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Inquirer, ABSCBN tend to project Duterte as “caricature of a berserk strongman over failed state,” Malacanang says (Eagle News) — The Inquirer on Thursday took exception to President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks it was unfair in its coverage of him and his administration, saying it has “upheld the highest standards of excellence in journalism” since it was founded in 1985. “Even as we’ve courageously pursued the truth in our coverage, we’ve endeavored to get the administration’s side […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would grant amnesty to the communists who have been waging a war in the countryside for decades. This, however, is “with the concurrence of Congress” and if “magkaayusan tayo.” “I’ll (do that). This is not a wild guess but makakaya kong makuha ito. We are talking with the (New People’s Army) so there’s no more killing,” he told a crowd during the People’s Day celebration in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday admitted he uses an oxygen concentrator while sleeping. “I cannot smoke because of..Yan pinost..Kasi kung matulog ako oxygenation ko di maganda,” he told the crowd attending the People’s Day celebration in Oriental Mindoro. Duterte was referring to several pictures of him on his bed which were posted on Facebook by his son-in-law, Atty. Manases Carpio, on the President’s 72nd birthday. In one picture where Duterte is seen playing with […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Thursday filed a supplemental complaint to his original impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte, an act the chief presidential legal counsel described as mere “publicity and propaganda.” In an interview with reporters during the filing at the House of Representatives, Alejano said the supplemental complaint stems from Duterte’s foreign policy as a whole. The first impeachment complaint against Duterte was filed by Alejano on March 16 on five grounds: […]
(Eagle News) — Why didn’t America stop China in the South China Sea then? This was the question President Rodrigo Duterte said he asked the United States ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim when he spoke with him on Tuesday afternoon. “Sabi ko, ‘You know I’m surprised really Mr. Ambassador. Had America really wanted to avoid trouble early on, e di sana overflights, pinakita sa newspapers that there was something abrewing. There was something as if a runway […]
Photos from Atty. Manases Carpio’s Facebook account (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is greeted by his grandchildren when he woke up on his birthday (Friday), March 28, at his residence in Davao City. The President opted to spend his time with family on his 72nd birthday. In these pictures, Duterte is seen playing with his grandchildren who surprised him with warm birthday hugs and kisses when he woke up in his Davao City […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte took the early lead in polls opened by Time for its annual list of 100 most influential people in the world, overtaking the likes of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Beyonce. Duterte garnered a 4 percent vote so far based on a check of initial poll results for TIME 100 on Sunday. The polls were opened on Friday. Trudeau, Beyonce and Merkel each had […]
(Eagle News) — The Paris Agreement on Climate Change will take effect in the Philippines next month. This is according to Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change. According to Legarda, the historic agreement that aims to keep global average temperature to well below two degrees Celsius below pre-industrial levels, and to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, will enter into force in the country on April 22, exactly a year the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday named the three people he said were behind the ouster plot against him. “Look, prangka tayo..They want me ousted. Who’s behind it? Itong si Trillanes, sundalo mabuti pang security guard to, and his ilk,” Duterte said, referring to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Aside from being a critic of Duterte and his policies, Trillanes is a member of the Magdalo group that has filed an impeachment complaint against […]
(Eagle News) — Apologize. The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption has asked Vice President Leni Robredo to issue an apology for what it said were her “treacherous and unjust statements” in a video shown to the international community recently. In a letter sent to her office on Tuesday, Dante Jimenez, VACC president and founding chair, said Robredo should apologize for her messages that “sham(ed) the country before the international community” to “forestall any legal action that may be taken against” her. […]
(Eagle News) — Breaking her silence for the first time after she came under fire for her antidrug war video message shown to the international community, Vice President Leni Robredo indirectly denied on Thursday she had plans of seizing the presidency. “Ang pagpapahayag ng pangontra sa mga polisiya ng administrasyon ay hindi po yun nangangahulugan na gusto nating agawin ang posisyon. Wala po tayong ganung pangarap,” she said, noting that she only wanted to hear grievances. Robredo […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Wednesday filed a P9.6-billion tax evasion case against Mighty Corp., whose owner President Rodrigo Duterte himself had ordered arrested for economic sabotage on March 7. In a statement, the BIR said it filed the complaint with the Department of Justice against retired Lt. Gen. Edilberto Adan, the company president; retired judge Oscar Barrientos, its executive vice president; Alexander Wongchuking, the vice president for external affairs and assistant corporate secretary; and Ernesto Victa, […]
