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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Robredo’s firing was “in response to the suggestion of Liberal Party President, Senator Francis Pangilinan, to just fire the Vice President from her post.” “This is also in response to the taunt and dare of VP Robredo for the President to just tell her that he wants her […]
(Eagle News)–Let Filipinos be the judge of the drug war. Senator Bong Go had this to say following criticisms from members of the opposition, including former President Noynoy Aquino and Vice President Leni Robredo of the war launched by President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. Robredo had said the war was a failure as it failed to curb the number of drug users in the country. She was later appointed co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo has written President Rodrigo Duterte a letter to ask what exactly her mandate as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs was. In an interview with reporters on Wednesday, Nov. 20, Robredo said she wrote the letter asking Duterte to clarify her responsibilities even before the President said in a press conference on Tuesday that he did not trust her enough to include her as a member […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 19, said he decided against including Vice President Leni Robredo in the Cabinet because he does not trust her. “Ang problema ko kay Robredo… Marami na siyang pinagsasabi. If that is the way her mouth behaves there can be no position for her,” the President said. Robredo has been vocal about the government’s war on drugs. Earlier, she figured in a video where she criticized the […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo made “missteps” that made President Rodrigo Duterte change his mind about making her a part of the Cabinet, the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 19. “The Vice President talking with – and seeking the advice of – certain foreign institutions and personalities that have prejudged the campaign against illegal drugs as a violation of human rights, as well as a crime against humanity, did not sit well with […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo should be given a list of high-value targets in the drug war, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday, Nov. 19. In an interview over CNN Philippines, Lacson said the list of HVTs, after all, was “basic information.” “Kung hindi niya alam ang nasa HVT list, how could she proceed in the first place?” he said. He said it was “valid” for members of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs to […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Nov. 18, gave the assurance no sensitive information will be disclosed. “Yung assurance naman lahat ng sensitive information hindi ididisclose,” Robredo told reporters in the Senate. Robredo made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte warned she would be fired if she revealed state secrets. The Palace in a statement defended Duterte’s move, saying it was his “constitutional duty not only to enforce all the laws but to ensure […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte was merely reminding Vice President Leni Robredo of the limits to her appointment when he said he would fire her if she revealed state’s secrets, the Palace said. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, after all, that it “is his constitutional duty not only to enforce all the laws but to ensure that all his alter egos, including a co-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs, are performing […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo does not need to attend Cabinet meetings if the war on drugs is not on the agenda. If the anti-illegal drugs campaign was a topic for discussion, though, Robredo will be invited, President Rodrigo Duterte said, according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. “When we have a Cabinet meeting, we are invited by the Cabinet Secretary, and we are asked if we are going or not. In other words, […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, Nov. 10, condoled with the kin of industrialist John Gokongwei Jr., who passed away at 93 years old the night before. “Our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Mr. John Gokongwei Jr.,” Robredo said in a short Tweet. “We will remember his many contributions not only to the business community, but to helping our fellow Filipinos in need,” she added. Gokongwei Jr. founded the JG […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo has been given tighter security after she accepted her designation as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs. This is according to Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesperson, in an interview over dzmm on Saturday, Nov. 9. According to Gutierrez, the vice president, after all, would be up against drug syndicates now. Guitierrez said any help from President Rodrigo Duterte would be welcome. Earlier, Robredo said she would push through with […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Nov. 9, urged the public to give Vice President Leni Robredo space to allow her to perform her task as drug czar. “The Vice President must be given a wide latitude in outlining her own anti-illegal drug scheme and pursue, without interference from other quarter backers, her own agenda which she envisions to be effective in addressing the drug menace,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. Panelo issued […]
