Tag: President Rodrigo Duterte

Duterte slams Otso Diretso bets; senatorial slate “on its way to hell,” Duterte says

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, March 3, slammed members of the opposition Otso Diretso, saying the senatorial slate was “on its way to hell (papuntang impyerno).” In a PDP-Laban campaign in Zamboanga, Duterte took turns criticizing Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Senator Bam Aquino, former Quezon Rep. Erin Tañada, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, lawyer Chel Diokno and lawyer Romulo Macalintal, only sparing Marawi civic leader Samira Gutoc as she was […]

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Duterte guarantees Misuari will return from trip abroad

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, March 3, said he was confident the Moro National Liberation Front’s Nur Misuari, who is facing cases here, would return from his trip abroad. According to Duterte, Misuari was a “true Tausug.” As such, he said he “would never allow that he be buried in a foreign land.” “Kinausap ko ang pulis, pati military, pati ang korte na palabasin muna siya. Ako ang nag-guarantee na he will come back,” Duterte […]

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Duterte signs OFW Handbook bill into law

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the OFW Handbook bill into law. Based on the law signed on Feb. 22 but released only on Saturday, March 2, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration shall develop, publish, disseminate and update a handbook that will contain the responsibilities and rights of Overseas Filipino Workers. The handbook, which will be given for free to OFWs, whether sea-based or land-based, shall also provide them with basic information on their country […]

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Locsin on whether Duterte would finally make US visit: Specific dates will have to wait until the end of polls

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte still has no specific plans to visit the United States so far. When asked on Friday, March 1, about whether Duterte would finally make the visit, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said “specific dates will have to wait for the end of the elections.” Locsin noted the President, after all, was busy endorsing his candidates for the polls slated in May. In any case, he said he has already conveyed […]

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Duterte to appoint undersecretary to head citizens’ complaint hotline; SMS system to be added to current setup

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will appoint “in the next few days” an undersecretary who will supervise the citizens’ complaint hotline 8888. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea made the revelation as he announced government plans to create another office that will monitor the public’s complaints, and to incorporate a text messaging system to the current setup in an interview over  dzmm radio. “Talagang tututukan na yan because dati, it was under an office of a director..,” Medialdea […]

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Duterte inaugurates NLEX segment expected to cut travel time from Valenzuela to Caloocan to 5 minutes

Duterte leads ceremony for construction of NLEX-SLEX connector road, too (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 28, led the inauguration of the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 that is expected to alleviate vehicular congestion in Metro Manila, and the groundbreaking ceremony for the constructoin of the NLEX-SLEX connector road. The 5.65-kilometer elevated expressway that traverses the cities of Valenzuela, Malabon, and Caloocan is expected to cut short travel time from Valenzuela to C3 from one hour […]

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Palace slams human rights report vs gov’t; denies waging war vs human rights defenders

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 28, denied the government was waging a war on human rights defenders. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement as he slammed the Observatory of Human Rights Defenders report that said the Duterte administration “has taken measures that have actively contributed to an increasingly hostile environment for human rights defenders.” According to Panelo, the allegations in the report were “a rehash of the old issues thrown against the administration.” “One […]

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Medialdea: Gov’t wants “gentleman’s agreement” with Misuari’s MNLF, not formal peace pact

(Eagle News)—-The government is not looking to ink a written peace agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to Medialdea, what the government wanted was “more of a gentleman’s (agreement).” “Mag-usap na lang tayo dito para magtulungan na lang tayo’,” he said. Medialdea issued the clarification after President Rodrigo Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 26, that he had ordered Interior Secretary Eduardo […]

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PNP, PDEA: 170,689 arrested in drug ops from July 2016 to January 2019

(Eagle News) — A total of 5,176 drug personalities were killed in the war on drugs from July 1, 2016 to January 31, 2019. In a press conference, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said  170,689 drug suspects were arrested in the 119,841 anti-illegal drugs operations conducted since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed the post. Based on the government’s figures, P19.4 billion worth of shabu was seized in January 2019 alone, an increase […]

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Palace hopes telcos will exert best efforts to improve citizens’ complaint hotline

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 28, expressed hope telecommunications companies would exert their best efforts to improve the citizens’ complaint hotline 8888. Ina statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo noted Executive Order No. 6, which institutionalized the hotline to allow members of the public to air their complaints about government in general, was among the first executive orders issued by the President. “Before the issuance of Executive Order No. 6, public avenues for […]

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Trillanes to Duterte following President’s vow he would subpoena senator’s mother: Just do it

(Eagle News) — Just do it. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had this to say to President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to subpoena the senator’s mother in connection with her alleged transactions with the Philippine Navy while her husband and son were in the service. “Duterte is threatening to subpoena my mother. Just do it and let it be another humiliating episode for you like the fake offshore bank accounts you alleged against me,” Trillanes […]

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Duterte offers to grant Filipino citizenship to Rohingya refugees

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 26, offered to give Filipino citizenship to Rohingya refugees. “I am willing to accept Rohingyas. ‘Yung talagang walang mapuntahan tatanggapin ko ‘yan, gawain kong Pilipino,” Duterte said in a speech at Manila Hotel. The Rohingyas are a group of people who have fled Myanmar since 2017 following attacks by security government forces who were previously attacked by militant Rohingyas. President Duterte himself described the situation in the neighboring […]

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