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(Eagle News) — A picture of President Rodrigo Duterte is apparently being used to promote the anti-drug campaign of a politician in Taiwan. The mobile billboard in Hualien was captured in a photograph and uploaded by Facebook user Nieviv Sucuaje in her account. Duterte rose to the presidency on an anti-drugs, anti-criminality and anti-corruption platform.
(Eagle News)– So far, the Philippines has no plans of withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday, June 21. Roque made the statement after being asked to comment on the United States’ decision to withdraw from the body, which President Rodrigo Duterte has time and again accused of being biased. “We are also in the UN Human Rights Council. We are not following suit if that’s the […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The policemen who continue to arrest loiterers can be “liable for arbitrary arrest,” Senator Franklin Drilon said on Thursday, June 21. According to Drilon, “vagrancy,” after all, was “not a crime.” “I do not know on what basis the arrests are being made. There must be a crime committed,” Drilon said. President Rodrigo Duterte, who ordered the Philippine National Police to intensify the operations, denied, however, that arrests were […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday, June 20, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel to stop extorting money from tourists, particularly Korean and Chinese nationals. “Pagka na-istampan na kasi ‘yang [passport], admitted to the country for so many days, […] they are always bugged by Immigration and police, and that has to stop,” Duterte said in his speech in Cabanatuan, Iloilo. He threatened to send BI personnel approaching any of the tourists in the […]
(Eagle News)– Communist rebels on Thursday, June 21, reiterated peace negotiations with the government should be held in a “foreign neutral venue,” contrary to President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal they be held in the Philippines. In a statement, the National Democratic Front said the two sides, after all, “must comply” with the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees, “consistent with the general practice of warring parties to negotiate peace outside of their country or their […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, June 21, threw his support behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to hold peace talks with the Communist rebels in the Philippines instead. “To me, it makes a lot of sense. I have actually been asking myself for the longest time why we need a third country facilitator and venue to talk peace with our fellow Filipinos,” Lacson said. According to Lacson, “for one, it entails more expenses.” […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has suspended backchannel talks with the Communist rebels. In a statement, Hernani Braganza, the government’s negotiator for those talks, said the suspension was “pending the three-month review of all signed agreements related to the peace negotiations.” Braganza said the decision was so the government could make use of the three-month period for public consultations. “It is our fervent hope that the consultations will help galvanize public support to peace […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, June 20, challenged Jose Maria Sison, Communist Party of the Philippines founder, anew to return to the Philippines to talk. “I am challenging you, come and I give you my firm commitment, personal and official, I will assure your safety and security,” Duterte said in a speech in Iloilo. According to Duterte, he would pay for Sison’s fare, “maski first-class kasi may sakit ka na.” “I’ll give you […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new commissioner of the Commission on Elections. Comelec-Davao deputy director Marlon Sabucido Casquejo was appointed to the post based on an appointment letter dated June 18. The letter was signed by the President. Casquejo’s term as ad interim commissioner will expire on Feb. 2, 2025.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 19, lashed back at critics of his intensified campaign against loiterers. “Sabi ko ‘yung mga istambay paalisin ‘yan dyan para ang tao maglakad sa gabi…,” Duterte said in a speech at the 81st anniversary of the Government Service Insurance System in Pasay. Duterte in particular lashed out at human rights advocates, who he said should not order him around. He said when he was mayor of Davao, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, June 19, urged the public to respect the Supreme Court decision that upheld with finality Maria Lourdes Sereno’s ouster as Chief Justice. “Like it or hate it, we have to succumb to the SC decision that is now a final and executory decision,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, “ang hinihingi ng Presidente (Rodrigo Duterte) ngayon ay magsama sama muli ang samabayanang Pilipino.” Roque said the President […]
(Eagle News) — Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, June 19, called the Supreme Court decision that “stripped” her of her “authority and power” as Chief Justice an “unjust” one, as she lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration for the supposed “weakening” of the “rule of law” in the country. Speaking before the University of the Philippines Diliman, Sereno said the SC “committed seppuku without honor” when it upheld its May 11 ruling that […]
