Tag: PCOO

ERC chief Salazar suspended for 4 months due to insubordination: PCOO official

  (Eagle News) — Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Jose Vicente Salazar was suspended for four months due to insubordination. This is according to Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Ana Maria Banaag, who held a press conference on Thursday. According to Banaag, the 4-month suspension without pay was apart from the 90-day suspension previously meted out on Salazar to give way to an inquiry into allegations of corruption made by then-ERC director Jose Villa. Villa, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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DepEd, PCOO campaign for ASEAN community awareness

PASIG CITY – Around 1,800 elementary and high school students have participated in the recent Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) information drive led by the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) in Malay, Aklan. This ASEAN information drive aims to raise the awareness of students about the ASEAN community and the Philippines’ ASEAN Chairmanship in 2017. Aside from the students, Heyograpiya, Kasaysayan at Sibika (HEKASI) and Araling Panlipunan (AP) […]

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Chinese send 400 hand-held radios for Philippine government media

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – China has begun to deliver on its commitment to help improve Philippine government-owned media, including PTV-4, and all the media agencies of the government. The Chinese government sent 400 hand-held radios through its Ambassador Zhao Jianhua, who also invited 30 representatives including cameramen, editors, writers, and reporters from government and private media organizations to an advanced media communications training program in China in June 2017. This was revealed during […]

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Importance of media and press freedom highlighted by outgoing Palace official

  (Eagle News) — Outgoing Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. underscored the importance of the media in a democratic country, as he explained that media and the government should always have a good working relationship. “Hindi kailangang maging magka-away ang pamahalaan at media. Puwede namang magtulungan para sa kapakanan ng bansa; mahalaga lang unawain ang konteksto at perspektibo sa pag-uulat ng balita at paghahatid ng impormasyon. (Government and media need not fight.  […]

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PHL backs UN initiative in raising safety awareness vs disasters

Malacañang said it supports a United Nations initiative raising awareness on disasters to make vulnerable communities much safer. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction head, Margareta Wahlström, have urged disaster-prone countries like the Philippines to make “disaster risk reduction” a household word. In a radio interview on Sunday, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma said such an initiative is already being done by the Aquino administration. Disaster […]

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Palace approves 9 major projects worth P62.3 billion

MANILA, Philippines — The Aquino administration has approved nine major projects in infrastructure, transportation, water supply, and health care worth P62.3 billion, during a marathon meeting in Malacanang on Thursday (May 29). In a statement issued on Friday, May 30, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the projects were approved by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board on Thursday during their meeting that began at 1 p.m. and ended at almost […]

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