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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a national budget for 2018, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno confirmed on Monday, July 3. Duterte will ask Congress for a Php 3.767 trillion national budget for 2018 in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be held on July 24, he said. Malacañang drafted the 2018 national budget with Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella saying that the budget was agreed upon in the […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Wednesday (July 4) welcomed the Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of Proclamation 216 or the declaration of martial law in Mindanao by President Rodrigo Duterte, saying that the “whole government now stands together as one against a common enemy.” “The High Court has spoken: Proclamation 216 is constitutional,” said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a statement. He said that the President’s commitment to end the rebellion of Islamist terrorists […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, by a majority vote, on Wednesday (July 4) ruled in favor of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of the martial law in Mindanao. In a ruling, 11 of the high court justices dismissed the various petitions questioning the martial law declaration in Mindanao. “The court dismissed the petitions by a vote of 11 of its members. Three members voted to partially grant the petitions, and one member voted to grant […]
Islamist gunmen are holed up in about 1,500 buildings in Marawi after weeks of ferocious fighting that has left people dead, officials said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte last month vowed to “crush” the militants who rampaged through the city on May 23, with the military saying they were hoping to end the fight soon. The gunmen are led by Isnilon Hapilon, one of the world’s most wanted men, who is believed to be still alive […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed that the military offensive against Islamist radicals, including the Maute group, will continue until the last terrorist is taken out. “We will not go out there until the last terrorist is executed,” he said. During his speech at the 50th Araw ng Davao del Sur held at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City on Saturday, July 1, the President also sympathized with the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to stop attacking and waging war on government forces if its leaders are serious in pursuing peace talks with the government. The President expressed his frustration over the continuing attacks by the NPA on government forces despite the ongoing peace talk which leaders of the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) led by Jose Maria Sison […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Protest actions greeted President Rodrigo Duterte’s first year in office. The rallyists gathered in Mendiola and used emojis to grade the Duterte administration. The militant groups claimed that there were more negative happenings than positive events during President Duterte’s first year, and that the President failed to deliver on his campaign promises.
(Eagle News) – Nananatili pa ring mataas ang ratings na natanggap ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, base na rin sa mga survey na isinagawa ng Pulse Asia at ng Social Weather Stations (SWS). Nitong buwan ng Marso, nasa 78 percent ang kaniyang approval rating, habang nasa 76 percent naman ang kaniyang trust rating. Ang net satisfaction rating ng Pangulo ay nasa +63 nitong Marso.
(Eagle News) – Inanunsyo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na mayroon na naman siyang sisibakin na opisyal ng pamahalaan dahil sa umano’y katiwalian. Ayon sa pangulo, tatanggalin ito sa pwesto kung mapapatunayang humingi nga ito ng pera. “I am about to fire somebody from here. If it will be proven na humingi siya ng pera, tatangalin ko sya,” sinabi pa ng Pangulo. Muli pang nagpaalala ang pangulo sa mga kawani ng gobyerno na iwasan ang masangkot […]
Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would only lift martial law in Mindanao only when the miltary and those in the know would say that it is time to lift it. In his speech when he accepted the military assistance from China in Clark Air Base in Pampanga, the President said it is only the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police that would be able to say when […]
(Eagle News) — The Chinese government donated around P15 millon for the relief operations and rehabilitation of the besieged city of Marawi Chinese Ambassador, H.E. Zhao Jianhua presented to President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 27, “the P15-million check donation that will significantly augment the resources of the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD),” according to a Malacanang release. “The said donation from China to the Philippines is an […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to crush the Islamist militants in Marawi who have allowed themselves to be contaminated with an ideology that is radical, brutal and very foreign from the Philippines, and Asia — the Malay people — in general. “Alam mo sa totoo lang, if it was just an uprising, just the mainstream rebellion of the MI(LF) and the MNLF, I can endure a war with you. And I can even […]
