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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Aug. 18, slammed a US defense official after he said the Philippines should “think carefully” about buying military equipment from Russia. “Why? Did you stop other countries? Why are you stopping us? … You’re warning us, who are you to warn us?” he said in a speech during a Hugpong ng Pagbabago event in Davao, addressing the statement to US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs Randall […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed the next elections would be “clean.” “In this election I commit to the Filipino people that this will be a clean election,” Duterte said in a speech at a Hugpong ng Pagbabago event on Friday, Aug. 17. He said he would ask the Commission on Elections to deputize him. He said “in the next few months,” he would impose the Alunan doctrine, which limits the number of armed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the promotion of National Capital Region Police Office Chief Guillermo Eleazar as police director. In his letter to Eduardo Año, officer in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Duterte said that the approval was based on an endorsement of the chairman of the Civil Service Commission and the National Police Commission, and “in conjunction with” Republic Act 6975, which places the PNP under the […]
(Eagle News) — Even though he called on Davao Mayor Sara Duterte to run for a Senate seat in 2019, Senator Koko Pimentel said he was not confident he could actually convince her to do so. “Ay hindi ako kumpiyansa kasi kausap ko si Presidente kagabi e. Kilala daw niya si Sara, mukhang magme-mayor lang but still she should give it a second thought,” he said. Nonetheless, he said “I’m encouraging her to run especially now […]
Then Duterte resignation will “never happen,” VP lawyer counters (Eagle News) — If former Senator Bongbong Marcos wins his electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, President Rodrigo Duterte might step down, the Palace said on Thursday, Aug. 16. According to Roque, Duterte “has said that he thinks Senator Bongbong is one of the better qualified leader(s) to succeed him..” Duterte, who said he was “tired” in a previous speech, also vouched for Senator Chiz Escudero, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 16, rebuked Senator Antonio Trillanes IV after he dared President Rodrigo Duterte and his family to undergo a drug test. “Ang Presidente po ay halal ng bayan. Kung gusto pong magpa-drug test ni Presidente gagawin niya pero hindi po para utusan siya ng kahit sino,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Trillanes made the comment after he tested negative for illegal drug use, based on results of a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Proclamation No. 555, which lists down the regular holidays and special non-working holidays in 2019. Under the proclamation, declared regular holidays were: New Year’s Day – January 1 Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 Maundy Thursday (for Catholics) – April 18 Good Friday (for Catholics)- April 19 Labor Day – May 1 Independence Day – June 12 National Heroes Day – August 26 (last Monday of August) […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV challenged the family of President Rodrigo Duterte to undergo a drug test, after he tested negative for illegal drugs, based on results of a surprise drug test conducted in the Senate. “Kailan kaya magpapadrug-test ang mga Dutertes?” he asked, after posting a picture on his Twitter account of an East Ave. Medical Center report that said he was negative for cocaine, ecstacy, metamphetamine, morphine, and tetrahydrocannabinol. In July, Senate President […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Aug. 16, met with Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Wednesday night. There are so far no details about the meeting, which took place in Malacanang. A picture released by the Palace showed, however, that apart from Duterte, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment is studying the feasibility of the proposal to allow for a 14th month pay for employees in the private sector. In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said they were “consulting with both the labor and management.” President Rodrigo Duterte, on the other hand, he said, was “consulting with our economic advisers.” “In other words, there is willingness and openness in the proposal for the 14-month […]
“Hanggang dito ba naman nakalimutan si Alan (Peter Cayetano)?” Barry Gutierrez says, referring to Duterte’s running mate in the 2016 elections (Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Aug. 15, hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte after he again belittled her leadership abilities. “Mga ‘competent’ ayon sa Pangulo: Tourism Secretary na walang ginawa kundi mangurakot, (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) head na nawawala kapag baha, (National Food Authority) […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has declared Aug. 21 a holiday. In Proclamation No. 556, Duterte said the declaration was in observance of Eid’l Adha celebrated by those subscribing to the Islamic faith. He noted that Republic Act No. 9849 provides that Eid’l Adha be observed as a regular holiday.
