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By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Zinedine Zidane has resigned as manager of Real Madrid. Zidane made the announcement in a press conference. “The team needs to continue winning and needs a change,” he said. His resignation came just days after guiding the club to a 3rd straight Champions League trophy.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Cesar Montano’s resignation as chief operating officer of the Tourism Promotions Board. “Yes he has accepted it,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said in a text message on Monday, May 21. Montano resigned after he was criticized for the TPB’s “Buhay Carinderia” program. New Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the project did not undergo a bidding. Montano also came under fire for the TPB’s payment of P80 […]
(Eagle News)–Tourism Promotions Board Chief Operating Officer Cesar Montano has resigned. Montano’s resignation, which he said was “effective immediately,” took place after the TPB was criticized for the “Buhay Carinderia” project. The TPB had supposedly paid P80 million–or 90 percent of the total sponsorship deal–to advertisement agency Marylindbert International despite the project only being 15 percent completed. Montano recommended officials Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat could select from as TPB officer in charge: Maricon Ebron, officer in […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has a new spokesperson. In a statement, the BI said immigration officer Dana Mengote-Sandoval was designated as such by immigration commissioner Jaime Morente. Mengote-Sandoval replaces Atty. Ma. Antonette Bucasas-Mangrobang, who resigned to work in the private sector. “It has been an honor and privilege to have worked with you all and I will always be grateful for your support,” Mangrobang said in a statement.
Opposition is “doomed,” Roque adds (Eagle News) — For Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the opposition is “really desperate.” “Naghahanap sila ng isang rallying figure at ang napili po nila ay si Chief Justice,” Roque said, referring to Maria Lourdes Sereno whose appointment as Chief Justice has been nullified by the Supreme Court. According to Roque, this was a “mistake.” He said if they believe in all surveys, “hindi po pinagkakatiwalaan si Chief Justice, at napakababa […]
(Eagle News)— Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Friday, May 18, said the eight Supreme Court justices who voted to grant the quo warranto petition nullifying the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice “deserve to be impeached.” In a statement, Lagman said this was the rule “if magistrates who are sworn to uphold the Constitution, subvert the very fundamental law by arrogating jurisdiction over an impeachable official.” In this case, he said he believes Associate Justices […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, May 18, lashed out at Maria Lourdes Sereno, following her comments President Rodrigo Duterte was behind the Supreme Court decision nullifying her appointment. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the scathing comment a day after he refused to dignify her claims. “..The former top magistrate has been engaged in grandstanding and seeking media coverage, pointing an accusing finger at President Duterte for the result of the quo warranto petition […]
(Eagle News) –“Resign.” This was the message of Maria Lourdes Sereno to President Rodrigo Duterte, whom she claims had a hand in the Supreme Court decision to nullify her appointment as Chief Justice. Sereno made the remark on Thursday, May 17, even as Duterte has already repeatedly denied he was behind the move, Duterte’s spokesperson Harry Roque has also noted that it was “out of character” for the chief executive to meddle in the affairs […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace “respects” the move of at least 13 senators to urge the Supreme Court to review its decision nullifying the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. In a press conference on Thursday, May 17, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said opposition senators Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino, Francis Pangilinan and Leila de Lima; and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, Senators Francis Escudero, […]
(Eagle News) — Tourism Assistant Secretary Ricky Alegre has resigned. In a letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte, Alegre said the “courtesy resignation” was to give newly appointed Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat the “free hand to determine who would be allowed to continue to serve in the said department.” Earlier, Puyat asked all 10 undersecretaries and secretaries to submit their courtesy resignations. In the letter dated May 15, Alegre said when he accepted the post […]
(Eagle News)– Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno took to online media to “introduce (herself)” to the public days after her appointment as chief magistrate was nullified. In YouTube posts titled “Ang Patotoo ni CJ Maria Lourdes Sereno” Part 1 and Part 2 on Sunday, May 13, Sereno, clad in a white blazer and seated against the backdrop of paintings and what appeared to be pictures of her family, talked about herself and “what […]
(Eagle News) — Former Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat took her oath as the new Tourism secretary on Monday, May 14. According to a news release from Malacanang, Romulo-Puyat was accompanied by her daughter and parents during the oath-taking ceremonies in the Palace that were not open for media coverage. The ceremonies came hours after President Rodrigo Duterte skipped the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections because all the candidates, according to the President, were his friends […]
