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(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s designation of her as co-chair of the Interagency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs. “Kahit sabihin na natin na ang alok ay pamumulitika..at gagawin nila ang lahat para di ako magtagumpay, handa akong tiisin ang mga ito,” Robredo said in a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 6. She said “ang pinakamahalaga para sa akin ay simple lang: kung ito ang pagkakataon na matigil ang patayan, (tatanggapin ko).” […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo is now the co-chair of the Inter-agency committee on anti-illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte himself designated her to the position, based on an Oct. 31 letter signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and which was transmitted to Robredo’s office. Duterte’s move came after Robredo said the drug war had failed because it had failed to curb the number of drug addicts in the country. Earlier, Duterte said he was ready […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is back in the Philippines from Thailand. The President departed from the Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on Monday, Nov. 4, after a four-day visit. He attended the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, where he discussed the South China Sea and ASEAN’s community-building agenda, among other things. The President with fellow ASEAN leaders also attended the 14th East Asia Summit at the Impact Exhibition and Convention Center in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has urged members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations not to sacrifice the environment in the pursuit of progress. The President made the appeal at the 35th ASEAN Summit, the Palace said in a statement on Saturday, Nov. 2. “ASEAN should not sacrifice the environment and the region’s rich biodiversity, particularly in the maritime domain, in its quest for progress,” Duterte said, based on the statement. He said […]
(Eagle News) — In this picture provided by the Presidential Communications Operations Office, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen holding up the commemorative T-shirt he received during the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on November 2. The MOU was aimed at boosting the sport in the ASEAN countries through FIFA’s Football for Schools program. Duterte is flanked by Myanmar leader […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Nov. 2, emphasized the need for “self-restraint” in the South China Sea, as he called on members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to “use all influence” to persuade parties to exercise this and “avoid actions that may further complicate the situation.” During the 35th ASEAN Summit plenary in Thailand, the President said the issue should also be resolved in accordance to international law, including the United […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has urged members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations not to choose or “be forced to choose” between the United States and China. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said at the 35th ASEAN summit plenary, Duterte called the move a “strategic mistake” which past Philippine administrations had committed and which he was “rectifying through his independent foreign policy.” According to Panelo, the President noted the changing regional landscape […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Nov. 2, condemned the “bogus” report that said President Rodrigo Duterte was ordered by the Thai king to behave, a move the Palace described as the “latest black propaganda waged by the President’s fierce and unthinking critics and detractors.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the release of the report was “malicious and deliberate” as it came upon Duterte’s arrival in Thailand. “These raucous anti-Duterte forces should be […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has dismissed as fake news a supposed article circulating online that said the King of Thailand had ordered President Rodrigo Duterte to behave during the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. In a video message, Andanar said the Bangkok Post, which supposedly carried the article on its front page based on supposed screenshots of the newspaper, did not even carry the alleged story in its hard copy. “Kitang […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte flew to Thailand on Friday, Nov. 1, to attend the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Bangkok. The President’s trip pushed through even after successive earthquakes rocked Mindanao. The Palace said, however, that Duterte remained on top of the situation. According to the Palace, in Bangkok, the President shall join ASEAN and other dialogue partners “to advance ASEAN’s community-building agenda aimed at ensuring greater peace, security, and prosperity in […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo “is always ready to help,” her camp said on Friday, Nov. 1. Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesperson, said, however, that what she “will not stand for is being made a scapegoat for all the shortcomings of the ‘drug war’ for the past three and a half years.” “This admin made the impossible promise to end crime and drugs in six months, and if they are now being called to account for […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Nov. 1, welcomed the results of a Social Weather Stations survey showing fewer victims of common crimes in the last six months. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the lower rate of 5.6 percent of Filipino families who reported being victims of crimes such as as theft, robbery, break-ins, carnapping, among others, in the September victimization survey was proof that the administration’s drug war was “working effectively and […]
