after all efforts being done to attain justice for the death of Jeanelyn Villavende. “We do not see apathy there. And the police authorities there in Kuwait acted swiftly, and they have arrested the spouses,” the President said. Villavende was reportedly killed by her employer’s wife. Her remains were brought […]
President Rodrigo Duterte condoles with Oman over the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who ruled the Gulf State since 1970. “On behalf of the Filipino nation, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte expresses his sincere condolences and offers his fervent prayers to the government and people of the Sultanate of Oman as they mourn their beloved leader,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement on Saturday. “The Palace is saddened upon learning of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Jan. 10, urged his Cabinet members to pursue projects that can be finished within his term. The President is in his fourth year in office. He will step down in 2022. “Sabi ko sa lahat ng secretary ng mga departamento, ‘Do not go into projects which you cannot finish within the two-year time left for me in office,’” the President said in Cotabato. He was in Pigcawayan […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has already sent Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers Abdullah Mamao to Iran and Iraq to talk with the leaders of these countries for the purpose of securing Filipinos in the midst of heightening tension in the region, according to a Malacanang announcement. “Well, I have sent Secretary Mamao. He is a Maranao. He’s a Cabinet member. He’s my fraternity brother. I trust him,” the President said in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named Eduardo del Rosario, former chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), as the new head of the newly created Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD). The President also appointed Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. as director-general of another recently created agency, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). The names of the two new officials were contained in the list of presidential appointees released […]
(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered some Cabinet members to undertake measures for the possible repatriation of Filipinos in the Middle East amid the escalating tensions between the United States, Iran and Iraq. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President gave the order in the 45th Cabinet meeting on Monday, Jan. 6, where he aired his concerns for Filipinos there following the US killing of Iran top military official Qassam Soleimani. Panelo said a committee […]
(Eagle News)-Several people were hurt on Sunday, Dec. 22, after a grenade was hurled at a vehicle ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to Cotabato City. Authorities said the grenade was thrown at a military vehicle in Sinsuat and Quezon Avenue around 6 p.m., injuring over ten people. They were brought to nearby hospitals. The explosion took place a day before President Duterte wa supposed to distribute land titles to beneficiaries of the Department of Agrarian […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has plans of going around Metro Manila on board his motorcycle. This is according to Presidential Security Group chief Brigadier General Jose Eriel Niembra who spoke to reporters on Wednesday, Dec. 18. According to Niembra, though, he was against the idea. President Duterte is a known motorcycle enthusiast. In October, he figured in a motorcycle accident in the PSG compound that saw him sustaining bruises and wounds. A day […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.9 quake rocked Davao del Sur Sunday afternoon, Dec. 15, and was felt at intensity 7 in at least two towns, Matanao and Magsaysay. Malacanang said that President Rodrigo Duterte and his family were safe after the quake struck Davao. The tremor was felt at intensity 5 in Davao City where President Duterte’s family are. A Palace statement said that President Duterte was with her youngest daughter Kitty in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened a military takeover of water services in Metro Manila. The President made the threat in a speech during the birthday celebration of Former Senator Manny Villar on Thursday, Dec.12. “Last night I was talking to the (Presidential Security Group), sinabi ko sa kanila huwag mo akong laruan na takot takutin ninyo ako, sige magsibat kami, bahala wala kayong tubig. I will order the Armed Forces to operate. […]
(Eagle News) – The country bidding for the next 2030 Asian Games is now a possibility after the Olympic Council of Asia said it was impressed with how the Philippines had handled so far the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, who chairs the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), said he would write a long memo to President Rodrigo Duterte asking him if the country can submit a […]
(Eagle News) — Several citizens of Southeast Asian countries express their positive views about the Philippines’ hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, including the opening ceremonies at the 55,000-seater Philippine Arena. They also showed their support for their athletes competing in the various SEA Games sporting events. “The opening ceremony was totally magnificent,” said Zumalia Norzailan, a Malaysian national. Among those interviewed were Filipinos who are working in some of the ASEAN countries. They […]
