Tag: Malacañang

Following “rumblings” within the MNLF, Duterte meets Misuari

(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 25, met with  Moro National Liberation Front’s Nur Misuari. This was after Duterte revealed there ”rumblings” within the group which had complaints about the Bangsamoro Transition Authority being composed of members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The meeting in Malacañang lasted for 15 minutes. On Tuesday, the Sandiganbayan allowed Misuari, who is facing graft and malversation cases, to attend the 48th Session of the Organization of Islamic […]

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President Duterte signs into law Revised Corporation Code to improve ease of doing business in PHL

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Revised Corporation Code which allows the registration of a “one-person corporation” and removing the requirement for the minimum number of five incorporators, among others. The Revised Corporation Code, which amended the 38-year old Corporation Code, aims to strengthen and simplify corporate governance standards for a more business-friendly environment amidst the drop in the country’s rank in the latest Ease of Doing Business […]

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Malacañang, tiniyak na maayos ang kalusugan ni Pangulong Duterte

(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Malacañang na nasa maayos ang kalusugan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo, makikita naman ng publiko kung papaano kumilos ang pangulo sa kanyang mga public engagement. Ayon kay Panelo walang itinatagong sikreto ang Pangulo kaugnay ng kalagayan ng kanyang kalusugan. Inihayag ni Panelo na si Pangulong Duterte ang tanging alam niyang naging Presidente ng bansa na pinaka-transparent maging sa kanyang kalusugan. Sagot ito ng malakanyang sa […]

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Head of Japan’s House of Councillors pays courtesy call on President Duterte

  (Eagle News) — President Duterte received the President of Japan’s House of Councillors, Hon. Chuichi Date in a courtesy call at the President’s Hall in Malacañang Palace on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, where they discussed issues of mutual interests in a closed door meeting. Hon. Chuichi Date came together with his spouse Yuko. They were accompanied by Japanese Ambassador Koji Haneda, Deputy Chief of Mission Takehiro Kano, Japan Embassy Secretary Yojiro Konno, Japan Embassy […]

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Palace announces work suspension for gov’t offices, SUCs on Jan. 2

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang announced suspension of work in government office and in state universities and colleges (SUCs) on January 2. In Memorandum Circular 54, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea directed the suspension of work in government offices, including government-owned or controlled corporations, government financial institutions, state universities and colleges, local government units, and other agencies and instrumentalities on January 2, Wednesday. Medialdea said that only “those agencies whose functions include the delivery of basic […]

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Palace to probe allegations of corruption on P75 billion budget augmentation to DPWH

(Eagle News) – Malacanang will investigate allegations of corruption in the P75 billion added in the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) which Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno had admitted to have been responsible for. “Since there is an allegation of corruption, it follows that we have to investigate,” Panelo said in a Palace briefing. The Palace spokesperson noted that Diokno had already denied that there was any corruption involved in this. […]

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In photos: President Duterte receives Chinese President Xi in welcome ceremonies at Palace grounds

    President Rodrigo Duterte receives President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in a welcome ceremony at the Kalayaan Grounds in Malacañang on November 20, 2018. The Chinese President is on his first State Visit to the Philippines from November 20-21, 2018. From the welcome ceremony, the two leaders proceeded to Malacañan Palace where President Xi Jinping signed the guest book. The two leaders also had an official photo taken inside Malacanang.

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“Reign of strict enforcement of laws”- Palace refutes Fox’s “reign of terror” allegation on Duterte gov’t

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang refuted allegations made by Australian elderly missionary nun Patricia Fox that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte was a “reign of terror,” saying what is present is a “reign of strict enforcement of the laws. “There is no reign of terror and tyranny in the Philippines. There is only a reign of fear in the minds and hearts of those who violated the law. They are terrified that the law […]

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Palace condemns killing of 9 sugar workers; DAR, PNP form task force groups to probe murders

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the Oct. 20 killing of nine sugar workers, including two minors, in Sagay City Negros Occidental as it vowed a “thorough and impartial” investigation of the incident. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the reported deaths of sugar workers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental,” Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said in a press statement. “Families of the victims of […]

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President Duterte meets Qatar’s deputy PM in Malacañang

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Aug. 16, met with Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Wednesday night. There are so far no details about the meeting, which took place in Malacanang. A picture released by the Palace showed, however, that apart from Duterte, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, […]

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President Duterte ready to resign; says he’s too tired and can’t end drug, corruption problem within his term

  (Eagle New) – Saying he is tired and exasperated, President Rodrigo Duterte said he is now ready to resign  realizing that he cannot finish the war on corruption and drugs within his term as what he had promised to the people. “I do not think that I can fulfill my promise to the people. I said I was the first one to finish because I used the bullet style. Having been a prosecutor in […]

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Palace urges public to be on alert amid rains, floods; tells those in evacuation centers to stay there for their own safety

  (Eagle News) — Malacañang Sunday urged the public on Sunday to be alert and safe amid flooding in the country brought about by the southwest monsoon, and advised those in evacuation centers to remain there until floods have subsided. “Pinapaalalahanan po namin ang publiko na manatiling alerto at ligtas (We are reminding the public to stay alert and safe),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement. He said it would be best […]

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