Tag: presidential spokesperson

House formally drops Roque from list of members

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has been officially dropped from the list of members of the 17th Congress. Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Fariñas made the announcement during a regular session on Wednesday. The development came weeks after Roque, then the representative of the Kabayan partylist in the House of Representatives, was named presidential spokesperson by President Rodrigo Duterte. Roque replaced Ernesto Abella, who was later designated as Foreign Affairs undersecretary. Roque was also […]

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Duterte designates ex-presidential spokesperson Abella as Foreign Affairs undersecretary

(Eagle News) — Ernesto Abella is now Foreign Affairs undersecretary. The appointment was made by President Rodrigo Duterte himself in a letter dated Oct. 27. The mild-mannered Abella was presidential spokesperson until he was replaced by then-Kabayan Rep. Harry Roque on Oct. 28. Roque, however, assumed his new post only on Nov. 6. Duterte had said removing Abella from the presidential spokesperson post was his “personal decision.”  

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Roque to hold weekly press briefings in Marawi City

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The newly-installed Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque is planning to hold regular press briefings in the heart of the devastated city of Marawi itself. The Philippine government is set to start rehabilitation in the city. During his first press briefing in Malacañang, Roque said that he wants to hold briefings with the Provincial Press Corps every Wednesday in Marawi. “I am planning on doing briefings regularly on Wednesdays from the ground […]

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Newly-appointed Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque conducts first press briefing

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Although he will formally start his duties on November 6, 2017, newly-appointed Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque already conducted his first press briefing. Roque said that the President’s marching orders to him is to make sure that the public is properly informed of the President’s message regarding the running of the government. Roque also said during his press briefing that he was chosen because he and the President share the […]

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Roque to name a deputy presidential spokesperson; says he is a “millenial” preparing for bar

(Eagle News) — Newly installed presidential spokesperson Harry Roque is bringing in a deputy spokesperson to help him discharge his duties. In his very first press conference, Roque did not name the person, but said he was a millenial who could serve as a bridge between a 72-year-old, or President Rodrigo Duterte, and a younger generation. He said the deputy spokesperson is his former student, who was now preparing for the bar. “You will not […]

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UPDATED: Harry Roque to assume presidential spokesperson post on Nov. 6

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has designated Kabayan Partylist Rep. Harry Roque as presidential spokesperson. Roque himself confirmed in a dzmm radio interview early Saturday that he had accepted the offer, but that he would assume the post on Nov. 6.  “Ako po ay manunungkulan pagka-landing po namin sa Japan dahil kasama po ako sa delegasyon ni Presidente papuntang Japan,” Roque said. The President is slated to be on a 3-day working visit to […]

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