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QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is open to the issue of a joint oil exploration with China in disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea, and he had told this to Chinese President Xi Jinping before. “I have this arbitral award. And I have to push it,” he said as he recalled what he had said. “Kung gusto n’yo, let’s just develop what’s the oil there. Hati-hati na lang tayo. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called for unity among the members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) while also promoting innovation and synergy. In his speech during his state visit in Cambodia, he also said that ASEAN should exert efforts to strengthen cooperation between members and that the association itself should be strong, relevant and responsive especially at this time when strong foreign powers are influencing regional politics. […]
DAVAO CITY, Nov. 2 —A top official of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has said that President Rodrigo R. Duterte does not distinguish between friend or foe and is willing to go to great lengths to push forward the peace process in Mindanao. “Our President is a president for all. Whether you are a rebel [or] are a plain civilian … he is a president for the 100 million plus […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would push through with his planned trip to Marawi City in Lanao del Sur even after the ambush on his advance party Wednesday where seven of his aides from the Presidential Security Group and two soldiers were wounded. Duterte said he would also take the same route taken by his aides, going against the advice of his top men not to push through with the trip […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has expressed her readiness to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte on the alleged extra-judicial killings connected with the President’s campaign against drugs. Morales also said that it is within the ambit of the powers of the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate government personalities even if they have immunity from suit “For purposes of determining whether there is misconduct, which can be a basis of impeachment if […]
MANILA, Nov. 25 – Filipinos may soon, in the coming years, learn to meet and celebrate the New Year in silent fashion sans the use of fireworks. This as President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday, November 24 that he is mulling the ban of the manufacture and use of firecrackers. “At this time, I’d like to put on notice everybody that I am seriously considering making the entire Philippines like Davao,” Duterte told reporters in an […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to anti-Marcos forces, particularly those who have been hurt by the late President Ferdinand Marcos’ more than 20-year rule to find a space in their heart for forgiveness, after the former strongman was buried in tightly guarded rites at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Speaking before he attended the APEC Leaders’ Summit in Lima, Peru, Duterte said that the issue about the Marcos burial was a very […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo said he would try not to “curse” or use “cuss words” in public. The President said he had made this promise to God on the flight back from Japan to Manila, when he heard a voice while everybody else in the plane was asleep. “I promised God not to express cuss words,” he told the audience at the Davao International Airport lounge after reading his arrival speech, and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte warned those who plan to unseat him from power. He said he would fight those planning a coup d’etat against him. He said he would oppose any violent takeover of his government.
QUEZON City, Philippines (October 4) – Several concerns were raised regarding the state of human rights in the Philippines. The United Nations sent its investigators to the Philippines to look into such issues like poverty, education, labor, human trafficking, homelessness and gender equality. The Philippine Drug War – officially named Campaign Plan Double Barrel – was questioned and probed. Then came the figures. According to the Philippine National Police, 1, 276 “drug personalities” were killed in police […]
MANILA, Sept. 13 (PIA) -– President Duterte has not given the so-called “green light” to the execution of Mary Jane Veloso. This was the clarification made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. after reading a news item in the Jakarta Post with an erroneous headline that ran, “Duterte has given green light for Mary Jane’s execution.” Yasay gave credence to a later paragraph in the Jakarta Post story which said: “Veloso was excluded indefinitely from the […]
