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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 17, said he fired Pedro Aquino Jr. as the head of the Philippine National Oil Corporation over an “idiotic contract.” “Here is a guy who prepared a contract with the Russians and the Russians thought that it, that was all there is to it,” the President said during his speech at the 45th Philippine Business Conference and Expo. The President did not elaborate on the contract but according […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the head of the Philippine National Oil Corporation to resign for alleged loss of confidence. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte’s order against Atty. Pedro A. Aquino, Jr., who is also a member of the Board of the PNOC-Exploration Corporation, was “pursuant to his anti-corruption campaign in the government, and underscores once again that there are no sacred cows under this Administration.” Duterte has reiterated his […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a former beauty queen and a retired general to government posts. Margie Moran, former wife of Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr., an ally of Duterte, was designated as a member of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ board of trustees. Her term of office will end on June 30, 2018. Retired police director Benjamin Magalong, for his part, was appointed as a member of the board […]
