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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Paolo Duterte’s resignation as vice mayor of Davao. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President did this on Friday afternoon. A letter sent by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said the younger Duterte’s resignation was “effective immediately.” Copies of the letter, dated January 5, were also given to the younger Duterte’s sister, Sara, also the Davao mayor, and to Catalino Cuy, officer in charge of the Department […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday announced the appointments of special envoys to China, the United States and Australia. The reappointment papers of Wallie Lee, Carlos Chan, Ferdinand Borja, Cheng Yong, William de Jesus Lima as special envoys to China were signed by President Rodrigo Duterte himself on January 3. The new term of office of Lee, Chan, Borja and Lima runs from January 1 to June 30, 2018. Yong will also serve for six […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said statements on no-election and term extension scenarios will not help the campaign for a shift to a federal form of government. It was House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez who said that polls in 2019 could be postponed during the transition to the new form of government. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III dismissed Alvarez’s claim, but added that a shift to federalism could result in a prolonged term […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will definitely step down at the end of his term in 2022, according to his spokesperson. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President has no intention of extending his term at all. “I can categorically state that PRRD does not want that. He wants to cut short his term rather than lengthen it,” Roque said in a text message. This, even if Congress succeeds in […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday that he would reveal the name of the high-ranking official President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to sack, noting that another official would suffer the same fate. In a radio interview, Roque said the identity of the first would be revealed at 1:30 p.m. “Eh kasi meron na pong order na ituloy na. So, kaya po iyon, itutuloy na natin at ang press briefing po natin […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants to “intensify” maritime security and cooperation with Indonesia to fight terrorism. Duterte made the statement during a courtesy call made by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Wednesday. Duterte was accompanied by representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Education, while Retno was accompanied by Consul General for the Indonesian Embassy in Davao Berlian Napitupulu, Indonesian Embassy in Manila charge d’affaires Budi Dhewajani, among others. “While […]
(Eagle News) — No official travel of government officials or personnel shall now be allowed unless it satisfies three “minimum” criteria. According to the memorandum released by the Office of the Executive Secretary on Wednesday, the “purpose of the trip has to be strictly within the mandate of the requesting government official or personnel,” the “projected expenses for the trip are not excessive,” and the trip should bring “substantial benefit” to the country.” “No government […]
So far included in the President’s foreign trips list are India, S. Korea, Australia and Israel, Roque says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit at least four other countries this year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said these countries were India, South Korea, Israel and Australia. “I think these are planned visits. So far it’s being discussed between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the countries that have invited the President,” Roque said. […]
Says official is male, and was neither from the ERC nor from the PCSO (Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday said that the person to be sacked by President Rodrigo Duterte was male, and was neither from the Energy Regulatory Commission, nor from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. “I can make the confirmation that the official who I was tasked to announce and may belatedly told to hold in abeyance is not from the […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte had wanted to axe a government official on the first day of 2018. “E sabi ko, ‘Huwag naman po, Mr. President. Pabayaan muna natin mag-happy new year ‘yung sisibakin,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview over dzbb on Monday. Roque did not say who the official was but said he was “top-level.” Roque said the announcement would be made on January 3 instead. “Pagdating doon sa laban sa […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte urged Filipinos on Sunday to “embrace this coming year’s uncertainty with a glimmer of hope.” “And (let us) remain determined in achieving our vision of a better and more prosperous future,” Duterte said. According to the President, he remains hopeful “that our resilience will enable us to overcome and rise above these challenges as one nation.” He cited the challenges he said the country faced in 2017, but which it […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte, like other candidates then, took advantage of the social networking site Facebook to promote his presidential campaign. But Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President did not promote fake news on FB to win votes, contrary to what an MSNBC report says. MSNBC’s Ari Melber said in the report that Facebook had deployed three of its employees to the Philippines to hold training sessions with campaign teams such as Duterte’s. […]
