Tag: ernesto Abella

House formally drops Roque from list of members

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has been officially dropped from the list of members of the 17th Congress. Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Fariñas made the announcement during a regular session on Wednesday. The development came weeks after Roque, then the representative of the Kabayan partylist in the House of Representatives, was named presidential spokesperson by President Rodrigo Duterte. Roque replaced Ernesto Abella, who was later designated as Foreign Affairs undersecretary. Roque was also […]

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Duterte designates ex-presidential spokesperson Abella as Foreign Affairs undersecretary

(Eagle News) — Ernesto Abella is now Foreign Affairs undersecretary. The appointment was made by President Rodrigo Duterte himself in a letter dated Oct. 27. The mild-mannered Abella was presidential spokesperson until he was replaced by then-Kabayan Rep. Harry Roque on Oct. 28. Roque, however, assumed his new post only on Nov. 6. Duterte had said removing Abella from the presidential spokesperson post was his “personal decision.”  

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UPDATED: Harry Roque to assume presidential spokesperson post on Nov. 6

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has designated Kabayan Partylist Rep. Harry Roque as presidential spokesperson. Roque himself confirmed in a dzmm radio interview early Saturday that he had accepted the offer, but that he would assume the post on Nov. 6.  “Ako po ay manunungkulan pagka-landing po namin sa Japan dahil kasama po ako sa delegasyon ni Presidente papuntang Japan,” Roque said. The President is slated to be on a 3-day working visit to […]

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Palasyo tiniyak na nasa ‘best of health’ ang Pangulong Duterte

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Hindi na kailangan pang ilabas ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kaniyang medical record. Ito ang naging sagot ng palasyo sa hamon ni Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison sa Pangulo na ipaliwanag ang matagal na pagkawala ni Duterte na naging mitsa ng mga duda sa kalusugan nito. Iginiit ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella na transparent ang Pangulo sa kanyang kalusugan. Sinabi pa ni Abella na patuloy namang […]

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Palace glad SC upheld martial law in Mindanao: “Gov’t now stands together vs common enemy”

(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 […]

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Malacanang: Impeachment complaint vs Duterte ‘seems to be part of a larger scheme of things’

(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Thursday said the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to be part of a “larger scheme of things.” “It just seems (like that).  It just seems rather dramatic that everything seems to be coordinated at this stage,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a press conference minutes after the  Magdalo partylist announced the filing of the complaint with the House of Representatives. Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano had said in their own […]

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Malacanang outraged with Korean’s kidnap-slay, vows no whitewash in case

(Eagle News) – Malacanang assured the public that there will be no cover-up or whitewash in the investigation of police officers involved in the kidnap-slay of Korean businessman Ji Ick-Joo, as it expressed “outrage” about the incident. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella released a statement Sunday saying that the Duterte administration would not tolerate “corrupt, abusive, errant” policemen who were involved in the crime. “We are outraged by the abduction and slay of a South Korean […]

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Mga malalaking negosyante, pinulong ni Pangulong Duterte sa Malacañang

(Eagle News) — Personal na nakipagpulong si Pangulong Duterte sa mga malalaking negosyante sa bansa sa pamamagitan ng isang dinner sa malakanyang. Sinabi ni presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella na naging makabuluhan ang resulta ng pakikipagdayalogo ng pangulo sa mga negosyante. Ayon kay Abella pangunahing tinalakay ang mga pangunahing economic agenda ng administrasyon na magpapaangat ng kabuhayan ng bansa at ng mga mamamayan. Inihayag ni Abella pinag-usapan din sa dinner meeting ng pangulo sa mga negosyante […]

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Narcotics, threat on National Security and Public Health- Palace

(Eagle News)– Malacañang on Friday emphasized that the drug problem in the country is not just a national security threat but also a public health issue. “The government is very, very aware and is very concerned that drugs are not just a national security issue but also a public health issue,” Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a press briefing inside the Palace. According to Abella, the additional drug rehabilitation centers and anti-poverty programs are in the […]

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Panelo on Bato’s ‘kill, burn’ directive: Just ‘gulpe de gulat’

(Eagle News)– Chief Presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo explained the remarks of Philippine National Police Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa pushing drug surrenderees to kill and burn the house of drug lords as a simple “gulpe de gulat.” Hindi naman siya nagti-threaten, drama lang iyon. Alam mo naman ang mga Pilipino, kung walang gulpe de gulat, hindi naman tayo … gulpe de gulat lang iyon,” Panelo told reporters. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, on the […]

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Malacañang: Drug-graft raps can be charged vs. drug matrix ‘names’

(Eagle News)– Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Friday mentioned the charges drug matrix personalities could face, specifically drug-related graft cases.   “If and when they have been verified, charges may have to deal with graft and drug-related graft once information is actually verified,” Abella noted. According to Abella, it’s up to the Department of Justice on how will they prove the involvement of the big shots during inquiries.   “Let us take a cue na […]

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Malacañan: Ransom paid to ASG for Norwegian nat’l not from PHL gov’t

(Eagle News)– Malacañan clarified on Friday that the ransom paid in exchange for freedom of Norwegian national Kjartan Sekkingstad to Abu Sayyaf Group was not from the government. “I am not privy to that but I think it was also raised by third parties … Not from the government. Ransom not from the government,” presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella explained after President Rodrigo Duterte revealed the transaction on Thursday. “If that’s the one [Sekkingstad], then I […]

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