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(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday that he would reveal the name of the high-ranking official President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to sack, noting that another official would suffer the same fate. In a radio interview, Roque said the identity of the first would be revealed at 1:30 p.m. “Eh kasi meron na pong order na ituloy na. So, kaya po iyon, itutuloy na natin at ang press briefing po natin […]
So far included in the President’s foreign trips list are India, S. Korea, Australia and Israel, Roque says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit at least four other countries this year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said these countries were India, South Korea, Israel and Australia. “I think these are planned visits. So far it’s being discussed between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the countries that have invited the President,” Roque said. […]
Says official is male, and was neither from the ERC nor from the PCSO (Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday said that the person to be sacked by President Rodrigo Duterte was male, and was neither from the Energy Regulatory Commission, nor from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. “I can make the confirmation that the official who I was tasked to announce and may belatedly told to hold in abeyance is not from the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinakakalma ng Malacañang ang mga tsuper ng jeepneys na tutol sa public utility vehicle modernization program na magsisimula na sa susunod na taon. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, hindi anti-poor ang naturang programa. May mga hakbang aniya na inilatag ang pamahalaan para matulungan ang mga jeepney driver at para mapaganda ang public transport sector ng bansa at hindi para tanggalan ng kabuhayan ang mga drayber ng jeep. Sa katunayan […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque challenged the group Karapatan to file a case in the court instead of writing to the United Nations regarding the issue of extra-judicial killing. Roque said that the steps taken by the group causes dismay and added that it should be the government to take steps to solve the problem of EJK. https://youtu.be/w4XTQa0O5yo
(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) — 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 […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has expressed its concern over the safety of MRT-3 coaches, as it vowed to upgrade and rehabilitate the MRT-3 system that had drawn flak for various operational defects, the most recent of which is the decoupling incident in Makati last week. But a statement from the Palace said shutting down the MRT operations is an option that needs to be further studied, as this would be more disadvantageous to the […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he was “without means to pursue a Senate bid.” “So while OK, I am thankful, I reiterate that my priority is to be the the best spokesman that I can be for the president,” Roque said in a statement issued after Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez announced he would run for senator in 2019 and was included in the PDP-Laban’s slate. Alvarez said apart from Roque, also included were […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson and Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque are running for senator in 2019. This is according to House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, who spoke during a mass oath-taking of PDP-Laban members in Cebu. Apart from Uson and Roque, Alvarez said also included in PDP-Laban’s senatorial slate were former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Francis Tolentino, who ran for a slot in the Senate but lost in 2016; House Rep. Geraldine […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The newly-installed Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque is planning to hold regular press briefings in the heart of the devastated city of Marawi itself. The Philippine government is set to start rehabilitation in the city. During his first press briefing in Malacañang, Roque said that he wants to hold briefings with the Provincial Press Corps every Wednesday in Marawi. “I am planning on doing briefings regularly on Wednesdays from the ground […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Although he will formally start his duties on November 6, 2017, newly-appointed Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque already conducted his first press briefing. Roque said that the President’s marching orders to him is to make sure that the public is properly informed of the President’s message regarding the running of the government. Roque also said during his press briefing that he was chosen because he and the President share the […]
