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Gives him one week to come up with a list of corrupt officials, gov’t offices (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to campaign against senator Manny Pacquiao if he could not prove his claim that the country became two to three times more corrupt under his administration. Duterte seethed at the senator’s remarks, and challenged him to give him a list of the names of the corrupt in government, and the offices which […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he wants to retire after his term ends in 2022, and has no plans of running for vice-president. In an interview aired Tuesday night, June 7, President Duterte said he is resisting calls by his partymates in PDP-Laban who nominated him to run for vice-president in the 2022 elections. Duterte said he doesn’t want to be accused of wanting to perpetuate himself in power. “Mahirap ‘yon, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Manny Pacquiao plans to run in next year’s presidential elections. This was revealed by Senator Panfilo Lacson Jr., who said that he had been consulted several times by the famous boxer-senator about his alleged plan to run for the highest position of the land. Pacquiao, the president of PDP Laban, said that becoming the country’s president is a matter of destiny. In a video message, he did not confirm directly […]
(Eagle News)–Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco has been chosen as the leader of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan in the House of Representatives. Velasco, who issued a thank you statement after he was picked, said the decision was made by the party leadership. “This fresh step by the party leadership is a welcome development, as this will further strengthen unity and camaraderie among PDP-Laban members,” Velasco said. “With 69 members of PDP-Laban in […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is “comfortable with any of the candidates” for the House Speakership as all of them are his “political allies,” according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. In a statement, Panelo said that President Duterte would not make any endorsement even as members of the administration party PDP-Laban chose Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco as its candidate for House Speaker. “PRRD (Duterte’s initials) is comfortable with any of the candidates […]
(Eagle News) – Marinduque Representative Lord Alan Velasco has been chosen by the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban as its nominee for House Speaker in the 18th Congress, according to Senator Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao, in a video conference from Los Angeles, said he was given the authority to make the announcement by PDP Laban President Aquilino Pimentel III He said that the administration party, PDP Laban, wants the next speaker to be a member of […]
(Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections has declared the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan as the “dominant majority party” while the Nacionalista Party was declared the “dominant minority party,” a move which is now being questioned by the opposition Liberal Party. With the decision, this entitled the PDP-Laban and the Nacionalista Party to receive the fifth and sixth copies of election returns respectively from the vote counting machines, and get the […]
(Eagle News) — A former mayor of Marawi City was “invited for questioning” on Friday afternoon, April 12, over his alleged involvement in the Marawi siege, but was released later on. Former Marawi City mayor Omar Solitario Ali was approached by the military after attending a PDP-Laban sortie in Marawi City. He was brought to the 103rd Infantry Brigade merely for questioning, according to Col. Romeo Brawner, commander of the 103rd IB. He was […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte was unable to attend the PDP-Laban campaign rally in Marawi due to bad weather, the party said. According to Ron Munsayac, PDP-Laban spokesperson, Duterte’s helicopter “wasn’t given clearance to take off from Davao City.” Munsayac said despite Duterte’s absence, “we can still consider the Marawi City rally a successful one since most of the party’s senatoriables were able to personally meet and deliver their messages to our partymates, leaders, and supporters” […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 12, skipped the PDP-Laban campaign in Marawi. The Palace has yet to say why this was. Duterte was present in PDP-Laban’s campaign rally in Bacolod the day before. He spoke before a bullet-proof glass, the second time since he started campaigning for his candidates. The Palace has refused to release a medical bulletin of the President, who is in his 70s, saying the chief executive himself would inform […]
(Eagle News)–Members of the ruling PDP-Laban party who were included in the narco-list may face expulsion. This is according to PDP-Laban president Senator Koko Pimentel, who issued a statement to this effect a day after President Rodrigo Duterte, PDP Laban chair, bared 46 names he said were engaged in drug-related activities. Pimentel said the expulsion would be meted out if their explanation was found “unsatisfactory.” “The party has no place for narco-politicians as well as […]
(Eagle News) — If there is anyone former Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa would like to be debating against, it is former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas. “It’s my honor to be debating against a former (Secretary of Interior and Local Government), former boss, former presidential candidate..Kilala siyang matalino, kilala akong barumbado, kilala siyang mayaman, taong kalsada lang ako,” Dela Rosa, now the Bureau of Corrections chief, said in an interview over CNN Philippines […]
