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(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order stopping illegal contractualization, more popularly known as “endo,”including sub-contracting of workers, fulfilling a campaign promise to stop contractualization, and at the same time called on Congress to revise the existing Labor Code. Speaking during Labor Day celebrations in Cebu City, Duterte said the E.O. he had signed was what he could do, but stressed that this was “not enough.” “Well, I hope that with all that […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 27, met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit in Singapore. The President together with some of his Cabinet officials first met with Prime Minister Phuc at Ritz-Carlton Millenia Hotel. The Prime Minister congratulated Duterte for the successful Philippine ASEAN chairmanship, stating that its outputs were good foundations for more […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte greeted Eagle Broadcasting Corporation on its 50th anniversary on April 26, and noted how EBC had provided wholesome and value-oriented news and information to the public. “My warmest greetings to Eagle Broadcasting Corporation as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary,” President Duterte said in his message to EBC. “For five decades, EBC has provided our people with wholesome and values-oriented news, information and entertainment through its various television and radio […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang assured Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison that he will not be arrested if he comes to the country to participate in peace talks. This was according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., who stressed the 60-day timeframe set by President Rodrigo Duterte for the revived peace talks with the CPP-New People’s Army. Roque also said that this timeframe could be the “last chance” for peace […]
(Eagle News) — “Welcome on board.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say to Kris Aquino after she said in a post she now understood why then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency in the 2016 elections. Before making the statement, the sister of former President Benigno Aquino III, who endorsed Mar Roxas in the previous polls, criticized Roxas’ wife, Korina Sanchez, for making a television feature about her former husband James Yap. “Sampal […]
(Eagle News) – Leaders who will attend the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore from April 27 to 28, 2018 are expected to discuss transnational and transboundary issues such as terrorism, violent extremism, among others. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Helen Dela Vega said in a press briefing on Friday, April 20, that apart from these, the leaders, including President Rodrigo Duterte, will talk about ways to address trafficking in persons, illicit drugs and […]
(Eagle News) – Members of the European Parliament urged the Philippine government to “stop extrajudicial killings” on the pretext of war on drugs, claiming that around 12,000 people, including women and children, have been killed in the illegal drugs campaign since July 2016. The resolution, which was adopted on Thursday, April 19, also called on the Philippine government to reverse its earlier decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) or the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government will build eight major bridges to link the Visayas islands to Mindanao and Luzon. The proposed bridge projects–with an estimated combined cost of P269.10 billion—-are an 18.2-kilometer bridge to connect Samar provinces to the main island of Luzon, a 20-kilometer bridge connecting Leyte to Mindanao Island through either an Underwater Tunnel Bridge or a Long-Span Overhead Bridge, the 5.7-kilometer Panay-Guimaras bridge, the 12.3-kilometer Guimaras-Negros […]
(Eagle News) – While he welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to certify as urgent a Senate bill that proposes an end to contractualization, Senator Joel Villanueva said that an executive order (EO) was necessary to craft a useful and effective law addressing “endo.” According to Villanueva, who authored Senate Bill 1116, the President’s EO will “provide the framework and guidance for the implementation of a national policy on contractualization.” Filed by Villanueva in September 2016, […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa retired from the police force on Thursday, April 19, after 36 years of “unsullied years of dedication” saying that he had tried his best to fulfill the mandate given to him to fight crime and illegal drugs. Dela Rosa, who was President Rodrigo Duterte’s police chief when he was still the mayor of Davao City, tearfully surrendered his badge as he became “citizen […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Order of Sikatuna to outgoing Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Philippines Thanatip Upatising on Tuesday, April 17, during the latter’s farewell call in Malacanang. President Duterte expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Upatising for his contributions in strengthening the relations between the Philippines and Thailand, as he conferred upon him the Order of Sikatuna with the Rank of Grand Cross (Gold distinction) for his […]
(Eagle News) – “The call to impeach the Chief Justice did not originate from the Executive.” This was how Malacanang rebuked the move of various lawyers’ groups to submit a report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego Sayan, complaining about President Rodrigo’s remarks against Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., also noted that Sereno’s fellow justices in the Supreme Court […]
