Tag: President Rodrigo Duterte

Palace: Gov’t ready if Duterte vetoes entire budget bill

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, April 12, said the government was ready should President Rodrigo Duterte veto the 2019 budget bill in its entirety. Economic managers have prepared contingency plans “responsive to any conceivable event, and they will correspondingly adjust their targets, which include the execution of programs and projects relating to infrastructure as well as the delivery of basic services to the people,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, “while we are […]

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Andaya: Veto of entire budget bill will give President “opportunity to restore” Senate cuts on chief exec’s projects

(Eagle News)—House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya Jr. said the House of Representatives will respect whatever President Rodrigo Duterte decides to do with the 2019 budget bill. He said a veto, however, would give the chief executive the “opportunity to restore more than P80 billion” allegedly slashed by the Senate “from allocations intended for the President’s  projects.” He said he was “confident that the Office of the President would consider our exposés in their review of […]

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Sotto says he will support a presidential veto of entire 2019 budget bill

(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto on Friday, April 12, said he would support a veto by President Rodrigo Duterte of the entire budget bill for 2019. “Do (you) remember that that was my original suggestion when it came to my attention that the House leaders were being difficult,” Sotto said a day after President Duterte said  he would do the same “pag talagang tagilid yan,” referring to the Congress-transmitted budget bill. Duterte said […]

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Duterte speaks before bullet-proof glass anew

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 11, spoke anew behind a bullet-proof glass, which he said had been installed  to thwart any attempt to shoot him from a distance. “Kaya nilagyan ng presidential (security) guard..,” he said speaking behind the glass in a campaign sortie in Bacolod. Duterte first spoke before a bullet-proof glass in another campaign sortie in Malabon on April 2. In explaining the use of the bullet-proof glass there, […]

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Duterte to “outright” veto entire 2019 budget bill “pag talagang tagilid yan”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 11, said he would veto the entire 2019 budget bill if it was “talagang tagilid.” Duterte issued the threat as he announced his legal office was still studying the bill passed by Congress last month after an impasse between the two houses. Senators led by Senate President Tito Sotto had opposed the House-enrolled budget bill, saying it was no longer the Congress-ratified version because congressmen had […]

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SWS: Duterte’s net satisfaction rating rises; 79 percent of Filipinos satisfied with his performance

(Eagle News) — Seventy-nine percent of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance, based on a recent Social Weather Stations survey. According to the survey conducted from March 28 to 31, the 79 percent was a five-point increase from the rating recorded in December last year, and translates to a net satisfaction rating of +66, up by 6 points from the very good +60 in December. It also  ties his personal high set in June 2017, […]

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Duterte expresses optimism ISIS will never gain foothold in PHL

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte expressed optimism ISIS would never gain foothold in the country because of its brave soldiers. Duterte made the remark as he celebrated the Day of Valor with soldiers in Jolo, Sulu, where blasts carried out by terrorists killed at least 20 . “I am especially pleased with our military’s recent accomplishments against the Abu Sayyaf Group. Your efforts have brought us even closer to our ultimate objective of totally crushing the […]

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Palace dares PCIJ, Sereno to file raps vs Duterte over ill-gotten wealth allegations

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, April 9, urged former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism to file charges against President Rodrigo Duterte following their ill-gotten wealth allegations against him. “If PCIJ and Sereno believe that the increases are ill-gotten wealth they should file the appropriate charges,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. But according to Panelo, “Sereno’s comments on the President’s wealth in relation to his (Statements of Assets, Liabilities […]

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On Day of Valor, Duterte urges Filipinos to uphold PHL sovereignty, protect rights and freedoms

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte urged Filipinos to uphold the sovereignty of the Philippines and protect the freedoms and rights of people. Duterte issued the statement on Tuesday, April 9, as the country celebrated the Day of Valor. “As we hold this solemn observance, it is my hope that we will all be inspired to remain steadfast like our forefathers and their allies in upholding our sovereignty and in protecting the rights and freedoms that our […]

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Sison: Duterte can’t declare a revolutionary war because he is a “counter-revolutionary agent”

(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison believes President Rodrigo Duterte cannot declare a revolutionary war because he is a  “bureaucrat capitalist of the worst kind” in the first place. “Duterte cannot engage in a revolutionary war because he is a counterrevolutionary agent of foreign monopoly capitalists, big compradors and big landlords,” Sison said in a statement. According to Sison, Duterte “should not misappropriate and besmirch the noble calling of revolutionary.” […]

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Duterte to NAIA officials: Improve operations or the military takes over

(Eagle News)—-Improve operations or the military takes over. President Rodrigo Duterte issued this warning after the government said it would  drop negotiations with a consortium eyeing to rehabilitate the airport  if an agreement was not reached by April 30. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said the Department of Transportation would take over the rehabilitation if this was the case. “Yang NAIA na ‘yan ‘pag hindi kayo nag-improve diyan, magtake-over diyan Air Force. ‘Yan lang ang paraan […]

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Trillanes denies hand in video vs Paolo Duterte; But I really wish I was part of making it, senator says

(Eagle News)—Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has denied the allegations he was behind the video that linked former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte to illegal drugs. “I really wish I was part of the making of the video so I could relish these moments but sadly I am not,” Trillanes said, congratulating those he said were behind the “Ang Totoong Narco-list” which he said showed a witness hurling  “very serious, quite pointed and well-explained” accusations. He […]

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