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(Eagle News)–For Senate President Tito Sotto, an ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte “will not fly.” “The cat is out of the bag.It does not have wings, therefore won’t fly,” Sotto said. Senator Koko Pimentel for his part urged the public to “trust our democratic processes.” He clarified he has, however, not heard of a plot to oust President Duterte. “In a democracy like ours, political leadership should be determined by the ballot,” he added. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 14, apologized to Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez months after he was ousted as speaker of the House of Representatives. “Alam mo kaibigan talaga kami ni speaker noon pa. So I am very sorry that it had to happen but si Inday ang…Hindi ko rin kaya sa totoo lang,” Duterte said. Duterte was referring to his daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, who was believed to have been behind Alvarez’s ouster […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has junked the petition filed by Elly Pamatong that seeks to oust Rodrigo Duterte as President. In dismissing Pamatong’s quo warranto petition, the SC en banc, in a seven-page minute resolution, said Pamatong’s “cause of action already prescribed” on June 30, 2017, one year after Duterte was inaugurated as the 16th President. Pamatong filed the petition on June 6, 2018 or “only a few days short of two years since Duterte’s inauguration,” the […]
(Eagle News)—–Communists will exert all efforts to oust President Rodrigo Duterte this 2019, saying the ouster was their “principal work” for the year. In a statement, Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said in view of this, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines will “further strengthen itself as the most consolidated realization of the national united front” and will “cooperate with all possible allies in the broad united front..” He said […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Higher Education is mulling issuing an advisory to the schools which the Armed Forces of the Philippines said were being tapped by Communists for the Red October plot. In a radio interview, CHED Commissioner Ronald Adamat said he would make the suggestion during an en banc meeting either on Monday or Tuesday. “But as a matter of policy, ang CHED ay hindi talaga ina-allow iyong mga ganoon (recruitment),” Adamat said. He said […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service A military official named on Wednesday, Oct. 3, the schools which Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said were being tapped by the Communists for the Red October plot. According to AFP Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., these schools were: the University of the Philippines-Diliman, UP Manila, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Polytechnic […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation has until October 1 to submit its findings on the supposed plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. This is according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who said they were taking “this matter seriously..” “(Because) Red October may actually involve commission of crimes punishable under our penal laws,” he said. “The probe started immediately after talks about the plot started circulating,” Guevarra added. The NBI has filed a complaint against […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Sept. 15, said the sentiment of a group of Philippine Military Academy alumni calling for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to be expelled from the PMA alumni organization is also the “overall sentiment” of the military. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque was referring to the Eagle Fraternal Chapter’s call for Trillanes’ expulsion which was made public via paid advertisements in several newspapers. In calling for Trillanes to be removed from […]
(Eagle News)–The House justice panel has junked the impeachment complaints filed against seven Supreme Court justices who voted for the ouster of then-Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. With a vote of 23-1, members of the panel declared as insufficient in substance the complaints against now-Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Justices Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, Andres Reyes Jr., Alexander Gesmundo, and Noel Tijam. The panel had earlier found the complaints filed by several opposition lawmakers including […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday, Sept. 10, said the police were behind President Rodrigo Duterte, this amid rumors of an ouster plot against the chief executive. “Even (the Armed Forces of the Philippines), wala naman nakikita masama sa ginagawa ng present administration..so we give our full support sa administration..because it follows the Constitution. And the present administration follows the rule of law..,” Albayalde said. He noted that […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte “almost walked out” over what happened in the House of Representatives that eventually led to the ouster of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. This was according to Senate President Tito Sotto, who sent text messages to reporters on the change of leadership in the Lower Chamber on Monday, July 23, the day President Duterte held his State of the Nation Address. “Inis si (Duterte). Hindi niya gusto yung nangyayari,” Sotto, who […]
(Eagle News) — A manifesto is being circulated in the House of Representatives to oust Pantaleon Alvarez as speaker. A supposed coalition of congressmen who signed the manifesto said Alvarez’s replacement by Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was “in the interest of providing a more dynamic legislature attuned with the times and the needs of the people.” The group said a “credible and competent House leadership will be needed to guide and steer the national debate […]
