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Lorenzana attends in his place (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 24, skipped the change of command ceremony for the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of Philippines. Duterte was instead represented by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana at the event in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. During the ceremony, General Benjamin Madrigal Jr. was replaced by Lieutenant General Noel Clement at the helm of the AFP. Earlier, President Duterte ordered Clement to […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will reveal the names of policemen allegedly involved in the recycling of illegal drugs, or the so-called ninja cops. This is according to Senator Bong Go, who spoke to reporters on Tuesday, Sept. 24. “Sabi niya kahapon sa akin kailangang malaman ng publiko yan soon,” Go, who was present in a recent executive session in the Senate where former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Benjamin Magalong revealed the names, said. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has not issued any memorandum to put a stop to negotiations or pacts on loans with countries that expressed support for a probe into the Philippines’ drug war. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the remark after a Reuters report said an Aug. 27 memorandum had directed the same against countries that backed the resolution spearheaded by Iceland. Eighteen countries voted in favor of the July 11 resolution, 14 were against, and […]
1717 convicts surrendered before the deadline, DOJ says (Eagle News)–Over 1700 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have surrendered, as the deadline imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte for them to do so lapsed at midnight. With the final figure of 1717 as of 11 p.m., Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the Department of Justice would now firm up its list of those who have yet to surrender, and which would be submitted […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte met with transportation officials and several others on Wednesday, Sept. 18, after a private truck fell into a ravine in South Cotabato, killing 21 and injuring 14 others. The Department of Transportation said on Thursday, Sept. 19, that President Duterte himself urged the strict implementation of road safety checks during the meeting with Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Senator Bong Go, Land Transportation Office Chief Asec. Edgar Galvante, Land Transportation Franchising and […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a total revamp at the Bureau of Corrections. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the revelation on Wednesday, Sept. 18, a day after Duterte appointed Gerald Bantag at the helm of the agency hounded by corruption issues. According to Panelo, the revamp involves the transfer of personnel from the provinces to Metro Manila. Panelo said the President made the decision to put a stop to corruption. Announcement of the revamp […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 18, denied President Rodrigo Duterte admitted having a hand in the 2018 ambush of former Daanbantayan, Cebu mayor Vicente Loot, whom he had accused of being involved in the illegal drug trade. In an interview over GMA 7’s Unang Balita, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo described the claim as “silly and ridiculous.” “Hindi niya inamin. Kung papakinggan mo yung salita niya, ang sinabi niya, ‘In-ambush kita.’ But don’t forget that […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 17, announced a P1 million reward for the arrest of each convict of heinous crime released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. The President made the announcement with two days left before his ultimatum for convicts released under the law that reduces the sentence of inmates for good conduct to surrender. “The P1-million prize is available to all those who can capture them dead or alive but […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, Sept. 17, slammed as “derogatory and biased, if not outright fiction” a British-American documentary on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. In slamming “On the President’s Orders” made by Frontline PBS, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it, together with “its so-called cinematic investigation on drug-related deaths, evidently has been deliberately overdramatized for the purpose, apart from putting the Philippines in a bad light, of creating a better cinematic experience for […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Sept. 16, welcomed members of the Communist Party of China in the Palace. In a statement issued late Monday night, the Palace said the President met with Chongqing party chief Chen Min’er, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua, Vice Minister of the International Department-CPC Central Committee Guo Yezhou, Executive Vice Mayor of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government and Secretary-General of CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee Wang Fu in the Palace’s […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Sept. 17, welcomed the University of the Philippines’ plan to teach the language, literature and culture under martial law to students. “Every student should know and learn any subject that concerns governance,” Panelo said. Martial law was declared by then-Presidents Ferdinand Marcos, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and now-President Rodrigo Duterte. Marcos had declared martial law to arrest what he said was the Communist threat following a series of bombings, while Arroyo did […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has slammed Vice President Leni Robredo for what it said was her “misplaced” remark against President Rodrigo Duterte on the arbitral ruling on the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Duterte’s statement he was setting aside the ruling that invalidated China’s nine-dash line that demarcates its expansive claims in the sea meant he was merely focusing first on what would benefit the people, while pushing forward […]
