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(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Jan. 29, said he would tell his Cabinet members not to go to the US in the meantime. “Yung mga Cabinet member, I will ask them not to go to the US. In the meantime. Parang boycott,” Duterte told reporters. The President issued the statement after the US’ cancellation of Senator Ronald dela Rosa’s US visa. Dela Rosa believes the cancellation was due to his role in the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an order “to bring home everyone” in China, a Department of Foreign Affairs official said on Tuesday, Jan. 28. “That’s the order of the President, to bring home everyone. And we will bring everyone home safely,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said in a press conference, as Chinese health authorities reported a spike to over 100 in the deaths from the novel coronavirus in the Asian country. […]
(Eagle News)–In these photos uploaded on Senator Bong Go’s Facebook account, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen eating at a local eatery. Go, who was Duterte’s aide before he became senator, said the President had an “early breakfast” today, Jan. 25. It was unclear where the local eatery was located.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte believes the country has stronger ties with Russia and China than with the United States because the two countries respect Philippine sovereignty. “Because America continues to look at us as a vassal state because we were under the Americans for 50 years and they lived off the fat of the land before we got our independence,” Duterte told RT television. According to the President, “it’s not only the Philippines, but it’s […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson believes President Rodrigo Duterte can scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement without the Senate’s approval or consent. In a statement, Lacson said this was “in the absence of a Supreme Court ruling on the President’s power to unilaterally break a treaty/bilateral agreement like the VFA without the consent of 2/3 supermajority vote of the Senate.” “Having said that, the SC should act on the pending petition filed by a number […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has said she was “disappointed” over the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss her petition for a writ of habeas data petition against President Rodrigo Duterte, adding that it had the effect of “emboldening attacks against women.” The writ of habeas data is a remedy available to any person whose right to privacy in life, liberty or security is violated or threatened by an unlawful act or omission of […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Friday, Jan. 24, welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s desire to resume peace negotiations. In a statement, Sison said it was, however, “best for the (Philippine government) and the (National Democratic Front of the Philippines) to prepare” for his “one-on-one meeting” with Duterte “by formally resuming the peace negotiations and accomplishing the interim peace agreement in a neutral venue abroad.” According to Sison, in the first […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with the family of the Overseas Filipino Worker who has been detained for several years in Bahrain for killing a Pakistani national, the Palace said on Friday, Jan. 24. In a statement, the Palace said the President met the family of Roderick Aguinaldo at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Thursday, Jan. 23. Members of the family of Aguinaldo, who has been in detention for three […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to end the Visiting Forces Agreement if the United States does not reverse the cancellation of Senator Ronald Dela Rosa’s US visa was all about “one-sided foreign relations,” the senator himself said. In a statement, Dela Rosa said Duterte was, after all, a “leader who doesn’t want his people treated unfairly.” “Ok lang mga sundalo nila labas-masok sa ating teritoryo while a senator of this republic is barred from entering their […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has said he was declining US President Donald Trump’s invitation to attend a summit in Las Vegas in March. The President made the announcement on RT media early this week. “I just received an invitation to go to the United States together with the ASEAN leaders. I haven’t been to the States,” the President said. But when asked if he would go, he said “No.” He reiterated his sentiments […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has reappointed Catalino Cuy as Dangerous Drugs Board chair. Cuy’s appointment papers were signed by the President on Tuesday, Jan. 21. “His reappointment assures us that the programs laid out will be pursued using the whole of nation approach in addressing the country’s drug problem,” DDB Executive Director Earl Saavedra said in a statement. Cuy was first appointed as chair of the body responsible for crafting policies and strategies […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is “pondering” whether or not he will accept United States President Donald Trump’s invitation to visit his country for a summit with other Southeast Asian leaders in March. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo added the President was doing this because the invite was an “official invitation” to all leaders of Southeast Asia. “The previous invitations are personal invitations from President Trump. This one is an official invitation to all ASEAN […]
