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Urges SC to declare vacant all posts occupied by Duterte appointees By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Controversial figure Elly Pamatong on Wednesday, June 6, urged the Supreme Court to declare the election of President Rodrigo Duterte as chief executive as null, and to declare vacant the posts of his appointees. In filing the 6-page petition for quo warranto, Pamatong, who also ran for president at least two times and was tagged a nuisance candidate […]
(Eagle News)~Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate on Wednesday, June 6, urged the government to support a bill that seeks to look into the foreign and local currency deposits of all elected and appointed officials and employees. “If the present Duterte administration war on corruption is not just a bluster, it should support House Bill 7146,” he said in a statement. According to Zarate, “then and now, alleged undisclosed bank accounts of some employees are issues […]
(Eagle News)~President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 5, said he was not aware of the purported harassment of Filipino soldiers by the Chinese in Ayungin Shoal. Speaking upon his arrival from his three-day visit to South Korea, Duterte said when asked by a reporter that it was “the first time I’ve heard of it.” “It would be dangerous for me to answer questions without really having the slightest idea of what it is all about,” […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, June 6, dismissed anew calls for him to send soldiers to the West Philippine Sea to assert the country’s claims. In a speech on Tuesday night, Duterte said sending the troops to fight China, which has been aggressive in its militarization in the area, would “result in a massacre.” “I am not prepared to lose my soldiers and policeman for a simple adventurism,” Duterte said in a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to South Korea has yielded $4.9 billion worth of investments, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, June 5. He said the amount was apart from the $1 billion worth of Official Development Assistance which the Philippines was slated to receive for the Build, Build, Build projects of the government. The government said among the projects in the pipeline under the ODA are the $50-million project preparation facility […]
(Eagle News)~President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 4, expressed optimism about denuclearization in the Korean peninsula. “The Philippines is hopeful that positive developments over the past several months will continue and contribute positively toward the goal of denuclearization in [the] Korean peninsula,” Duterte said after bilateral talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Blue House in Seoul. He was apparently referring to the Inter-Korea Summit on April 27, which saw the two […]
(Eagle News) — Nais tumungo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa bansang Kuwait upang personal na magpasalamat sa kanilang ibinigay na proteksyon sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker. Sa kanyang meet and greet sa Filipino community sa South Korea, sinabi ng pangulo na wala siyang alinlangan na hindi tutuparin ng Kuwait ang mga pangako nito kaya’t bilang tugon ay kahit ilang oras lamang ay tutungo siya sa nasabing bansa para ipahayag ang kanyang pasasalamat. Gayunman, hindi pa […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, said the fate of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law was up to Congress. “I leave it to Congress to decide whether or not to amend, or suspend, or modify the law,” the President said in a speech prior to his departure to South Korea at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The President, however, added that money was needed to fund government programs […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, again defended Solicitor General Jose Calida over the allegations of conflict of interest against him. Speaking to Filipinos in South Korea, Duterte said Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency Inc. was a business “inherited” by Calida from his father long before he was appointed as SolGen. “Why should I fire him?…Basta may bidding lahat, anything in government basta may bidding ka, walang problema, okay ‘yan. Kung siya […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, issued an apology to Kuwait for the “harsh language” he said he used at the height of the strained relations between the two countries. “That was a result of an emotional outburst, but I’d like to apologize now. I’m sorry for the language that I was using..,” he said in a speech before Filipinos in South Korea. According to the President, he was “very satisfied […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has a new emergency hotline number. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order 56 setting telephone number 911 as such. According to the EO, this was because there was a need to comply with international standards on emergency numbers for public telecommunication networks. The new hotline number replaces the Patrol 117 hotline network which President Duterte earlier launched. All calls made to the 911 hotline will be free of charge. […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, June 1, slammed United Nations Special Rapporteur Diego Garcia-Sayan after he said President Rodrigo Duterte’s “vulgar” pronouncements against Maria Lourdes Sereno “constitute direct intimidation” and “a vicious attack on the independence of the judiciary.” “We reiterate that the President’s dislike of the ousted Chief Justice is not an attack on the judiciary or an affront to judicial independence,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. He said the executive “recognizes […]
