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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte, together with 16 members of his cabinet, left for Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, May 28, to attend an international conference and to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Duterte is set to deliver a keynote address at the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan on May 31, 2019. The forum convenes government leaders, business executives, and academics from the Asia-Pacific region to […]
(Eagle News) – Canada’s trash is “ready to go” and would be leaving the country by May 30, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., announced this in his twitter post after some 70 containers of trash underwent fumigation and cleaning which was observed by Canadian government officials. “All containers containing garbage [were] cleaned and ready to go. Waiting for a couple of documents and routine permission from […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is sending back the trash shipped by Canada to the Philippines six years ago. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President ordered government agencies to look for a private company that would do this, after Canada missed the May 15 deadline for it to recall the garbage that languishes in a Tarlac landfill. Canada’s failure to meet the deadline prompted the Philippines to recall its envoys in the North American country, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on all candidates running for public office to shun violence and let the people exercise their right to vote freely in the face of reports of election violence in some areas. “So you just be careful allow everybody to vote freely, this is a democracy. This is an exercise of the right of the people to choose their leader. Iyan ang mandato ng Constitution natin so we […]
(Eagle News)—For Senate President Tito Sotto, the matrix recently released by the Palace was best described as President Rodrigo Duterte’s “asar list.” “Ang tawag nila destabilization. Ako ang tawag ko dun, asar,” Sotto said in an interview over GMA’s radio dzbb on Thursday, May 9. Sotto made the comment, as he noted there was no need to probe the newly-released matrix–which included athletes Gretchen Ho and Hidilyn Diaz—anymore. The Palace had earlier released two other […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is “not interested” in pursuing cases against the individuals who figured in matrices released by the Palace, and who were allegedly involved in an ouster plot against him. But in a speech in a campaign rally in Bohol, Duterte said the “truth will eventually come out.” Those who figured in the matrices released by the Palace included the Magdalo group, the Liberal Party, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Rappler, Vera […]
(Eagle News) – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines has rejected the request for legal assistance of Peter Joemel Advincula, the man claiming to be the “Bikoy” in the video series which alleged that some members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s family had drug links. It said that the IBP’s National Center for Legal Aid (NCLA) had determined that Advincula had not met the standards it had set for legal assistance. “Mr. Advincula came to […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, May 8, released matrices detailing a supposed plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the matrices, which show a “deliberate conspiracy” against the administration, were based on validated intelligence information received by Duterte. Personalities who figured in the matrices include Senator Antonio Trillanes, the Liberal Party, and those affiliated with Vera Files, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, Rappler, and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. Neri […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Panfilo Lacson cancelled the supposed hearing on Friday, May 10, at the Senate where Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy” has been invited following Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto’s revelations that this supposed witness had been making the same allegations in 2016 against the officials of then of the Aquino administration. “Senate President Sotto said it all. We are now recalling the letter of invitation sent to Advincula yesterday. Notices will […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, May 5, visited the wake of former Speaker Prospero Nograles in Taguig. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles confirmed this to the media. Nograles passed away on Saturday, at the age of 71. PBA partylist Jericho Nograles said their father died of “respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia.” Nograles, who served as Speaker from 2008 to 2010, and Duterte were political rivals. He ran two times against Duterte for the post of […]
(Eagle News) – Canada has finally offered to take back tons of its trash that had been in the Philippines since 2013 after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte earlier threatened to “declare war” over it. Canadian authorities confirmed that they had made the offer to get the 103 containers that had been shipped to the Philippines containing 2,450 tons of non-recyclable trash which included various items including adult diapers and other household waste. On Thursday, May […]
Public has right to know, too, Panelo says (Eagle News)–The “ouster plot matrix” was disclosed to the public so those involved in such would know that Malacañang knows of their plans. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo added the disclosure of the matrix, which figured leftist and media organizations such as Rappler, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, among others, was pursuant to the people’s right to information, citing Article 3, Section 7 of the Constitution. “The […]
