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(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo said she would release whatever she had found out in the three weeks that she had been the country’s anti-illegal drug czar as she vowed to fight the drug war in her own way, questioning even President Rodrigo Duterte’s sincerity in fighting illegal drugs. “Sa mga susunod na araw, magbibigay ako ng ulat sa bayan. Sasabihin ko ang aking natuklasan at aking mga rekomendasyon,” Robredo said after […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said he has yet to decide on the proposal to have a four-day work week. “I have to discuss it with the Cabinet. After, discuss it with [Labor Secretary] Silvestre Bello III and the rest,” he said. Earlier, Rep. Benny Antiporda made the proposal for select government agencies situated along EDSA for the holidays in a bid to decongest the main thoroughfare. Antiporda urged the government to conduct a feasibility study […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he did not see anything wrong in the building of the SEA Games cauldron which costs P50 million saying the structure was designed by a national artist and the cost of his work was for him to name. Duterte said that the work of the late National Artist for Architecture, Francisco ‘Bobby’ Mañosa, and there was no corruption in the case. “Mañosa was commissioned by the government […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night directed Agriculture Secretary William Dar to suspend all rice importations, and to instead buy all the palay or rice harvested by the country’s farmers. Duterte said that the Department of Agriculture should buy all the palay of the country’s farmers at farmgate prices even if this would mean using up funds that would exceed the allocation for this. This is because he wants to support […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte explained that he decided not to appoint Vice-President Leni Robredo as a cabinet member because he believed doing so would “jeopardize” the country’s state secrets. Speaking late Tuesday night, Nov. 19, Duterte said that he is not allowing state secrets to be known by Robredo, and that she could have access only on a “need to know basis” to certain confidential information on the anti-illegal drug war. The President […]
https://youtu.be/1gaCFi9hDN8 (Eagle News) — Malacanang is open to the suggestion of Albay Rep. Joey Salceda to grant emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte so hasten the government’s “Build, Build, Build” projects. Salceda, who chairs the House Committee on Ways and Means, has filed a proposal — House Bill 5456 – seeking to grant President Duterte with special powers in adopting a national policy to “speed up the implementation” of the Build, Build, Build program […]
https://youtu.be/gtHd8siAZnE (Eagle News) – A repackaging or “retooling” of the Philippine government’s current anti-illegal drugs campaign is now in the works after the meeting of Vice-President Leni Robredo with the Philippine National Police (PNP) The “tokhang” operations which had been linked negatively to drug killings will just be “retooled”, but the government’s drug war would not be stopped or removed, officials said. “Ang isa sa kanyang suggestion din is retooling on how we are going […]
(Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo said that officials of the United States are fully supportive of the Philippine government’s war against drugs and would be willing to give any help if needed for the campaign’s success. In her statement given after meeting with the US officials on Wednesday, Nov. 13, Robredo, the recently designated anti-illegal drugs czar by Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, said that the various representatives of the US agencies she had […]
(Eagle News) — For Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, there is no need to extend martial law in Mindanao which is set to expire on December 31 this year. While he said that he is still waiting for the recommendation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police on the matter, he is of the view that there is no need for its extension. “Masyado nang matagal, eh (It has been going […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government will now have a renewed and strengthened full approach on the drug war now that Vice-President Leni Robredo has accepted the position as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), as various government agencies vowed to fully support her. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Robredo is now part of the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte, and could attend all cabinet meetings, especially those related to the drug […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte flew to Thailand on Friday, Nov. 1, to attend the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Bangkok. The President’s trip pushed through even after successive earthquakes rocked Mindanao. The Palace said, however, that Duterte remained on top of the situation. According to the Palace, in Bangkok, the President shall join ASEAN and other dialogue partners “to advance ASEAN’s community-building agenda aimed at ensuring greater peace, security, and prosperity in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is safe in Davao City following the 6.5-magnitude earthquake that hit Mindanao on Thursday, Oct. 31. This was the assurance given by the Palace after announcing the President was in Davao when the quake struck. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake was recorded at 9:11 a.m. in Tulunan town in Cotabato. This was only two days after a 6.6-magnitude tremor hit the same area, leaving several dead […]
