Tag: Martin Andanar

Andanar named acting Palace spokesperson

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar as acting presidential spokesperson. The Palace made the announcement about Andanar’s designation on Tuesday, March 8. The announcement came a day after Karlo Nograles, then the acting Palace spokesperson, was appointed chair of the Civil Service Commission by the President. Nograles replaced Alicia dela Rosa-Bala who retired in February, the end of her seven-year term. If Nograles’ appointment is confirmed by Congress, […]

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Communications Secretary Martin Andanar contracts COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Andanar said he was so far, asymptomatic, and was immediately isolated and placed under home quarantine. He said contact tracing was been done. “Rest assured, I am okay and I will still continue to work hard and to perform my duties well, including hosting regular shows to inform the public, as I recuperate from the virus,” he said. He also […]

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PCOO chief Andanar tests negative for COVID-19

(Eagle News)–Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has tested negative for COVID-19. Andanar made the announcement after confirming ten Presidential Communications Operations Office personnel at the main office tested positive for the virus. He said the negative result on his part was based on a test he took on Thursday, July 23. He said contact tracing and further tests were underway, adding that they were “fulfilling any assistance and support we can provide to our personnel and […]

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Palace: “Bogus” report of Thai king ordering Duterte to behave “black propaganda” waged by President’s “unthinking critics”

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Nov. 2, condemned the “bogus” report that said President Rodrigo Duterte was ordered by the Thai king to behave, a move the Palace described as  the “latest black propaganda waged by the President’s fierce and unthinking critics and detractors.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the release of the report was “malicious and deliberate” as it came upon Duterte’s arrival in Thailand. “These raucous anti-Duterte forces should be […]

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Duterte defends Andanar’s attendance at PDP-Laban sortie

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Feb. 22, defended Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s attendance at a PDP-Laban sortie. According to Duterte, Andanar, the son of  Wencelito Andanar, a PDP-Laban stalwart, was exempted from the ban on government officials campaigning as he was an “ideologue” whose guidance was crucial. “The law says they can campaign,” Duterte said. He said he “did not allow the other members because they might, they will be campaigning if they want […]

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Panelo: Andanar-led PCOO still operational

(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Saturday, Oct. 13, clarified the Presidential Communications Operations Office was still in place. According to Panelo, who was named the government’s new spokesperson with Harry Roque expected to run for a Senate seat, the PCOO would  only cease to exist “until such time the (Office of the Press Secretary)” is created. This means Martin Andanar is still the PCOO head. President Rodrigo Duterte first offered the post of head […]

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Seven to eight Cabinet members to resign to run in 2019 polls — Andanar

(Eagle News)–Seven to eight Cabinet members will resign to run in the 2019 elections. This is according to Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, who gave a television interview on Thursday, Oct. 4. “Sa ngayon, siguradong si Secretary (Harry) Roque ay tatakbong senador pero sa ngayon tignan natin kasi meron ding mga kasamahan natin na kinakausap si Secretary Roque na huwag na lang tumakbo kasi kailangan siya sa Communications,” Andanar said. He, however, did not specify if […]

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Andanar on Uson’s resignation: “I wish her well”

(Eagle News) — “I wish her well.” This was the message of Presidential Communications Operations Office chief Martin Andanar to Mocha Uson, who announced on Wednesday, Oct. 3, that she had resigned from her post. “Mocha is still a diehard Duterte supporter and I am one with her in that aspect,” Andanar added. In resigning from the post, Uson said she did not want to be a burden to the PCOO, whose budget, she said, was […]

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Andanar on report he may be replaced as PCOO head: “We all serve at the pleasure of the President”

(Eagle News) — “We all serve at the pleasure of the President.” Secretary Martin Andanar had this to say on Friday, Aug. 24, after a news website reported he may be replaced as PCOO head soon. The  news website Politiko report that said former broadcaster Jay Sonza was being eyed as the new PCOO head came amid errors in several press releases and posts made by the government’s media arm. Quoting a source, Politiko said Sonza […]

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Several gov’t officials join INC’s Worldwide Walk; laud Church’s unity, programs for the poor

By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service Several government officials joined the Iglesia Ni Cristo Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty on Sunday, May 6, lauding the Church’s efforts to alleviate the plight of the poor. “Nakapakasarap ng pakiramdam.  Makikita mo talaga ang pagkakaisa ng Iglesia para maiahon ang mga kapatid natin sa kahirapan,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. Go said that the Church was always the “model” for “unity” of other organizations. Senator […]

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Bong Go: Communications Secretary Andanar among those probed for questioned P60-million ad project

(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar will be among those being investigated in connection with the P60-million Department of Tourism advertisements placed in the PTV program of the brothers of Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo. This is according to Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, who spoke in a radio interview on Wednesday. “Sa ngayon po, inaalam pa po ng Malacañang iyong buong istorya at nag-aantay ho kami ng report dito, hindi naman masasabing […]

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Andanar orders inquiry into “breach of protocol” following release of media IDs filled with grammatical errors

(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has ordered a probe into the “breach of protocol” that resulted in his office’s release of media IDs that contained grammatical errors and were the subject of ridicule by some sectors. Andanar said he has also ordered a recall of the IDs that were issued by the Presidential Communications Operations Office to media covering the President–the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) and the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines […]

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