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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led the traditional Vin d’ Honneur in the Malacañang Palace with Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay at his side. This is the first Vin d’Honneur led by President Duterte after assuming the presidency in June 2016. The president received the members of the diplomatic corps and in his speech affirmed the policies that he adopted when he became president.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he is not a statesman in response to criticisms aimed at his campaign against illegal drugs and corruption. But Mr. Duterte said that what is more important for a leader are his accomplishments, not his statesmanship. https://youtu.be/qglkG4QqMRY
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the Russian Warship Admiral Tributs, one of two currently docked in Manila. The move is another sign of warming relations between the two countries. He personally welcomed the Russian Naval Officers as friends, saying that Manila is open to them if they need anything such as the replenishment of their supplies.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — In an opinion article by CNN that talks about the winners and losers in Asia, President Rodrigo Duterte was announced as the “big winner in Asia 2016” for his great effort in “rethinking and reshaping the state of affairs – for good or for bad– at home and abroad.” Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said that the article about the President written by former US ambassador to Asian Development Bank Curtis […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he had ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to create a team consisting of excellent lawyers and accountants to investigate and find out who benefited from the multi-million peso Yolanda fund. Duterte said that the donations which came from different countries should be accounted for. He also gave instructions to find out if the Yolanda fund was used in money laundering. Earlier, President Duterte expressed […]
MANILA, Philippine (Eagle News) — Chinese language magazine Yazhou Zhoukan named President Rodrigo Duterte as “Man of the Year” in its first edition for 2017. According to Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, the President was named as “man of the year” due to his “announcement of his independent foreign policy, his distancing away from the U.S., and forging closer ties with China.” “The article also praises Duterte’s good governance and anti-corruption campaign as the reason for […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the names of 127 elderly and sick prisoners to President Rodrigo Duterte who he may grant executive pardon. The recommendation was in line with Duterte’s vow to free inmates aged at least 80 and those who have spent at least 40 years behind bars. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II did not say if political prisoners were included to the submitted names. Duterte in November granted absolute […]
(Eagle News) — Inaasahang tatalakayin ng Kongreso sa Pebrero ang panukalang batas na naglalayong mabigyan ng emergency powers si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte para maresolba ang matinding trapiko. Ayon kay Catanduanes Representative Cesar Sarmiento, maraming mga tinukoy na proyekto na nasa ilalim ng emergency measures na hindi pa kasama sa 2017 budget ang pondo. Maaari aniya na sa pamamagitan ng supplemental budget ay mapondohan ang mga nasabing proyekto. Kabilang sa emergency powers ang detalye sa bawat […]
MANILA, Dec. 31 – President Rodrigo Duterte called on Filipinos to work together towards national progress as he led the 120th anniversary celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal’s martyrdom at the Rizal Park on Friday. The President arrived at Rizal Park around 7 am Friday, December 30 and was given arrival honors. After that he led the flag-raising as well as the wreath laying rites for the national hero. In his Rizal Day message, the President […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — Fourteen-year-old “Bryan” sat looking behind the window’s grills of a government-run juvenile center on the outskirts of Manila. Not wanting to reveal his real name, Bryan was arrested by the police during a drug raid in September and was required to stay at the government’s “House of Hope” for a year. Life was not bad, he says, because he was being taken care of by social workers and was taught lessons like […]
MANILA, Dec.27 (PIA) — The ongoing peace process between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) got a much-needed gain after President Rodrigo Duterte’s envoys were able to touch base with an alleged MILF renegade commander. Ernesto A. Alcanzare, lead organizer of a peace education and advocacy campaign Yes for Peace, shared the positive news through an email sent to PIA-NCR, which detailed the mission undertaken […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to give presidential clemency to elderly and sick prisoners this holiday season. According to Senator Recto, the tradition of freeing prisoners during the holiday season should be kept and that if the administration had set political prisoners free, it should also set free ordinary prisoners.
