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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 12, welcomed the recent results of a Social Weather Stations survey that said that 70 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance. He said based on the results, “public confidence” has “remained “high notwithstanding matters and concerns the government is handling.” “This would further inspire the President, along with the members of his Cabinet, to work double time in bringing the fruits of sustained […]
(Eagle News) –Seventy percent of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance, according to a latest survey of the Social Weather Stations. The pollster said that the figure translates to a net satisfaction rating of +56, which is 2 points below the very good +58 in December 2017. The new rating of +56 is classified by the SWS as very good. Based on the results of the survey done from March 23 to 27, 17% were undecided, while 14% were dissatisfied […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is now in Hong Kong after his trip to Boao, China. The President’s plane landed at the Hong Kong International Airport on Wednesday, April 11, at 11:34 p.m. In his pre-departure speech in the Davao International Airport on Monday, April 9, Duterte said he was slated to meet the Filipino community in Hong Kong to report to them what was happening in the country, and to determine their concerns. […]
(Eagle News) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the Philippines in November. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the revelation on Tuesday night. According to Roque, the visit will take place after Xi’s participation in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Papua New Guinea. This will have been Xi’s first visit to the Philippines since his visit in November 2015, when the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit was held under then-President Benigno […]
By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service The Philippines may bid for the hosting of the 2019 Miss Universe pageant as a way to reintroduce a newly rehabilitated Boracay to the world. Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said it was President Rodrigo Duterte himself who raised the possibility in jest, after Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez asked how they would promote the island again after the six-month closure. “I know it’s pabiro, sabi niya ‘eh baka pwede natin […]
But Trillanes says senators can only be judged once they give their verdict By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senators on Tuesday, April 10, vowed to vote based on evidence if the venue for the impeachment process against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was transferred to the Senate, but one remained skeptical. “Sa akin, walang epekto,” Senator Nancy Binay said, when asked to comment on President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Sereno’s impeachment to be fast-tracked […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, April 9, said there was no plan for a casino project in Boracay, adding the island would be placed under land reform and given to farmers after its 6-month rehabilitation. The President made the revelation in a press conference prior to his departure for China at the Davao International Airport. Duterte is slated to attend the Boao forum, a meeting of business leaders. “Wala akong plano diyan […]
(Eagle News)—Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has sacked Land Transportation Office personnel in Nueva Vizcaya over corruption allegations. Tugade issued the order against personnel at the LTO’s Bayombong District Office and Aritao Extension Office, after rice traders and truckers complained to President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday. According to the complainants, several of the LTO personnel earn as much as P1 million a day by extorting money from thousands of truckers bringing agricultural products from Cagayan Valley outside […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to fire another government official. Duterte made the announcement in a speech in Sofitel on Thursday, April 5. “I’ll be firing about one undersecretary, one after the other. Ubusin ko talaga ‘yan,” he said. The President did not give any reason for the looming dismissal of the official, but in his speech, he railed against corruption and how activities of this nature were still being practised in government. “I […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte gave Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez the assurance former President and now Rep. Gloria Arroyo was not after his post. “Sabi ni ma’am, ‘Sabihin mo sa kaibigan mo na wala akong ambisyon maging Speaker. He can rest…,” the President said during a gathering for his 73rd birthday and Arroyo’s 71st birthday on Thursday. Duterte, who was referring to Arroyo at that time, made the pronouncement after calling out Alvarez, who he said looked […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping are slated to hold a bilateral meeting when he visits China. According to Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for International Economic Affairs Manuel Antonio Teehankee, the meeting is slated on April 10. The President is slated to leave for China to attend the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan province on April 9. “At the bilateral meeting, this may come up as well,” Teehankee said when asked if the South China […]
