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In these pictures provided by the Philippine National Police, First Lady Honeylet Avanceña is seen addressing an audience as guest of honor during the launch of the Life After Tokhang drug rehabilitation program in Camp Crame on Monday, October 2. LIFT, a “PNP-initiated, community-based recovery and wellness program,” is aimed at helping drug surrenderees recover from their drug problems via a series of activities. For the program, the PNP partnered with the Rispondé Foundation.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday night accused Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang of “lying to his teeth” and “waving fabricated evidence.” President Duterte made the accusation after the Anti-Money Laundering Council itself denied it had provided the Ombudsman with a report on the Duterte family’s bank transactions, as claimed by Carandang. Carandang said in an interview that the report was used as a basis to launch a probe on the President’s family wealth. “Waving fabricated evidence, […]
President Donald Trump has backed away from a threat to skip a summit with Southeast Asian leaders in the Philippines later this year, with the White House saying it had accepted an invitation from host Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement Friday, the White House said that Trump will visit Manila as part of a bumper November 3-14 tour of China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the US state of Hawaii. The announcement tees up a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV closed his bank accounts and transferred the money–which he said was “possibly” used to “destabilize” the government— to other individuals before signing a waiver and going to Singapore to supposedly check those accounts. In an interview over state-run television, Duterte said Trillanes was able to close the accounts online at 10 p.m., on September 8. Although the President did not say what these […]
(Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday denied President Rodrigo Duterte was intimidating the Office of the Ombudsman, noting that it was the chief executive who welcomed a probe into his family’s wealth in the first place. “No one is intimidating the Ombudsman..(The President) is not intimidating the Ombudsman,” Panelo said when asked in a television interview for his reaction to the anti-graft body’s statement that it would not be intimidated […]
(Eagle News) — Walang plano ang Malacañang na hadlangan ang Office of the Ombudsman sa isasagawang imbestigasyon sa mga umano’y tagong yaman ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella na malinaw ang pahayag ni Pangulong Duterte na malaya ang sinuman na kalkalin ang kanyang kayamanan. Ayon kay Abella, nagtitiwala ang Malacañang sa pagiging impartial ng Office of the Ombudsman. Nag-ugat ang isyu sa mga umano’y tagong yaman ng Pangulo batay sa mga […]
(Eagle News) — After directing his anger many times at the country, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he would “rather be friendly” with the United States now. Speaking during the 116th Balangiga Encounter Day in Eastern Samar, he said he was “under advice” by the Department of Foreign Affairs that he should “temper (his) language and avoid cursing,” something which he said he was “prone to do if (he gets) emotional.” Besides, Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — “The President has nothing to hide.” This was the reaction of Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella to reports the Ombudsman was probing President Rodrigo Duterte’s bank accounts. The launch of the probe was in response to a complaint filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who earlier made the allegations of ill-gotten wealth against the then-Davao mayor when he was still running for the position of the country’s chief executive. When Duterte won the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is a “transshipment point” for illegal drugs being transported to the United States. President Rodrigo Duterte said it was the “Bamboo Triad,” a crime syndicate based in Taiwan, that made the Philippines its “client state.” He said the 14K group from Hongkong also had drug operations in the country. Both criminal syndicates have “taken over” Southeast Asia, he said. “Today, the drug problem is all throughout the world,” he said. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority administrator Wilma Eisma as its chair. With the appointment, Duterte effectively replaced Martin Diño as SBMA chairman. It was still unclear, however, if Diño would be given another role in the agency. Eisma’s appointment came after President Duterte signed Executive Order No. 42, which effectively repealed EO 340 that specified that powers be split between the SBMA chair and the administrator. With the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited Marawi on Thursday, his fifth visit since terrorists overran the city, prompting government forces to launch offensives against them. The media was not previously informed of Duterte’s visit, which was done also on the national day of protest. Earlier, Duterte said the crisis in Marawi was almost over. The President tried to visit Marawi twice before he finally succeeded on July 20. On Aug. 4, he visited the […]
(Eagle News) — Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog, who was tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte as a “narcopolitician,” and another city official are facing graft complaints for entering into an allegedly anomalous towing services agreement in 2015. In a statement on Monday, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales said there was probable cause to charge Mabilog and Sangguniang Panlungsod member Plaridel Nava II with one count of violation of Section 3 (h) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices […]
