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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to modernize the Philippine Navy which celebrated its 120th anniversary on Tuesday, May 22, saying that there are projects amounting to P77 billion lined up to enhance its capability. “We live in exciting times for our armed forces as we further enhance the capability of our Navy,” the President said. “Since the beginning of this administration, I have exerted efforts to upgrade your equipment and artillery,” he […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea within his term, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Friday, May 18. Roque made the statement after the President failed to “jet ski” in the Philippine Rise reportedly to assert the country’s rights over the Philippines’ extended continental shelf. Roque had said the trip to the Philippine Rise was “not feasible,” given the fact that it was underwater. Presidential […]
President Duterte also expresses “full support” for PNG’s APEC chairmanship (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his commitment for a stronger relationship and friendship with Papua New Guinea during the official visit of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill in Malacañan Palace, where the two leaders witnessed the signing of an agriculture cooperation that would further boost food security in both countries. President Duterte hosted a dinner in honor of Prime Minister O’Neill at the […]
Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and the youngest son of President Rodrigo Duterte, Sebastian “Baste” Duterte rode their jet ski as they took a tour around the Casiguran Sound during the Philippine Rise commemoration on May 15, 2018. Duterte on Tuesday asserted the Philippines’ sovereignty over the Philippine Rise. Duterte said he does not distinguish between sovereign rights and sovereign territory because the underwater feature falls within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 16, suspended several government officials pending an investigation into corruption allegations against them. President Duterte identified those suspended as Atty. Ambrosi Basman; Atty. Rohani Basman; Amisa Lumontod; Amilquir Macabando; an ex-mayor of Marawi City; Atty. Samina Sanpaco Macabando Usman, Department of Justice prosecutor; Inquest Prosecutor Clemente Villanueva; Assistant Prosecutor Florenzo dela Cruz; Ninoy Aquino International Airport Customs district collector Ramon Anquilan; Justice Assistant Secretary Moslemen Macarambon […]
President Rodrigo Duterte met with 27 members of the ISIS-Maute group who surrendered to the government, vowing to provide them shelter and livelihood assistance as long as they commit to peace. Talking to the members of the rebel group on Friday, May 11, inside Kampo Ranao, the Chief Executive expressed intentions to give the members of the rebel group idle lands in Lanao del Sur, adding that they can cultivate rubber tree and palm […]
(Eagle News) –“Perhaps he likes being called a strongman a bit more than he’s willing to admit.” Ian Bremmer, TIME magazine columnist and editor-at-large who tagged some popular world leaders including President Rodrigo Duterte as “strongmen,” had this to say about Duterte after the chief executive took offense at the tag. Bremmer cited a 2018 report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) which claimed that “(Duterte has) plunged the Philippines into its worst human rights […]
(Eagle News) – Over 60 percent of Filipinos are satisfied with the general performance of the Duterte administration, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the SWS, the 69% of Filipinos satisfied,18% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 11% dissatisfied translate to a net satisfaction rating of +58. Even if this was a 12-point decline from the +70 rating the administration received in the fourth quarter of 2017, the SWS said it was “very good.” The […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte took a break from his hectic schedule and went around a mall in Makati over the weekend. Pictures from Special Assistant to the President Bong Go showed Duterte surrounded by tight security as he visited Greenbelt 5, after attending the 51st annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Mandaluyong. Several mallgoers took pictures with the President, who accommodated them.
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 2, reiterated his vow to pursue land reform in Boracay, saying he does not want the entire island to be used for commercial and tourism purposes alone. “You know, ‘yung Boracay is forestland agriculture (land). Do not push me to the wall. Kasi hindi pa commercial ‘yan. Hindi pa rin residential,” Duterte said. He said he would ask his Cabinet members to look into the possibility of […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has declared May 14, the day of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, as a special non-working holiday. Based on the issued proclamation number 479 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, the special non-working holiday was declared to give the public an opportunity to vote. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already submitted a request to the presidential office for election day to be declared a holiday.
(Eagle News) – “Your days are numbered.” President Rodrigo Duterte said this as he ordered the Department of Labor and Employment to submit to him a list of all employers and companies engaged in illegal contractualization and sub-contracting, more popularly known as “endo.” He warned these companies and businesses which are circumventing labor laws through the so-called “endo” or “end of contract system” that government would go after them. “I also directed DOLE to […]
