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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte joined the entire Filipino nation in celebrating Ninoy Aquino Day on Tuesday, August 21, urging Filipinos to “reflect” on the sacrifice made Benigno Aquino Jr., “more than three decades ago.” Duterte said that Aquino “died while fighting to restore peace and democracy in the Philippines.” “His profound love of country has inspired a revolution that altered the course of our nation’s history and gave birth to the freedoms we […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte was seen in a facebook live video on Monday, August 20, taken by presidential assistant Bong Go, saying he was “fairly healthy,” alive and well, and “having dinner with a beautiful lady.” “Kunan mo kaming dalawa,” Duterte said, directing his assistant Bong Bo in the FB live video he was taking. “I have a very important visitor..I’m alive, fairly healthy and I’m having dinner with a beautiful lady […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte assured that the 2019 midterm elections will push through as scheduled and stressed that it will be clean. Duterte, during the convention of the regional political party, Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), in Lanang, Davao City on Friday, August 17, said the conduct of clean elections next year is his commitment to the Filipino people. “In this election, I commit to the Filipino people that this will be a clean […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he was “frustrated” when he said he was ready to resign because of the numerous and almost non-stop reports of corruption in government, including those in the military’s medical services. Duterte said that what frustrated him most was the investigation report that military officials that targeted millions of funds he had allocated for the medical and health expenses of wounded and sick soldiers. “Alam mo mapatawad […]
(Eagle News) — The National ID system is set to take effect on August 25, but its implementing rules and regulation might still be completed in September, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The law takes effect 15 days after it had been published in a newspaper of general circulation. The Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Act was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 6, and was published in newspapers on August […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque maintained that President Rodrigo Duterte had “access to information” that many people had no access to before he asserted that Naga City was a “hotbed of shabu.” In a press briefing in Malacanang, Roque said that the President is not politicizing the issue and is just stating the facts based on the information he had. “I’m sure he has access to information indicating certain areas to be […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV challenged the family of President Rodrigo Duterte to undergo a drug test, after he tested negative for illegal drugs, based on results of a surprise drug test conducted in the Senate. “Kailan kaya magpapadrug-test ang mga Dutertes?” he asked, after posting a picture on his Twitter account of an East Ave. Medical Center report that said he was negative for cocaine, ecstacy, metamphetamine, morphine, and tetrahydrocannabinol. In July, Senate President […]
(Eagle New) – Saying he is tired and exasperated, President Rodrigo Duterte said he is now ready to resign realizing that he cannot finish the war on corruption and drugs within his term as what he had promised to the people. “I do not think that I can fulfill my promise to the people. I said I was the first one to finish because I used the bullet style. Having been a prosecutor in […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has conferred the Order of Sikatuna on outgoing Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ephraim Ben Matityau during his farewell call at the Music Room of the Malacañan Palace. The Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Grand Cross (Datu), silver distinction, was conferred on the Israel envoy for his significant role in strengthening and deepening the cordial relations between the Republic of the Philippines and the State of Israel. President Duterte […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday, Aug. 10, called on the government to “take concrete steps” to combat the spread of fake news. “We urge the administration to take concrete steps…guided by the (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Framework and Joint Declaration to Minimize the Harmful Effects of Fake News, which was crafted at the 14th Conference of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) in May 2018,” she said in a statement. Since […]
(Eagle News) — Chinese President Xi Jinping could visit the Philippines this year, according to Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. Cayetano, said the talks on the Chinese leader’s visit are still going on after President Rodrigo Duterte first extended the invitation to Xi during his state visit in Beijing in October 2016. He said President Xi readily accepted the invitation, and said that the best time to visit the Philippines might be this year. President […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is giving the Philippine National Police a fund of P25 million for the use of medicines and other health needs of policemen and other PNP personnel. During his speech at the 117th Police Service Anniversary, Duterte said he understood the medical needs of policemen, especially when they reach 50, the age that people usually get sick with various ailments. The President made the announcement as […]
