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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, November 20, turned over P100 million to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) for the improvement of its services, and instructed officials of the medical center to get the best medical equipment in the market for the hospital that provides service to the country’s veteran soldiers and their dependents. “Buy the best, huwag yung lowest bid… I want quality. Quality ako,” the President told the hospital’s […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is looking for 2009 CNN Hero of the Year awardee, Efren Peñaflorida, so he could be the new chair of the Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed this, saying special assistant to the President Bong Go had been assigned to find Peñaflorida, known for his “Kariton Klasrum,” through which he helps provide education to street children. Peñaflorida is a teacher from Cavite City […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte expressed confidence that the Senate will be able to uncover the truth behind the Dengvaxia controversy. Duterte also said that he is in no position to judge who is responsible for this, nor is he ready to “condemn” anybody. “I cannot blame anybody. I am not prepared to condemn anybody there simply because binili nga natin ‘yun…Not as yet so I am not prepared to pass […]
(Eagle News) — Congress has approved the reconciled version of the government’s national budget for 2018 worth P3.767 trillion, with the biggest allocation granted to education and infrastructure development. Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on finance, led the signing of the bicameral report on the approved budget. The report will be transmitted to both the Senate and House of Representatives for ratification before this will be sent to Malacanang for President […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinangunahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang isinagawang mass oath taking ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno sa Malacañang. Nakiusap ang Pangulo sa ilang mga bagong appointee sa kanyang administrasyon na iwasan ang anumang uri ng katiwalian. Sinabi pa ni Duterte na kung gusto ninuman ang magpayaman ay iwasan nila na pumasok sa gobyerno dahil ito ay isang uri ng public service. Kabilang sa mga nanumpa sa bagong pwesto sa Duterte Administration […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the Communist Party of the Philippines New People’s Army as a “terrorist group.” This was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a press briefing on Tuesday, December 5. “The President just asked me to announce this declaration,” he told reporters as he announced the President’s decision declaring the NPA as a terrorist organization. Roque said that it was clear in the declaration that President Duterte […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang on Saturday said that the “extension of martial law in Mindanao would guarantee the safety and security of the public, particularly during the Marawi rehabilitation phase.” The Palace announced this, even as Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte would be making his decision whether he would extend martial law in Mindanao next week, or the week after next. “I have had prior consultations with the Armed Forces. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said only two presidents truly cared for soldiers: Ferdinand Marcos and him. “Never was a time na walang ibang — hindi ako nagyayabang. Walang ibang presidente, dalawa lang, ang pagbigay na atensyon na kinakailangan para sa isang sundalo. Ako lang pati si Marcos,” he said, speaking before soldiers at a military camp in Barangay Busbus in Jolo, Sulu. “Marcos was also a lover of soldiers,” he said. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte urged all Filipinos to fight for freedom from corruption, criminality and illegal drugs, as well as from terror and violence, in his message paying tribute to the “Father of the Philippine Revolution,” Andres Bonifacio. “It was Andres Bonifacio who ignited the fires of revolt that led to the foundation of our nation and brought freedom to our people,” the President said. He stressed that as the heirs of […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Mananatili muna sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) ang pamumuno sa anti-drug war campaign ng pamahalaan. Ito ang inihayag ni Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque sa isang press briefing sa Davao City. Ayon sa opisyal, hindi pa nakakapag-desisyon dito si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. “It is safe to reveal that the president, while inclined to return it to the Philippine National Police (PNP), has not made up completely his mind,” pahayag ni […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, November 27 attended the very first Bangsamoro Assembly in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao where he pushed for an all-inclusive peace talks in Mindanao. The President faced an estimated one million Muslims who presented their manifesto asking for the quick passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law in Congress. In his speech, President Duterte said he is urging Congress to work for the swift passage of […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines Jose Maria Sison accused President Rodrigo Duterte of being “mentally unfit” to lead the country, and even called for his replacement. Sison ranted and called the President’s knowledge of the peace talks shallow and defective, and claimed Duterte “sabotaged” the peace talks. But the Philippine government stressed that it was the communist leadership and its armed group, the New People’s […]
