By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday filed several charges against Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson after she allegedly disseminated false information on social media to destroy his credibility. Trillanes filed three counts of libel under the Cybercrime Prevention Act against Uson, and took her to task for alleged grave misconduct, falsification of public documents, violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and violation of the Code of […]
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Palace thanks Senate for hearing Paolo, Mans’ side; Mayor Sara, Mocha taunt Trillanes’ “triad tattoo”
(Eagle News) – Malacanang thanked the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for inviting presidential son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, and son-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio and giving them a chance to air their side. This was amid the allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV linking the two with the controversial smuggling activities at the Bureau of Commission “We thank the blue ribbon committee for giving Vice Mayor Duterte and Atty. Carpio the chance […]
AFP to no longer pursue case vs “Juana Change”
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines will no longer pursue a case against comedienne Mae Paner for what they said was her unauthorized use of a military uniform during a rally against martial law in Mindanao. AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año said in a statement read by AFP spokesperson Restituto Padilla on Friday that the change of heart was borne by reports Paner, also known as Juana Change, did not ridicule […]
Video: Duterte tells Filipinos,”don’t be too scared” after declaring martial law in Mindanao to deal with terrorists
(Eagle News) — In this video interview of President Rodrigo Duterte by blogger and now Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson, he tells fellow Filipinos to not be too scared, as he is coming home to Manila from Russia later today to deal harshly with the Maute terrorists who had sown fear in Marawi City. He said he had been forced to declare martial law in Mindanao because of these recent terrorist activities of the […]
Senator Leila De Lima defends Mocha Uson from critics
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) –Mocha Uson has found an ally in detained Senator Leila De Lima. In a press release on Tuesday, De Lima asked the public to stop judging Uson’s capabilities based on her previous work. Uson, who danced for a living in the past, was recently appointed assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. “I would ask people not…to use her past career, relationships or sexual history to malign her, to subject her […]
Mocha Uson appointed PCOO assistant secretary
(Eagle News) — The Presidential Communications Operations Office has a new assistant secretary. Mocha Uson, a known supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been appointed to the post. “Pursuant to the provisions of existing laws, you are hereby appointed (as such),” a letter from Malacanang dated May 8 said. “By virtue hereof, you may qualify and enter upon the performance of the duties of the office, furnishing this office and the Civil Service Commission of copies […]
Critics of VP Robredo converge in “Palit Bise” rally in Luneta
(Eagle News) – Filipinos who are dissatisfied with Vice-President Leni Robredo have set a “Palit Bise” indignation rally at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park at 4 p.m. today, Sunday (April 2) to express their dissatisfaction with Robredo, particularly on her recent video message sent to a United Nations conference on narcotic drugs where she hit the government’s drug war. The rally was dubbed, Palit Bise, in apparent reference to the “Palit Ulo” scheme […]
Crowd at pro-Duterte ‘People’s Rally’ swells, as EDSA gathering folds up early
(Eagle News) — The numbers continued to swell at the People’s Rally at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park in the Philippine capital of Manila, as more supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte showed up through Saturday night (February 25) until early dawn Sunday (Feb. 26) From the initial 215,000 estimate of the police, organizers said that the crowd reached 400,000, with some claiming that it had even reached half a million. The pro-Duterte gathering at […]