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(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Friday, Dec. 21, confirmed President Rodrigo Duterte indeed wants the Road Board abolished. According to Pimentel, the chief executive told this to him during Senator Manny Pacquiao’s 40th birthday celebration in General Santos. “..President Duterte called for me and told me in very categorical terms that ‘we should abolish the road board’,” Pimentel said. He said he told Duterte that the Senate, under Pimentel’s leadership then, already passed […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed new envoys to several countries. Duterte appointed former Foreign Affairs spokesperson Raul Hernandez as ambassador to Turkey, appointment papers showed. Hernandez shall have concurrent jurisdiction over Georgia and Azerbaijan. Edward Fereira was also appointed as special envoy to Kazakhstan for a six-month term, Leah Ruiz as ambassador to Poland, and Alex Chua as ambassador to Kenya. Ruiz shall have concurrent jurisdiction over Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania, the appointment papers showed. […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures released by Malacanang, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen meeting newly crowned Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray at the Villamor Air Base on Thursday, Dec. 20. Gray is the fourth Filipina to have been named Miss Universe, after Pia Wurtzbach, Margie Moran and Gloria Diaz. In a previous statement, the Palace hailed Gray, saying she showcased the “genuine qualities” of the Filipina: “confidence, grace, intelligence and strength in the face […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet the newly crowned Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray on Thursday, Dec. 20. Gray will make the courtesy call on the chief executive at the Villamor Airbase at 5:30 p.m. Gray is the fourth Filipina to win the crown, after Pia Wurtzbach in 2015, Margie Moran in 1973, and Gloria Diaz in 1969. In a previous statement, the Palace hailed Gray’s victory as “set(ting) the bar high in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Dec. 18, slammed Communist rebels anew, noting what he said were their atrocities. “They are just plain bandits and that is the way we should treat them,” Duterte said. According to the President, because the rebels were “criminals,” a warrant was not needed to arrest them. He said they were “24-hour violators” of the Revised Penal Code after all. “Darating ang panahon na hindi na ako tatanggap ng surrenderees,” […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima described President Rodrigo Duterte as a “weak and incompetent” leader “incapable of stopping corruption,” following the allegations of corruption being hurled at some members of the House of Representatives and at his Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno. “I winced upon reading in the news that, according to (House Majority Leader Rolando) Andaya, projects worth P75 billion had already been bid out even before the passage of the budget, with 30 […]
(Eagle News) — Walang nakikitang conflict si Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa suporta ng kamara kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at sa krusada ni House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya sa usapin ng budget. Ayon sa House Speaker, naipasa ng kamara ang lahat ng legislative agenda ni Pangulong Duterte na isang malinaw na pagpapakita ng suporta sa Pangulo. Ipinagtanggol naman ni Arroyo si Andaya sa ginagawa nitong pagsilip sa pondo ng pamahalan dahil bahagi aniya ito ng kanilang […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants to abolish the Road Board, the Palace said on Tuesday, Dec. 18. In fact, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte would sign the bill abolishing the graft-tainted body once it reaches his desk. He said President Duterte was also against the release of the P45-billion road user’s tax, which instead, according to Duterte, should be returned to the treasury. “..Let Congress appropriate again for a specific purpose,” Panelo […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Friday, Dec. 14, called on the House of Representatives to be open to changes in its draft federal charter. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the appeal in a news conference, after former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, chair of the Consultative Committee tasked to review the 1987 Constitution, expressed his opposition to the draft, which proposes a removal of the term limits of lawmakers and a lifting of the anti-political dynasty provision […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Dec. 13, said the return of the Balangiga bells to the country was due to the “demand of the Filipino people.” “Let me be clear on this, here and now. The credit of the return of the Balangiga bells does not belong to any worker or officials of government,” Duterte said in a speech during the unveiling of the Las Pinas Drug Rehabilitation Center marker in Pulang […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Dec. 13, said Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno still enjoys the full trust and confidence of President Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after the House of Representatives adopted House Resolution No. 2365 urging President Duterte to reconsider his appointment of Diokno. The lower house adopted the resolution authored by Minority Leader Danilo Suarez, after House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya accused Diokno of being behind alleged insertions […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will attend the official turnover of the Balangiga bells in Eastern Samar on Saturday, after all. This was, according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, after the President himself “made changes in his schedule” due to the “persistent requests from the people of Eastern Samar who look forward” to him personally bringing the bells to Balangiga. Earlier, Panelo said “pressing matters of governance” would keep Duterte from attending the official turnover in […]
