Tag: Hugpong

Sara’s Hugpong pushes Ungab as House Speaker directly challenging Velasco, Paolo Duterte bid

  (Eagle News) — Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), the regional party headed by presidential daughter and Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, has endorsed its own candidate for House Speakership. The party’s nominee is 3rd district Davao City Representative Isidro Ungab directly challenging both the administration party PDP-Laban’s nominee, Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, and Sara’s brother, presidential son, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte. “We understand if President (Rodrigo) Duterte, because of delicadeza, will […]

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President Duterte takes hands-off stance in daughter-Alvarez “rift”

Defends Davao mayor’s creation of a regional party, though (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday took a hands-off stance in the “rift” between his daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, and Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, even as he defended her move to create a regional party. When asked about the issue after his visit to the wake of Joanna Demafelis in Sara, Iloilo, Duterte said: “Puro sila abogado. Hayaan mo.” “Inday wanted to just.may group […]

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