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(Eagle News) –One of these days, the Philippines will have China to “thank” for the artificial islands created by the Asian giant in the South China Sea. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who gave an interview that was posted on his Facebook page, this was because “it is only the Philippines that can legally build on those artificial islands.” “Clearly, eventually, those artificial islands will be ours if we can ask China to leave […]
(Eagle News)– If allowed entry in their ancestral homelands, investors can help improve the lives of lumads. In explaining President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said investors could, for one, help provide the indigenous people with the jobs that will provide them with their daily necessities. “Kaya naman sinabi niya: ‘Baka mamaya papasukin natin nga ‘yung mga namumuhunan na magkaroon ng trabaho at mabawasan ang pagkagutom diyan sa mga lumad communities,’” he said, […]
(Eagle News) — The Rappler case does not involve the issue of press freedom. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday said that allegations that it involved such were therefore merely “fake news.” “(It’s) about avarice for money that violates the (Constitution) and the laws of the land,” he said. Roque noted that the decision to revoke Rappler’s registration was made by the Securities and Exchange Commission “manned by (former President Noynoy) Aquino appointees.” “(I will give) […]
(Eagle News) — The government has also approved the bids of the United States, South Korea and Japan to conduct research in the Philippine Rise. ” This hopefully puts to rest the issue that the current administration is favoring China (on) the issue of Benham Rise,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement on Thursday. According to Roque, the latest development came from the Department of Foreign Affairs. Roque also noted that if Filipinos […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday defended the Department of Foreign Affairs decision to allow China to jointly conduct a research with the Philippines in the Philippine Rise. According to Roque, in the first place, no Filipino has applied to do such a research in the continental shelf previously known as Benham Rise. “And no one can do it because, apparently, it’s capital-intensive,” he said. He said that while other countries had […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate and the House of Representatives should thresh out their issues and determine how to move forward with Charter Change. “Talagang tanging Kongreso lang ang dapat magresolba ng isyung ito at iyan po ang paninindigan ng Palasyo,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He said, however, that based on his experience as congressman, Congress “is not just deliberative, it’s consensual.” “..You need to build consensus and the same consensus-building will have to […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday urged the Ombudsman to look into alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles’ claim that she gave at least P5 million to Senator Franklin Drilon’s 2010 election campaign. “The Constitution in providing for accountability of public officers is the legal basis for the relevant government agency to conduct an investigation,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, the Department of Justice should also conduct its own […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that it would not stifle protests on alleged trampling of press freedom as a “Black Friday” rally to protest the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ruling revoking a certificate of incorporation of online news website, Rappler, drew a crowd of journalists, including Rappler employees, bloggers and press freedom advocates. “This evening’s Black Friday Protest for Freedom, organized by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, is a testament that freedom […]
President Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday urged reporters of Rappler to reinvent themselves as bloggers instead. Roque made the suggestion a day after the Security and Exchange Commission revoked the news site’s incorporation papers for alleged violation of the constitutional restriction on foreign ownership in mass media. “No one has been prevented from exercising free speech, no one has been banned from performing their role as journalists,” Roque said. Rappler editors could not be reached […]
(Eagle News) — The South Korean bidder for the Navy’s acquisition of two frigates was already chosen during the administration of former President Benigno Aquino III. As such, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Special Assistant to the President Bong Go could not have intervened in the process, as erroneously insinuated by several media organizations. He said the winning bidder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, with a bid price of P15,744,571,584 for two frigates, was declared on June […]
Our ties with Japan “remain very strong,” assures Roque (Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday expressed confidence the installation of a Filipino “comfort woman” statue in Manila would not become a diplomatic issue for the country and Japan. In a press conference on Thursday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the country’s ties with Japan “remain very strong” even after Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda supposedly expressed regret over the statue during a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will push for Congress to enact a law that will ban all firecrackers and pyrotechnics. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who spoke in a press conference on Tuesday. According to Roque, the topic was among those discussed during a Cabinet meeting on Monday afternoon. “(The President) wants Congress to enact this law at the soonest time possible so that the public debate on the banning of […]
