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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has “expressed alarm” over the rising inflation rate which was registered at 5.7 percent this July, and ordered his cabinet team to come up with measures to address this price rise of goods and services. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the cabinet economic team is already trying to find solutions to stem the rise in prices. Duterte’s economic managers are also considering the proposal of House Speaker […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte approved the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019 in a cabinet meeting on Monday night, the Palace spokesperson said Tuesday, July 10. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque disclosed that the President approved the national budget during the 27th Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on Monday, July 9, 2018. “Kahapon din po ay na-approve po ng Gabinete ‘yung ating budget for 2019. At ang ating budget po ay P3.757 trillion […]
(Eagle News) — Hinihikayat ng Malacañang ang publiko na maagang magpa -rehistro para sa isasagawang mid-term elections sa susunod na taon. Ayon kay Secretary Francis Tolentino, dapat aniyang samantalahin na ng mga kababayan natin na hindi pa nakapag-parehistro na magpatala na sa Commission on Elections dahil ito ay hanggang sa Setyembre lamang ngayong taon. Mahalaga din aniya na makapagparehistro ang bawat mamamayang Pilipino para magamit ng bawat isa ang kanilang karapatan sa pagboto. “Ongoing po […]
https://youtu.be/2JIHF6oGHKI (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte warned police officials and other uniformed personnel not to even think about engaging in corruption or illegal drug operations, as he swore in 59 newly promoted personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). He said that illegal drugs and corruption are the two things that he will not […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang welcomed the landmark summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, saying the Philippines is supportive of these efforts towards peace. “We welcome the landmark summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore,” said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. Roque said that this development “has underscored in the strongest terms the value of diplomacy and peaceful […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has said it is already “taking pro-active measures” to address the problem of Filipino fishermen and Chinese Coast Guard as it noted that the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines and the Department of Foreign Affairs have also been talking about the issue. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Philippine government has officially relayed the problem to the Chinese government to address this issue, and provide solutions, including possible sanctions […]
(Eagle News) — Bahala na ang Korte Suprema sa quo warranto petition na isinampa ni Atty. Elly Pamatong laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na isang independent body ang Korte Suprema na hindi maaaring panghimasukan ng ibang ahensiya ng pamahalaan. Ayon kay Roque tiwala naman ang Malcañang sa karunungan ng mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema para magbigay ng hatol sa mga usaping legal. Si Pangulong Duterte ay sinampahan ni Pamatong […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang expresses “serious concern” about the reports of alleged Chinese militarization of the West Philippine Sea, and will bring this up in the next Bilateral Consultation Mechanism with China this year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that they still have “no independent verification” of reports that China had landed several bombers on an island in the disputed South China Sea. “We have no independent verification. Nonetheless, we take note of […]
(Eagle News) — Former Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat took her oath as the new Tourism secretary on Monday, May 14. According to a news release from Malacanang, Romulo-Puyat was accompanied by her daughter and parents during the oath-taking ceremonies in the Palace that were not open for media coverage. The ceremonies came hours after President Rodrigo Duterte skipped the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections because all the candidates, according to the President, were his friends […]
(Eagle News) — Hinikayat ng Malacañang ang iba’t-ibang religious groups, mga local government unit, civic groups at iba pang organisasyon sa bansa na tumulong sa pagsasagawa ng charity programs para tulungan ang mahihirap. Pahayag ito ng Palasyo matapos ang Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty na isinagawa noong Linggo, Mayo 6, ng Iglesia Ni Cristo. Ayon kay Special Assistant to the President Bong Go bagamat may ayuda ang gobyerno marami pa ring mga Pilipino ang nananatiling […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs will ask the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Philippines to explain why the Kuwaiti government is expelling Philippine ambassador Renato Villa who was declared as “unacceptable” in Kuwait. The DFA said this action by the State of Kuwait was “deeply disturbing” as it was allegedly “inconsistent with the assurances” given by Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during his meeting DFA secretary Alan Peter Cayetano in Manila […]
Malacañang said the Philippine government is doing all it can to ensure the safety of Filipino nationals in Syria amid the airstrikes in the Middle Eastern country. “Sa ngayon po, ang number one na binibigyan ng importansya ay ‘yung safety ng ating mga mamamayan na nasa Syria, dahil meron po tayong mahigit kumulang isang libong mga kababayan doon sa Syria,” Roque stated. The Palace official said the government would soon issue a policy statement on […]
