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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte clarified he did not fire Mocha Uson as Communications assistant secretary. The President made the announcement in a video posted on Uson’s Facebook page. “Siya yung nagresign,” Duterte said, when asked about reports circulating Uson had been fired. In her resignation letter, Uson said she was quitting her post to pave the way for the passage of the P1.47-billion proposed budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. The proposed […]
(Eagle News) — “Lagot silang lahat kay Mocha Uson.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say following her resignation as assistant secretary at the Presidential Communications Operations Office. “I wish her the best. I will miss her but she did make it clear na ipagpapatuloy po niya ang advocacy,” Roque said, noting that he was surprised by her move. Nonetheless, he said “I wish the office well.” “We’re hoping that things happen for a […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service For some senators, Mocha Uson did just the right thing when she resigned as assistant secretary at the Presidential Communications Operations Office. “Palagay ko it’s a good move on her part kasi sabi ko nga, ang hirap magbalanse. Blogger ka tapos public official ka, so of course you will be constrained, medyo may konting restriction,” Senator JV Ejercito said. According to Ejercito now that Uson has resigned, “she has […]
(Eagle News) — “I wish her well.” This was the message of Presidential Communications Operations Office chief Martin Andanar to Mocha Uson, who announced on Wednesday, Oct. 3, that she had resigned from her post. “Mocha is still a diehard Duterte supporter and I am one with her in that aspect,” Andanar added. In resigning from the post, Uson said she did not want to be a burden to the PCOO, whose budget, she said, was […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson resigned because she did “not wish to (be) such a burden” to the Presidential Communications Operations Office. “..The recent events have put me in a position where I am being held responsible for Congress withholding the 2019 PCOO budget..,” she said in her resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte, and copy furnished to Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Uson, whose resignation was effective Oct. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, Oct. 3, said Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson’s resignation was “too little, too late,” noting that the Presidential Communications Operations Office already had “a badly tarnished reputation.” “It is an extremely belated gesture rendered insignificant in the face of gross incompetence, state-sponsored vulgarity and the proliferation of fake news. It has come very late in response to the public’s demand for accountability. Aanhin pa ang resignasyon kung […]
(Eagle News)—-Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson has resigned. Uson made the revelation during a Senate hearing on the budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. Uson has come under fire several times for her posts on social media. Only recently, she earned the ire of netizens after a video on her social media page showed her friend , blogger Drew Olivar, making gestures and squeaking sounds. The deaf community filed a complaint against the two […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Supreme Court Spokesperson Theodore Te has resigned. Te’s resignation is effective Sept. 7. His term was co-terminous with Maria Lourdes Sereno’s, but it was extended under the term of acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio after Sereno was ousted by the Supreme Court via a quo warranto petition in May. His extended appointment, which would last until a new Chief Justice was appointed, had been signed by three chairpersons including […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot, one of the most popular members of President Emmanuel Macron’s government, announced his resignation on Tuesday. “I am taking the decision to leave the government,” he said on France Inter radio, adding that he felt “all alone” on environmental issues within the cabinet. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Aug. 20, thanked Liza Maza for her service, but questioned why she “had to connect peace talks” with her job as National Anti-Poverty Commission chair. “The President gave them that opportunity and she decided to leave. Wala namang nagpapaalis sa kanya,” he said. According to Roque, “it would’ve been a perfect opportunity for the Left to show that they can lead.” He noted Maza’s accomplishments as NAPC chair, […]
(Eagle News)–Special Assistant to the President Bong Go denied he had tried to solicit funds from Coconut Industry Investment Fund-Oil Mills Group’s President Benedicto Lor for his Senate run. In a radio interview on Sunday, July 15, Go said that while several groups were asking him to run, “wala po kaming ino-authorize na kahit sino to raise funds, kahit piso.” He said in the first place, he should not be considered a candidate. Lor had said […]
(Eagle News)–Two opposition senators on Wednesday, July 11, defended Vice President Leni Robredo from President Rodrigo Duterte’s accusations she was incompetent. “Vice President Leni has shown her competence through compassionate, empowering, and responsible leadership,” Senator Francis Pangilinan, who is president of the opposition Liberal Party, said in a statement. According to Senator Bam Aquino, “ang tunay na pamantayan ng kakayanan ng isang lider ay paghanap ng solusyon sa mga problema ng taumbayan.” He said Robredo […]
