Tag: Leni Robredo

Palace: President Duterte expects Robredo to see “realities on the ground” as ICAD co-chair

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed Vice President Leni Robredo’s acceptance of the co-chairmanship of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs. In a statement on Thursday, Nov. 7, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President expects Robredo would see the “realities on the ground, particularly with respect to the government’s position against extrajudicial or state-sponsored killings, and understand that deaths occur due to the violent reactions on the part of agents of the illegal drug trade […]

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Palace welcomes Robredo’s acceptance of ICAD co-chairmanship

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Nov. 6, welcomed Vice President Leni Robredo’s acceptance of President Rodrigo Duterte’s designation of her as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the next step was for Robredo to see Duterte so she would know what the job specifically entails. Panelo said in a television interview that she was also welcome to join the Cabinet meeting today. Earlier, Senator Francis Pangilinan, Cong. Edcel […]

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JUST IN: Robredo accepts co-chairmanship of ICAD

(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s designation of her as  co-chair of the Interagency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs. “Kahit sabihin na natin na ang alok ay pamumulitika..at gagawin nila ang lahat para di ako magtagumpay, handa akong tiisin ang mga ito,” Robredo said in a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 6. She said “ang pinakamahalaga para sa akin ay simple lang: kung ito ang pagkakataon na matigil ang patayan, (tatanggapin ko).” […]

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Palace slams Robredo camp for “giving all sorts of excuses, demands” following VP designation as ICAD co-chair

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Nov. 6, slammed the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo for “giving all sorts of excuses and demands” following her designation as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in particular slammed Robredo’s spokesperson, lawyer Barry Gutierrez, who said that the position was different from the one initially offered by Duterte. He also said the post, […]

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Lagman: Robredo “being set up to fail” with designation as ICAD co-chair

(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo is “being set up to fail” with her designation as co-chair of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Tuesday, Nov. 5. In a statement, Lagman, a partymate of Robredo, said the post was, after all, “vastly different” from the post of drug czar President Rodrigo Duterte previously offered. He said the vice president “is being thrown into a composite of an inter-agency […]

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Año “ready” for any arrangement to be implemented by Duterte with VP as ICAD co-chair

PNP to “extend full assistance” to Robredo (Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and the Philippine National Police on Tuesday, Nov. 5, welcomed the appointment of Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency commitee on anti-illegal drugs. In a statement, Año said he was “ready on whatever arrangement the President wanted to implement.” “After all, the objective remains the same, to eliminate the illegal drug problem in the country,” he said. According to the […]

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Robredo camp: VP “always ready to help” but don’t make her a “scapegoat” for drug war “shortcomings”

(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo “is always ready to help,” her camp said on Friday, Nov. 1. Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesperson, said, however, that what she “will not stand for is being made a scapegoat for all the shortcomings of the ‘drug war’ for the past three and a half years.” “This admin made the impossible promise to end crime and drugs in six months, and if they are now being called to account for […]

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Duterte urges public not to vote for Robredo in next polls; “Kawawa kayo,” Duterte says

(Eagle News)–Don’t vote for Leni Robredo in the next elections. President Rodrigo Duterte had this to say about the vice president, who had called the administration’s drug war a failure for supposedly failing to curb the number of drug users in the country. “Huwag kayong magboto kay Leni. Kawawa kayo,” Duterte said in a speech on Thursday night. Duterte said  she has never said anything good about the police, and has always been hurling criticisms […]

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Duterte reiterates call for Robredo to be drug czar; offers her rank of Cabinet

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his offer for Vice President Leni Robredo to be the country’s drug czar, and even offered her the rank of Cabinet. In a statement on Thursday, Oct. 31, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the offer includes placing “all offices, bureaus, agencies or government instrumentalities involved in the enforcement of the law on prohibited drugs placed under her command and supervision..” According to Panelo, the offer was “to dispel all […]

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Marcos asks PET for extension of deadline for submission of comment on manual recount report

Wants “voluminous” report photocopied first (Eagle News)–The camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal he be allowed to defer the submission of his comments on the report on the revision and appreciation of votes in Negros Oriental and two other areas. In a five-page motion, Marcos requested for the deferment until his camp gets copies of the “voluminous” documents. For this, Marcos requested the PET for specific 15 individuals to […]

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Lacson: Only President Duterte should lead war on drugs

(Eagle News)–Only  President Rodrigo Duterte should lead the war on drugs, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday, Oct. 29. According to Lacson, a former Philippine National Police chief, only the President, after all, ” can wield sufficient authority and power over our law enforcement officials.” “Unless he delegates a blanket authority, including the power to hire and fire, no one else in the government bureaucracy can do it better than the Chief Executive under any […]

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Pangilinan dares Duterte: Give Robredo three years, not six months, to enforce laws

(Eagle News)–Make it three years. Senator Kiko Pangilinan had this to say to President Rodrigo Duterte, after the chief executive said he was ready to give Vice President Leni Robredo the post of drug czar for six months. Duterte issued the comment after Robredo said the drug war had failed to curb the number of drug users in the country. In making the offer, Duterte criticized members of the opposition, who he said only kept […]

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