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(Eagle News) – “I hate gambling. I will not allow it.” With this announcement, President Rodrigo Duterte revealed on Wednesday, August 8, why he fired all of the board members of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) the previous day. The reason was simple, the President said. The NPF board members and management entered into a lease contract that will allow casino gambling for a period of 75 years in a 9.5-hectare property owned by […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has “expressed alarm” over the rising inflation rate which was registered at 5.7 percent this July, and ordered his cabinet team to come up with measures to address this price rise of goods and services. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the cabinet economic team is already trying to find solutions to stem the rise in prices. Duterte’s economic managers are also considering the proposal of House Speaker […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte signed the National ID Law or the Philippine Identification System Act on Monday, August 6, which will establish a single national identification card that will dispense with presentation of multiple IDs for government transactions. The signing held in Malacanang was done during the presentation and turn-over of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. Duterte said that a single national ID will help in the […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, August 6, led the ceremonial turn-over of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in Malacanang. In his speech, the President urged all Filipinos to support the BOL, saying that this law will help “preserve our bond as a single nation.” “Let us work together as we continue the healing and reconciliation process,” he said as he called on Filipinos to “give this law a chance.” He also […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday led the public destruction of 68 luxury vehicles and eight high-end motorcycles, all with a combined estimated value of P300 million, at Port Irene in Cagayan province, as he renewed his commitment to fight smuggling. In his speech during the public condemnation of smuggled vehicles, President Duterte admitted that he could not completely eradicate corruption and smuggling in government but he would want to create an environment where businesses could […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he had already “fired” 16 government officials, including three department secretaries, aside from undersecretaries and cabinet members, because of their frequent travels attending “climate change conferences” all over the world. The President did not name who these officials were, except that he fired them for their frequent travels connected to climate change meetings abroad. “There’s a climate change in Africa and they are there. There’s a […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged all countries to do all they can to stop nuclear testing and explosions, and to avoid war, as these not only destroy people’s lives, but also endanger the environment and cause global warming. During the Asia-Pacific Healthy Islands Conference on Wednesday,July 25, held at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City, the President said that nuclear explosions and war greatly change the “ecosystem of the world.” Because […]
(Eagle News) — Bukas sa posibilidad si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na bumisita sa Amerika. Binanggit ito ng Pangulo sa isinagawang asia pacific healthy islands conference sa Davao City. Ayon sa pangulo, maraming beses na siyang inalok ni US President Donald Trump na bumisita sa Amerika ngunit hindi nila ito matuloy dahil sa mahigpit na schedule ng dalawang lider. “He (Trump) is my friend and of course I have been invited to the United States several […]
(Eagle News) – Former House majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Wednesday questioned House Resolution 2025 which contained the June 23 proceedings that installed Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new House Speaker. The Ilocos Norte first district representative noted that he was still the chair of the House Committee on Rules as of the last session day, and that based on House procedures this resolution should have first passed his committee. Fariñas said that […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang is “ready to work” with the new House of Representative leadership, confident that House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will also support the legislative agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte. In a news conference, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque described Arroyo as a “staunch ally” of the President even as he refused to comment on whether what happened on Monday afternoon at the House of Representatives — just before 4 p.m., the supposed […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned rice cartels not to take advantage of the country’s “artificial rice shortage” as he said he would push for rice prices to be down by as low as P7 per kilo, by changing the system of rice importation. During his State of the Nation Address, Duterte said he has already directed intelligence agencies to unmask these rice hoarders, cartels and their protectors, and that they would be […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged Congress to pass a law that will create a new department that will handle disaster risk reduction, the Department of Disaster Management. The President said his cabinet has “approved for immediate endorsement to Congress the passage of the law creating the Department of Disaster Management.” “We need a truly empowered department characterized by a unity of command, science-based approach, and full time focus on natural hazards and disasters, […]
