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(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte met on Tuesday Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before the opening of the ASEAN Summit in Laos. Both bilateral meetings took place at the National Convention Center in Vientiane. Duterte first meeting was with Lee. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Lee invited Duterte to visit Singapore, and congratulated him on his election. “Both leaders reaffirmed the long and close ties between […]
“Spelling nga, magkaiba na, meaning pa kaya?” The quote above was quite ‘gasgas’, used by those who compose romance-comedy lit or hugot memes. But let me apply it to something political. President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of state of national emergency (SNE) is making a lot of buzz, especially among civilians. He imposed this after the tragic bombing at the Roxas night market in Davao City, Friday September 2. Half of the people are panicking because […]
(Eagle News)– The Palace on Tuesday (September 6) proclaimed September 12 as a regular non-working holiday to commemorate Eid’l Adha (Festival of Sacrifice). President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 56 before leaving for Laos. Republic Act 9849 explains Eid’l Adha as “tenth day in the month of Hajj or Islamic Pilgrimage to Mecca wherein Muslims pay homage to Abraham’s supreme act of sacrifice and signifies mankind’s obedience to God.” Eid’l Adha is one of […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday reiterated that the United States (US) should not get involved in our country’s internal affairs, especially the issues regarding his war on drugs and crime. “If other leader would try to lecture me about the internal affairs of this country, don’t do that. Magka babuyan tayo. Philippines might be a small country, but we are independent,” Duterte said in a press briefing before leaving for Laos for the […]
(Eagle News)– A Palace official said on Monday that President Rodrigo Duterte might sign the proclamation on the state of lawlessness which he declared following Davao City blast before leaving for the ASEAN Summit in Laos. “Before the President flies off to Laos this afternoon, he would have signed a proclamation prepared by the Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea regarding the declaration of the state of lawless violence,” said Chistian Ablan, assistant secretary for policy and […]
(Eagle News)– Former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday (September 5) reiterated that President Rodrigo Duterte’s issuance of state of lawlessness is “the right thing to do”, following the Davao City blast that claimed 14 lives. Currently serving as Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives, Arroyo recalled the time when she issued the same order when she was president. “Ginagawa ko yun nung panahon ko eh, so it’s the right thing […]
(Eagle News)– Aside from leaders of Southeast Asian nations, Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose on Friday revealed that President Rodrigo Duterte will hold face-to face meetings with leaders of Australia, India, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Laos. Concerns such as the President’s war on drugs and West Philippine Sea dispute are likely to be discussed at the summit. Earlier, Duterte reiterated […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who has railed against the United Nations for criticizing his government, has declined a request to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, officials said Thursday. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that “contacts were had to try to set up a time” for a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN forum meeting in Laos next week, but that “no time could be agreed upon.” A foreign […]
(Eagle News)– Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Thursday revealed that there are illegitimate police operations done by suspected narco-cops. “We’d just like to refer to the fact that drug killings are not state-sanctioned and we also have to clearly and carefully make reference to the fact that certain deaths involving policemen may actually be cleansing operations by scalawags in uniform,” Abella told reporters in a press briefing in the Palace. Abella also noted that the […]
(Eagle News)–Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo revealed on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed concern after finding out that American comedian Steve Harvey will once again host the Miss Universe Pageant 2017 which will be held at the Mall of Asia Arena on January 30. “When I told the President about that, negative agad ang sabi niya: ‘Hindi pwede.’ That was what he said. And he said: ‘I’m going to talk to the Miss Universe […]
(Eagle News)– Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Thursday noted that President Rodrigo Duterte is not affected by the assassination plot against him. “The President is pretty much untouched by these threats. Concerned but not worried,” Abella said. “He eats threats for breakfast. Meaning to say, it is not something new to him. He said it again and again that he puts his honor, his life, his presidency on the line. It is a very heroic […]
(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa revealed his uncertainty on Thursday about meeting their target of making the 1.8 million drug users and pushers surrender within the first six months of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. “Sabi nga ni Presidente (Rodrigo Duterte) zero tolerance tayo sa drugs. Kung zero tolerance malaki pa bubunuin natin and I’m worried. We are running out of time,” Dela Rosa said. “Kaya worried ako baka […]
