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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is not keen on suspending classes for the duration of the Southeast Asian Games. “That is simply too long,” Duterte said. The country will host the international sporting event starting Nov. 30 up to Dec. 11. Earlier, the Department of Education approved the suspension of classes in six public schools in Pasay, Pasig and Manila. This was upon the request of the SEA Games organizers themselves.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Nov. 28, said he has yet to find the country’s Philippine National Police chief. “Unless I think that I see the very best guy there, you show me,” he said. “Kayong mga pulis, tell me who is the best… Just give me an honest man, period,” he added. Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa is currently the officer in charge of the PNP. He was designated to the post after Oscar […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Nov. 28, ordered the government to step up its campaign against illegal recruitment. The President gave the order specifically to the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Labor and Employment during the awarding of child-friendly local government units in the Palace. “My orders are really to get them,” the President said, as he pointed out the abuses suffered by some Overseas Filipino Workers. President Duterte […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of a Philippine Railways Institute where the human resource capacities of railways personnel will be developed. In signing Executive Order No. 96, Duterte noted there was an “urgent need” to develop these capacities to ensure the personnel’s competence and compliance with generally accepted standards of practice and the rules and regulations pertaining to the safety, operation and maintenance of railways. Duterte said the transportation sector, of which […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bong Go on Wednesday, Nov. 7, urged Filipinos to help each other instead of pointing fingers, amid some issues hounding the country’s hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. In a statement, Go lamented how many Filipinos were rejoicing “for the wrong reasons.” “Pumapalakpak dahil gusto nila tayong pumalpak,” Go said. In the first place, he said the organizers led by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano were working “double time” and doing everything […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, Nov. 27, expressed support for a proposal to have both the President and Vice President of the country voted in tandem. Lacson made the statement in an interview over ANC, after President Rodrigo Duterte fired Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs. The Palace had said Duterte made the move following taunts from Robredo herself and members of her party, the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants a probe into the logistical problems that hounded the Philippines’ hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the probe would cover the organizers of the SEA Games, including Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee head Alan Peter Cayetano, who was Duterte’s running mate in the 2016 elections. He said the P50-million cauldron would also be probed. A parallel investigation by Congress could also be […]
(Eagle News)–It was Vice President Leni Robredo herself and her Liberal partymates who prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to fire her as Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs co-chair. In an interview over radio dzbb, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it was LP president Kiko Pangilinan who was himself asking Duterte to fire Robredo. “…Ang pinakamatindi, si VP Leni, nung magsalita si Presidente, ano ang naging tugon niya? Sabi niya ‘Kung ayaw mo sa akin, sabihin mo.’ […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Busan early Monday, Nov. 25, to attend the ASEAN – Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit. The plane carrying the President landed in Ginhae airport at 1:28 a.m. Duterte was accompanied by his official delegation including Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Education Secretary Leonor Briones. Also included in the delegation were Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez,Tourism Secretary […]
No one believes you anymore, she says (Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima slammed President Rodrigo Duterte anew after he said the drug claims against her were true. “Well, we all know what his oath is worth,” De Lima said. According to De Lima, the President for instance, swore to defend the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights but instead “waged a drug war that summarily executed thousands of Filipinos, depriving them of life without due […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Nov. 22, gave the assurance of clean elections in 2022, the year his term ends. The President gave the assurance as he reiterated he no longer had plans to stay in office. “It’s too far away to be speculating or talking about it but I’m on my way out. What can I assure you, ladies and gentlemen, that it will be a clean election during my time,” Duterte said, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Nov. 22, said the country will continue to import rice even with the local farmers’ ongoing harvest. In a speech in Sarangani, the President said this was because “the producer cannot fill up the requirements.” “It’s lacking,” he said. Duterte made the statement days after he said rice importation would be suspended to allow local farmers to sell their products without competition from abroad. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said […]
