Tag: Paolo Duterte

Palace welcomes Ombudsman’s preliminary probe on Paolo Duterte

(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday, May 9, welcomed the Ombudsman’s statement resigned Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte was the subject of its preliminary investigation, saying it was part of the anti-graft agency’s “constitutional mandate” to conduct such inquiries of public officials. “The scope of the Ombudsman’s powers is to investigate, to inquire into and to demand the production of documents involving transactions and contracts of the government where there is disbursement […]

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Sara, Pulong send birthday greetings to President Duterte

“Pipilitin ko at mga kapatid ko na di ka mapahiya sa amin,” Pulong says (Eagle News) — Two presidential children took to their social media accounts to  send their greetings to President Rodrigo Duterte, who marks his 73rd birthday on Wednesday. “Happy Birthday Digong! good health paaarrteeey!” Davao Mayor Sara Duterte wrote in an Instagram post. Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, was more emotional, apologizing for whatever he said he may have done that […]

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LOOK: The cake President Duterte gave his son Paolo for his 43rd birthday

(Eagle News)—-Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte celebrated his 43rd birthday in Davao on Saturday night, and received a cake from his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, and Kitty. Pulong, as he is known, posted a picture of the cake on his Facebook account. In the background, his sister, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, could be seen grinning as she held a plate filled with food. “Pa and Kitty, thanks for the cake. Pa, somebody ate ahead […]

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President Duterte accepts Paolo Duterte’s resignation as Davao vice mayor

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Paolo Duterte’s resignation as vice mayor of Davao. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President did this on Friday afternoon. A letter sent by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said the younger Duterte’s resignation was “effective immediately.” Copies of the letter, dated January 5, were also given to the younger Duterte’s sister, Sara, also the Davao mayor, and to Catalino Cuy, officer in charge of the Department […]

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Sara Duterte: Mans Carpio, Paolo Duterte did the right thing when they sued Trillanes

(Eagle News)– Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Friday said her husband and brother did the right thing when they sued Senator Antonio Trillanes. Duterte said she hopes that the case Mans Carpio and Paolo Duterte filed against the senator for his statement linking them to the so-called Davao Group will prosper. “I feel na what Trillanes did to them is too much, especially that my husband is a private individual. He is not a public official,” […]

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Trillanes calls civil case filed vs him by Paolo Duterte, Mans Carpio a “harassment suit”

(Eagle News) — A “harassment suit.” This was how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described on Thursday the civil case filed against him by Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio. “..Because our corrupt and co-opted justice system have become the refuge of the Duterte scoundrels,” Trillanes said. “Just be sure that you’d be in power forever because I have made it my life’s mission to make your murderous and corrupt clan accountable for your actions,” he added. Duterte […]

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Paolo Duterte, Mans Carpio sue Trillanes over statement linking them to P6.4-b shabu shipment mess — report

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s son and son-in-law have sued Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for damages over his statement linking the two to the entry of a P6.4-billion shabu shipment in the country via Customs express lanes in May. Quoting a Davao court official, a GMA 7 report said Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio filed the charges on December 27. The filing comes days after the younger Duterte resigned from his post as vice […]

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I told my son Paolo to “do what he thinks is right” — President Duterte

  (Eagle News) — “Kung ano lang ang tama sa iyo, gawin mo.” This was what President Rodrigo Duterte  said he told his son Paolo, who resigned as vice mayor of Davao on Monday. According to the President, he gave this reply on Sunday night, after his son asked him about what he thought about the vice mayor resigning from his post. “Sabi ko sa kanya, ‘Ikaw. You… you are in a position to do […]

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Sara Duterte: The President knew of Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s plan to resign

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte knew beforehand that his son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, would resign from his post. But Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, the President’s daughter, said that the chief executive has yet to accept the vice mayor’s decision. “Once the resignation is accepted, it is deemed effective,” she said. She said while awaiting the President’s decision, her brother would be “on leave” from the Office of the Vice Mayor. “I can […]

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Davao City Vice-Mayor Paolo Duterte resigns

  (Eagle News) — Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte resigned from his post today, December 25, 2017, citing “unfortunate events” linked to his first failed marriage, his public squabble with his daughter, and the maligning of his reputation due to the reported shabu smuggling incident at the Bureau of Customs. Vice-Mayor Duterte also announced his resignation even as the city council was meeting over a deadly mall fire in Davao City where dozens had […]

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Ombudsman creates fact-finding panel to probe P6.4-B shabu shipment

  (Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has created a panel that will hold a fact-finding investigation into the P6.4-billion worth of shabu that entered the country in May via Customs express lanes. The Ombudsman made the announcement in a brief statement released on Tuesday.   “The release (of the drugs) was allegedly facilitated by public officials who were identified as members of the ‘Davao Group’ by Customs broker Mark Ruben Taguba II,” […]

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Paolo Duterte vows to retire from politics in 2019

(Eagle News) — Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte is retiring from politics in 2019. A PNA report quoted the presidential son as saying that while it “will still  be a Carpio-Duterte tandem (running for) the mayor and vice mayor” posts in Davao after his term, “definitely it will not be me.” The vice mayor was referring to  Manases Carpio, the husband of his sister Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, and another Duterte, Sebastian, with whom he […]

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