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(Eagle News) — A Davao businesswoman has accused the camp of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV of trying to bribe her to testify against President Rodrigo Duterte, and file a case against him in the International Criminal Court, a television report said. According to the GMA7 report, according Guillermina Barrido Arcillas identified one “Junnel” as the one who offered her P500,000 as initial downpayment for her testimony. “Junnel” is reportedly a member of Trillanes’ staff. Another […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday that Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Ma. Sison “can come home,” and will be given “freedom of movement.” “I just had a talk before, pababa dito, (presidential peace adviser Jesus) Dureza and (chief government negotiator Silvestre) Bello called me. Sabi ko, you tell Sison, because he’s sick, very sick, he can come home. I’ll give him freedom of movement. I will not have him arrested. I’ll […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday revealed he had fired another government official, an undersecretary, only days after he sacked a member of his Cabinet. Duterte made the revelation during a speech at the Grand Harvest Festival of the Seh Leng Agritech Corporation in Talavera, Nueva Ecija. “Sabi ko kanina..tawagan mo..She’s fired. So pangalawa siya,” he said. The first official who was sacked this week was Department of the Interior and Local Government chief […]
(Eagle News) — Eight in ten Filipinos appreciate the performance and trust President Rodrigo Duterte. This is according to a Pulse Asia survey conducted via face-to-face interviews from March 15 to 20. The survey has a sample of 1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above, and a ± 3 percent error margin at the 95 percent confidence level. Relevant events before and during the conduct of the survey include the the filing of the first impeachment complaint against […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday again lashed out at Inquirer and ABSCBN, saying they were corrupt media organizations that were “a bunch of” trash. “Kaya sinasabi ko dyan, sa Inquirer, wag kayo magbasa dyan. Basura yan….Just like ABSCBN. They’re all a bunch of (trash),” Duterte said, using a more forceful expletive to describe the media organizations during the inauguration of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s crisis center in Guadalupe, Makati. His statement drew […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he fired then-Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mike Sueno because he “did not like his answer” when asked about the questionable firetruck deal the DILG had entered into. “Last night I fired a Cabinet member in a full Cabinet meeting because I did not like his answer because it was a plain lie,” he said during the inauguration of the Metropolitan Manila Development […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday took up the cudgels for Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, who has come under fire after admitting he had another girlfriend and children out of wedlock. “Sino ba walang babae dito? Mayor Herbert (Bautista) tumingin ka sa akin and I’ll tell you you’re a liar,” he told the Quezon City mayor, drawing laughs from the audience at the newly inaugurated Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s Crisis Monitoring and Management Center. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday asked the military and police who are awardees of a housing project in Pandi, Bulacan to give up the units illegally occupied by members of an urban poor group, saying he would construct “nicer, more comfortable and bigger” ones for them. Duterte made the appeal during the 120th anniversary of the Philippine Army in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. “Meron akong pakiusap. This ruckus in Bulacan, parang inagaw ng mga kapwa natin […]
(Eagle News) — “He showed remarkable political will.” This was how Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon described President Rodrigo Duterte after he sacked Interior Secretary Mike Sueno, citing “a lack of loss and confidence,” on Monday night. In a statement, Biazon said Sueno, after all, was a “prime mover in the electoral campaign of the President occupying a top sensitive post.” “Trust and confidence of a President in his appointee should be absolute. This is an example of an […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called out Senator Francis Pangilinan for authoring the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act, and reiterated his support for programs that would instill discipline in the youth amid the prevailing lack of “sense of obedience” among Filipinos. In a speech during the Boy Scouts of the Philippines investiture rites, Duterte, who was wearing a Boy Scouts uniform, said Pangilinan’s law was the reason behind “five to six generations of people who committed crimes.” “I’m […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday revealed what could be plans to impose a moratorium on allowance increases of officials in government-owned and controlled corporations. “Mga government corporations, kasi mga allowances nila. I’ll leave it that way, but next time I have to impose a moratorium sa increases. Masyado malaki,” he said in a speech in celebration of the day for women in Malacanang. “I will control whatever increases they enjoy in the future,” he […]
Stands by President Duterte’s tirades vs ABSCBN, PDI, saying PDI “insinuates particular bias that leans toward malice” (Eagle News) — Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Friday sought to allay fears Gina Lopez would no longer be appointed to lead the environmental department, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s verbal tirades against the Lopez-owned ABSCBN. In a press conference in Malacanang, Abella said Duterte “will appoint” her “if he sees fit.” “I think those are two separate matters..(Duterte) can […]
