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QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, there will be no boycott against President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and that journalists will not stop doing their duty of guarding against government anomalies despite the calls of other members of the media calling for a boycott against the incoming President after he allegedly made foul statements against the media. NUJP added that although it cannot be denied that there are corrupt […]
The Philippine National Police will deploy 4, 000 security personnel for the Thanksgiving party held for President-elect Rodrigo Duterte by his supporters in the crocodile farm in Davao City. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
PRESIDENT-elect Rodrigo Duterte reiterates his stand on increasing the social security pension. Duterte already vowed to reverse President Aquino’s decision to veto a congress-approved bill that would grant SSS pensioners additional PHP 2, 000 in monthly pension. He emphasized that the government must treat retired government and private sector workers justly by providing enough pension funds to cover urgent necessities like medicine, whose prices have gone high, and to assure smooth and shorter processes in […]
Incoming presidential spokesperson, Attorney Salvador Panelo clarified that president-elect Rodrigo Duterte did not intend to endorse media killings. In an interview, Panelo reiterated that Duterte is against all illegal killings. He also added that “Duterte will pursue the criminals to the ends of Earth in accordance with the law with the constitution.” (Eagle News)
UMAASA ang China na maibabalik sa dati ang magandang relasyon nito sa Pilipinas na nagkaroon ng sigalot dahil sa agawan sa teritoryo. Ito ang sinabi ni Chinese President Xi Jinping nang makausap at batiin si President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte. Ayon sa Chinese President, may malalim na pinagsamahan ang dalawang bansa na ang kapuwa interes ay magandang relasyon at kooperasyon, kaya’t umaasa siyang manunumbalik ito. (Eagle News)
QUEZON CIty, Philippines – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said that the Philippines will not depend on the United States of America to defend Philippine interest in the West Philippine Sea. Duterte plans to promote multilateral talks between affected countries to resolve the issue. He also asked China to respect the 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone as laid down by international law. Duterte added that he is waiting for the decision of the international arbitral tribunal […]
Rodrigo Duterte became the 16th president of the Philippines on Monday, May 30 when a joint session of congress declared him winner of a May 9 election, succeeding Benigno Aquino who steps down next month after six years in office. The tough-talking Duterte, Mayor of Davao City in the south, campaigned on the single issue of crushing crime and now faces a daunting task of fixing infrastructure, creating jobs and lifting more than a quarter […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The camp of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte denied allegations that the reason why Duterte did not attend the proclamation was because he don’t want to be in the same area with Vice President-elect Leni Robredo. According to incoming Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, even before it became clear that Robredo will win the vice-presidency, Duterte already made known his intentions that he will not attend his proclamation. In his 30 years of […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi kinikilala ng Sabah ang pag-angkin ng Pilipinas sa kanilang estado at iginiit na sila ay nasa ilalim ng pamamahala ng Malaysia. Ayon kay Chief Minister Musa Aman, sila ay nasa Malaysia at pinili nilang patuloy na maging bahagi ng soberanya nito mula pa nang ito ay mabuo. Ito ang naging tugon ni Musa, sa pahayag ni President-elect Rodrigo Duterte kung saan sinabi niya ang kaniyang balak na ipagpatuloy ang pagbawi sa […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is not in favor of the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections this October, saying that it would leave a hold-over capacity for the officials. Earlier, the Commission on Elections announced that it may postpone the barangay and SK elections due to the national and local elections. (Eagle News Service description by Jaypaul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
(Eagle News) — Itutuloy pa rin ng National Board Of Canvassers (NBOC) ang proklamasyon ng nanalo sa pagka-presidente at bise presidente ngayong araw kahit hindi makakadalo si President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. Ayon kay Senate President Franklin Drilon, wala siyang nakikitang problema kahit wala si Duterte sa proklamasyon. Wala raw “legal effect” sa alkalde ng Davao kahit hindi siya dadalo. Nabatid na noong Sabado ng gabi, ay iginiit ni Duterte na hindi ito dadalo sa proklamasyon sa […]
MANILA , Philippines(AFP) — The incoming mayor of a major Philippine city said Friday he was offering bounties to police to kill criminals, deepening concerns of extra-judicial deaths under the rule of president-elect Rodrigo Duterte. Tomas Osmena, incoming mayor of central Cebu city said he would pay policemen 50,000 pesos ($1,060) for each criminal they kill and 5,000 pesos for each one they wound. “If you kill a criminal in the line of duty, (you’ll […]
