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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has plans of visiting Malaysia, his aide Bong Go said on Monday, July 9. Go made the announcement after revealing the President was planning to talk to Mahathir Mohamad within the day to congratulate him for his return at the helm of Malaysia in the country’s recent elections. The President last visited Malaysia in 2016. The country was then headed by Najib Razak, who lost to Mahathir amid allegations […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is open to leading the country’s transition to a federal type of government. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Monday, July 9, this was provided “it is only until 2022.” “He has made a personal decision. It’s only until 2022. Earlier, if possible,” Roque said. Roque gave the assurance as critics alleged Duterte was pushing for an amendment to the Constitution to ensure his stay in power. Former Chief […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, July 8, said talking about amending the Constitution was “untimely” given what she said were the many problems the country was facing. “Mula sa sunod-sunod na patayan, hanggang sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin, ang pinakamahalagang usapin para sa mga Pilipino ay kung paano masosolusyonan ng kasalukuyang administrasyon ang mga problemang ito,” she said in a statement. According to Robredo, in any case, “ang usaping simbigat […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, July 7, said he was no longer interested in pursuing peace talks with the Communist rebels. The President made the pronouncement after saying he took offense at Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison’s pronouncement that Duterte would not last as President for three years. He also noted what he said was the communists plan to have him ousted by October. Sison has denied the existence […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, July 6, said he would hold Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar accountable if there was any delay or failure in the government’s infrastructure projects, noting the need to eliminate corruption for the country to progress. “So I would like to call the attention of the secretaries, especially Secretary Villar, that if there is any slippage of any work of any kind by the national government. If you […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, July 6, dared his critics to make the proposal that his term be limited even before the federal form of government was in place. “I suggest to (former Chief Justice) Reynato Puno and I would like Congress to approve that proposal to make a final change that my term be limited until 2019,” Duterte said in a speech at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay. The President was apparently […]
(Eagle News) — Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Friday, July 6, lashed out at Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison for his comment he and his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, were the “biggest protectors of illegal drugs in the country.” “Joma Sison’s accusation….confirms that the founder of the oldest terror group in Southeast Asia is completely losing it,” the younger Duterte said in a Facebook post. According to the presidential son, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has no plans of staying in office “a second longer” after his term expires in 2022. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who issued a statement after Julio Teehankee, chair of the Constitutional Commission’s sub-panel on political reforms, said Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo were allowed to seek reelection under a proposed federal government. The Con-Com is tasked to review the 1987 Constitution. “(The President) has repeatedly said: not […]
(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Thursday, July 5, said President Rodrigo Duterte was “driving another nail to completely shut down” peace talks by demanding that they be held in the Philippines. “He knows fully well that the demand to hold talks in the Philippines is unacceptable and unworkable for the (National Democratic Front of the Philippines), unless he thinks the NDFP will be negotiating only to […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Thursday, July 5, said some of the assets that were supposed to be acquired through its P3.9-billion budget for 2017 were being “carefully procured” to ensure there would be no corruption. Colonel Noel Detoyato, chief of the military’s public affairs office, made the statement after the Commission on Audit called the AFP’s attention to what it said was the organization’s P3.859 billion unused budget under its […]
(Eagle News)–The family of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili suspects the government had a hand in his murder, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, July 5. According to Lacson, who spoke to the mayor’s kin on Wednesday, family members came to the conclusion after they supposedly discovered a surveillance was conducted on them by vehicles using “manufactured plates.” Lacson, a former chief of the Philippine National Police, admitted that police made use of such plates […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, July 5, said Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili was involved in a land dispute with a former general before he was killed. “Medyo matagal tagal na rin. I just don’t know kung taon na yan pero it’s going on actually before the incident. Ibig sabihin nangyari na long before na nangyari itong shooting,” Albayalde said. Albayalde, however, could not […]
