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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, Feb. 28. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is also slated to meet with Pompeo, who will also be in the country on March 1, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. This is Pompeo’s first visit to the country since he assumed office. According to Panelo, “any subject matter that is mutually beneficial to both countries will be discussed or […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 25, met with Moro National Liberation Front’s Nur Misuari. This was after Duterte revealed there ”rumblings” within the group which had complaints about the Bangsamoro Transition Authority being composed of members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The meeting in Malacañang lasted for 15 minutes. On Tuesday, the Sandiganbayan allowed Misuari, who is facing graft and malversation cases, to attend the 48th Session of the Organization of Islamic […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV slammed President Rodrigo Duterte anew, saying he did not only fail to fulfill his promises to stop corruption and crime in the country, but also actually made the country’s problems worse. “Klaruhin ko lang, ang mga pangunahing pangako nya na lulutasin nya ang crime, corruption at illegal drugs in 3 to 6 months, ay lalong lumala,” Trillanes said. According to Trillanes, “nagkalat na ang mga killers ngayon sa lansangan.” He […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace has described as “nonsensical” journalist Ellen Tordesillas’ comment a Davao Mayor Sara Duterte presidency in 2022 was President Rodrigo Duterte’s “insurance” from an International Criminal Court arrest. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in the first place, the ICC, where communications have been filed against the President in connection with the drug war, has no jurisdiction over the chief executive “and for that matter any Filipino citizen.” “It is no […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has endorsed the party-list of former Assistant Communications Secretary Mocha Uson. Duterte made the endorsement of Uson’s AA-Kasosyo during an event in Cebu on Sunday, Feb. 24. Uson resigned from her post at the Communications department to pursue her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives. She had said her party-list would fight for the rights of Overseas Filipino Workers.
(Eagle News)—A Maguindanao town mayor who was in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list has been arrested by authorities. But Mayor Norodin Franco Salazar of Datu Salibo was arrested not for his alleged illegal drug activities but over murder charges. He was arrested by the police upon his arrival at the Cotabato airport. Duterte first revealed the names on his narco-list in public in 2016. Upon his assumption in office, he also revealed the names of then-current […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Feb. 24, said he did not favor the deportation of Chinese workers in the country. “Yung mga Chinese dito, hayaan mo ‘yan na dito magtrabaho. Hayaan mo,” he said in a speech during a PDP-Laban event in Laguna. According to Duterte, this was because there were “300,000 Filipinos in China.” “Eh kung umalis ‘yung [300,000] of them?” he asked. Some senators want a crackdown on Chinese illegal workers, with […]
(Eagle News)–Former Interior Secretary Rafael Alunan is the 12th senatorial bet President Rodrigo Duterte is endorsing. “Yes. Alunan is 12th in PRRD’s list. They are friends and bilib si PRRD kay Alunan,” Senator Koko Pimentel, who is among those included in Duterte’s slate, said. Apart from Alunan and Pimentel, Duterte’s senatorial slate is composed of former Philippine National Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa, former special assistant to the president Bong Go, former presidential political adviser […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Feb. 22, defended Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s attendance at a PDP-Laban sortie. According to Duterte, Andanar, the son of Wencelito Andanar, a PDP-Laban stalwart, was exempted from the ban on government officials campaigning as he was an “ideologue” whose guidance was crucial. “The law says they can campaign,” Duterte said. He said he “did not allow the other members because they might, they will be campaigning if they want […]
(Eagle News) — The trial for the rebellion charges filed against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for his alleged role in the Manila Peninsula Siege in 2007 will resume on March 20. On that day at 2 p.m., the prosecution is slated to present its evidence against the senator before Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda. The resumption of the trial comes more than four months after it was supposed to resume after […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law modifying the ranks of policemen. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea made the confirmation on Thursday, Feb. 21. A copy of the law has, however, yet to be released to the media. Under the law, which amended Section 28 of the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990, the following are the ranks of policemen: From Director-General to Police General From Deputy Director-General to Police Lieutenant […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has created a task force to expedite the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. Under Administrative Order No. 16 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Feb. 19, the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is chair of the task force, while the secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Local Government and of Tourism are the vice-chairpersons. Other members of the task force include the heads of […]
