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https://youtu.be/2d_pXeaJwUU (Eagle News) – President Duterte has decided to cut short his official speech for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, personally editing it from 28 pages to just 19 pages, according to Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. He said that the president decided to shorten the prepared speech during the SONA practice Friday night, July 19. “For the past three years, siya talaga ang nag-eedit ng speech niya,” Andanar […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has denounced the killing of a radio station anchor and commentator in Kidapawan City in Cotabato. The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) said it was “deeply saddened by the by the cowardly killing” of Brigada News FM – Kidapawan commentator Eduardo Sanchez Dizon. Dizon is the husband of Brigada News FM Kidapawan station manager Madonna Dizon. He was driving his white Mitsubishi sedan and was to turn right […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte revealed that he would be firing 64 officials and employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for their involvement in corruption, daring them to resign first before he makes his move. “I was reading the dossier from all intelligence sources, if I can dismiss them, I will be dismissing something like 64 Customs employees,” he said. “It’s a simple case, you resign or I file charges,” Duterte said shortly […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang confirmed on Wednesday afternoon, July 3, that President Rodrigo Duterte had already accepted the resignation of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) president and general manager Jesus Clint Aranas. In a text message, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said, “Aranas resignation accepted earlier.” Aranas submitted his resignation letter dated July 2. He said he was resigning with the knowledge that he had “unwaveringly advanced the interest of GSIS.” “I resign, secure in […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang described as “fallacious” arguments made by critics of President Rodrigo Duterte that he was surrendering the country’s sovereignty by not pressing China to recognize and abide by the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo also reminded critics, including Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, that the proper way in reading the Constitution was not to read one provision in […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that “second-level officials” will run the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) after no less than President Rodrigo Duterte had asked its top officials and board members to submit courtesy resignations. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that while the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is investigating Philhealth, it is better for the top Philhealth officials to not have any direct involvement in the operations. He said that President Duterte wanted […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros described as “absurd” the allegations made by Peter Joemel Advincula against the Liberal Party and Antonio Trillanes IV. “When Bikoy came out with his videos accusing President Rodrigo Duterte, his family and close political friends of links to illegal drugs, this administration was quick to shoot down his credibility, even going so far as to threaten him with arrest..Ngayong nag-iba ang tono at inakusahan ang oposisyon, credible na agad?” she said. […]
(Eagle News)– Some Rappler reporters and correspondents have asked the Supreme Court to lift what they said was President Rodrigo Duterte’s coverage ban against them. In filing the petition for certiorari and seeking for a writ of preliminary mandatory injunction for the lifting, Rappler reporters Pia Ranada, Mara Cepeda, Camille Elemia and Ralf Rivas, and regional correspondents Bobby Lagsa, Frank Cimatu, Mauricio Victa and Raymon Dullana said their ban from covering specific events was a […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that the review of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act which calls for the display of plate numbers in the front and back of motorbikes will consider both the interests of the public and the motorcycle riders. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that President Rodrigo Duterte would be meeting with Land Transportation officials and with the principal author of the law, Senator Richard Gordon, to discuss the law and its […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a review of all government contracts, particularly those on concession agreements and foreign loans, with the specific instruction to “remove onerous provisions” of these deals. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President gave the order on Monday, April 1, during a cabinet meeting, directing both the Department of Justice and the Office of the Solicitor General, as well as all legal departments to review these contracts. […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang has expressed concern about the current water crisis in different parts of the country, including in Metro Manila. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the government will do all it could to solve the problem. One of the solutions they are eyeing is cloud seeding to induce rains. Panelo said that they would also probe if the government agencies involved in monitoring the water supply and its distribution in the country, particularly […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that the public’s right to know transcended whatever rights to privacy and presumption of innocence that national and local candidates have, as it justified the government’s plan to release next week the so-called narco list of politicians. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that it is also wrong for candidates involved in illegal activities to stop the release of the narco-list which was prepared with the help of wiretapped information […]
