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(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he would “not resist arrest” and would be willing to be incarcerated again while he is exhausting all legal means to prove that the grant of amnesty to him by former President Benigno Aquino III was valid. Speaking to reporters, Trillanes claimed the action of President Rodrigo Duterte to void his amnesty was a “case of political persecution.” He insisted he had applied for amnesty and had […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has voided the amnesty granted by former President Benigno Aquino III to opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, “effective immediately,” saying he had not complied with the “minimum requirements” for such an amnesty. The President, through Proclamation No. 572, was dated Aug. 31, 2018 and was signed by the President and by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Citing Section 19 Article 7 of the Philippine Constitution, Duterte said that “the grant […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Monday, Sept. 3, and said he hoped the world learned lessons from the “horrific” period in history when more than six million Jews were systematically murdered by the Nazis. Duterte, the first Philippine president to visit Israel, signed the memorial’s guest book, and also read out what he wrote, saying “may the world learn the lessons of this horrific […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he believes in God and that it was the god of the Catholic priests whom he did not believe. Speaking to members of the Filipino community in Israel on Sunday, Sept. 2, the first day of his four-day visit in Israel, Duterte clarified earlier news reports that claimed he did not believe in God, apparently referring to his previous speeches where he had criticized Catholic priests for […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte met overseas Filipino workers in Israel and thanked the state of Israel for “being good to my countrymen.” The President told the Filipino community who warmly welcomed him at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem on September 2, that this was the first time that he cried in visiting a place and in seeing them. “Maybe because nandito ako sa Holy Land,” he said. “Hindi ko sinabing hindi ako […]
(Eagle News) — Nananatiling malusog ang pangangatawan at aktibo si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Reaksyon ito ni Secretary Francis Tolentino, Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs sa mga kumukwestyon sa kalusugan ng Pangulo at mga nagsasabing bibihira na lamang makita ang Pangulo sa mga natatanging okasyon. Sa katunayan, sinabi ni Tolentino na nasa Cebu ngayon si Pangulong Duterte para mamigay ng titulo ng lupa sa mga magsasaka sa Mandaue City. Naghahanda na rin aniya ang Pangulo para […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Aug. 27, slammed Rep. Gary Alejano for his remark the chief executive would visit Israel for health reasons. “Kung operahan nila ang utak ko dun eh di mas maganda. Wala mang problema,” Duterte said, referring to his trip scheduled in September. After Israel, the President will proceed to Jordan. He said he was visiting the two countries to look at how Overseas Filipino Workers there were doing. “I can […]
(Eagle News) — The head of the Hong Kong based firm Landing International Development Ltd., — which had earlier entered into a controversial 75-year lease contract for casino gambling with Nayong Pilipino Foundation that was stopped by President Rodrigo Duterte — was reported missing. Landing International Development said in a filing to the Hong Kong exchange Thursday that chairman Yang Zhihui could not be found, hours after its share price had crashed 35 percent […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte recalled the sexual harassment he suffered from an American Jesuit Catholic priest while he was still studying at the Ateneo de Davao in the 1950s. Duterte recalled that the priest Mark Falvey was teaching for four years during his high school in Ateneo and that almost all of them had been sexually assaulted by the priest. “Kaming lahat, nung nag-aral kami sa Ateneo, one — two years, ‘yung […]
(Eagle News) — Dumaranas umano si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng matinding sakit dahil sa kanyang ini- indang spinal injury na resulta umano ng isang motorcycle accident ilang taon na ang nakakalipas. Inamin ito ng Pangulo sa kanyang talumpati sa Cebu City. Ayon sa Pangulo, ayaw ng kanyang common law wife na si Honeylet Avanceña na sumailalim pa ito sa operasyon sa kanyang spinal injury dahil sa pangambang magkaroon ito ng kumplikasyon. Una nang inako ng […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte questioned the motives of a United States defense official who claimed that the US-Philippine relations would be affected if the Philippines proceeded with its plan to buy submarines from Russia. Duterte said that he should be the one demanding an answer from the US government why it gave the Philippines “refurbished” helicopters which led to the death of the “best pilots” of the country. He also noted that […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, August 21, asked local executives in the Visayas region to disassociate themselves with the communist movement and help his administration fight illegal drugs and corruption. “I would suggest that you improve on your record sa drugs, maybe sa intelligence, just to report that they are here and please do not associate yourselves with the Communist Party of the Philippines,” President Duterte said in a speech during the League of […]
