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(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte is set to meet with Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday (December 15). A welcome ceremony for Duterte is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. at Istana, the official residence of the President of Singapore. The three state leaders are expected to discuss political cooperation between the two countries, as well as trade relations. The leaders will also talk about the situation of […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained a “very good” net satisfaction rating for the last quarter of 2016, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Results showed that the satisfaction rating of the President was at +63 dropping by only one point compared to his rating in September of +64. SWS classifies net satisfaction ratings of at least +70 as “excellent”; those +50 to +69 as “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, December 14 said that he might not be around until the end of his term because of his old age. “I am old … This is my last hurrah — after this, 77 — I am not sure if I will still be around by the end of my term,” the President said. “I realize now – I do not need it at this time of my […]
MANILA, Dec. 14 – President Rodrigo Duterte left Tuesday for a back-to-back state visits to Cambodia and Singapore aimed at strengthening relations with the Asian neighbors particularly on trade and security. “These State Visits will reaffirm our relations with our close neighbors in Southeast Asia and seek to further strengthen our engagement with our brothers in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEANs,” the President said in his departure speech at the Ninoy Aquino International […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte warned the terrorist Maute group not to set conditions on the Philippine government after it demanded that the military stop its attacks. Duterte said on Monday (December 12) that the Maute Group has threatened to burn Marawi City if the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) would not stop its attacks on their forces. “Itong Maute… It was carried by a Moro ambassador, former, sabi niya na, ‘Maghinto sila basta […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Catherine Manahan, chief of the legislative division of the Office of the Senate President, as new magistrate of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA). Manahan will assume the post following the retirement of CTA Justice Amelia Colangco-Manalastas. Manahan was chosen from six candidates for the post. The other five candidates include a tax lawyer and four local court judges. She was an officer of the University of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appointed former Quezon City Branch 79 RTC Judge Bernelito R. Fernandez to the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan. In the transmittal letter of Executive Salvador Medialdea to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, President Duterte appointed the new magistrate to replace retired Associate Justice Teresita Diaz-Baldoz. Three positions in the anti-graft court will soon be vacated with the retirement of Associate Justices Jose Hernandez, and early retirement of Napoleon Inoturan and Rolando […]
MANILA, Dec. 12 – President Rodrigo Duterte is set to undertake state visits to Cambodia and Singapore next week. This was confirmed by Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Charles Jose in a predeparture briefing in Malacañang. “President Rodrigo Duterte will undertake a state visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on December 13 and 14, 2016 upon the invitation of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, and to Singapore on December 15 and 16, 2016 upon the invitation of His Excellency […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte challenged Senator Leila De Lima to file impeachment charges against him after his speech defending policemen allegedly involved in the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. “They can go ahead. Bakit pa mas maraming daldal? Sige na, impeach na,” the President said. Duterte in a speech expressed that he would still support policemen who risk their lives in the line of duty and will not allow them […]
(Eagle News) — Liberal Party (LP) senators Franklin Drilon and Leila de Lima have dismissed allegations from President Rodrigo Duterte that his “yellow” critics are plotting his impeachment. “Walang katotohanan yan. We have not discussed any plot to change the President. We respect the mandate of the people,” Drilon told reporters. De Lima, a staunch critic of Duterte, said LP stalwarts were just making their voices be heard when they opposed the so-called extrajudicial killings, reimposing of death penalty, […]
(Eagle News)– Jude Sabio, legal counsel of alleged hitman Edgar Matobato, on Friday (December 9) announced they will produce a new witness to support his client’s claims against President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Sabio, the witness allegedly saw Duterte shoot a person in Davao City in May 2012. Before this announcement, Sabio filed complaints on behalf of Matobato against the President and 27 others over their alleged involvement with the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS). […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte cannot be impeached for his remarks that he will not allow the policemen allegedly involved in the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., to be imprisoned. In an interview, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo also said that President cannot be impeached by his remarks and said that it was the duty of the President to protect the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP). […]
