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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said the Philippines would seek to deepen ties with Latin America, Africa and Central Asia in the remaining years of his term. In his speech before the plenary of the 16th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, the President said it was also “high time the Philippines look at the Middle East with fresh eyes going beyond oil and Overseas Filipino Workers.” “As one of the fastest-growing […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government to probe the claims against Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, who is set to retire in November. Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the President gave the directive for the DILG probe before he left for Russia for an official visit. The probe would reportedly be conducted after the joint Senate panel hearings on the issue. “We support the PNP chief […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is now in Russia for his five-day official visit in the country. The President arrived at the Vnukovo Military Base Airport in Moscow, where he was welcomed by Philippine Ambassador to Russia Carlos Sorreta and Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev. During the President’s visit, he is expected to have a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both leaders are expected to witness the exchange of several agreements between […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Monday, Sept. 30, the wake of the University of the Philippines student leader who died after being implicated in a hazing incident. The Palace on Tuesday, Oct. 1, said the President visited the Quezon City wake of the pupil, a member of the Sigma Rho fraternity, who was not identified by UP. Reports said however that he was the son of a government official. The death of the student […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte recently met with former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Benjamin Magalong and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino to discuss what happened during the 2013 Pampanga raid. This was confirmed by Magalong himself, upon questioning by Senator Richard Gordon during the joint Senate panel’s hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Tuesday, Oct. 1. According to Magalong, he and Aquino were called by the President to Manila […]
(Eagle News)–Former Palace communications official Mocha Uson has been appointed to another government post. Based on a list of appointees released by the Palace to the media, Uson was appointed Deputy Executive Director of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration by President Rodrigo Duterte. Uson had run as a nominee for AA-Kasosyo in May, but the party-list failed to secure a seat. Uson was assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office until she resigned reportedly to […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Communications Operations Office chief Martin Andanar has slammed Rappler’s Maria Ressa for saying there was “destruction of democracy” in the Philippines. In a statement, Andanar said “Ms. Ressa remains out of touch with the political realities on the ground as she continues to insinuate that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte won through lies and fake propaganda..” in an opinion piece published on the Los Angeles Times. According to Andanar, Duterte won “fair and square” […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines was among two countries that rejected a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that urged the Myanmar government to sustain its democratic transition. Apart from the Philippines, China rejected the resolution that also decried what it said were human rights violations committed against Rohingya Muslims in the country. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there was an ethnic cleansing of Muslims in her country. “Muslims have been targeted but Buddhists […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government will start checking the compliance of local government units to a DILG memo for them to clear public roads of obstructions by Monday, Sept. 30. In a statement issued by Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, the DILG said DILG validation teams will be deployed to the LGUs to make sure they meet the criteria set in DILG’s Memorandum Circular 121-2019 that was based on President Rodrigo Duterte’s […]
(Eagle News)–Rappler was not physically allowed to cover President Rodrigo Duterte simply because it failed to meet the requirements for media accreditation. This is according to the Office of the Solicitor General, which issued a statement a day after it filed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 25, a consolidated comment to the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by Rappler reporter Pia Ranada, eight other reporters and Rappler; and the petitions-in-intervention by some […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated anew his warning to unscrupulous law enforcers after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said some “ninja cops” recycle illegal drugs. The President gave the warning in a speech in Parañaque on Wednesday, Sept. 25, after the Senate approved the disclosure of the names of the policemen engaged in the “agaw-bato” scheme and said a list would be given to the President. Authorities have identified the woman who allegedly bought the […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate has approved the disclosure by the Senate justice and blue ribbon panels of what was discussed during an executive session on so-called ninja cops, or policemen allegedly involved in the recycling of illegal drugs. It was Senator Ronald dela Rosa who motioned for the disclosure, citing what he said was the unfair dragging of the name of Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde in the scheme. Dela Rosa has stood by Albayalde, […]
