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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has invited Vice-President Leni Robredo to dinner after Robredo talked to him during the Philippine National Police Academy commencement exercises, assuring him that she does not want him to be removed from office. Duterte replied that he believed her. Speaking to reporters in Bukidnon, Duterte said: “Yes, ganito yan she mention on destab destab. Sabi niya wala ako niyan. Sabi ko Leni I believe you.” The President also told […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice-President Leni Robredo were on the same stage for the first time during the 38th commencement exercises of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) since the controversial impeachment issue cropped up. Duterte and Robredo were seated side by side, albeit a bit awkwardly, on the stage during the event. Duterte led the PNPA graduation rites of Masidlak Class of 2017 at Camp General Mariano Castañeda in Silang, […]
(Eagle News) — The chief of the Philippine Association of Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), the country’s gaming regulator, slammed Vice President Leni Robredo in front of foreign investors at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations gaming summit, asking them to “not believe” statements coming from the controversial vice-president. PAGCOR chief Andrea Domingo told the summit delegates that Robredo was trying to destroy the Philippines with her messages that distorted the real peace and order situation in the country. She said […]
(Eagle News) — “Guys, lay off. Stop it.” This was President Rodrigo Duterte’s advice to those working on impeachment complaints against his constant critic Vice-President Leni Robredo, saying what she was doing in criticizing his administration was part of democracy. “Look, we just had an election. Guys, lay off. Stop it. You can do other things but do not tinker with the structure of government. I will not countenance it,” said Duterte in a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday called out the usual personalities in his speech before the Filipino community in Thailand, as he wrapped up his 3-day visit in the neighboring Asian country. “Wag kayo maniwala dyan. Basura ni..kilala ba ninyo si Trillanes?” Duterte asked the thousands of Filipinos who had trooped to a hotel in Bangkok to see the popular President. Upon hearing Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s name, the crowd, who at one […]
(Eagle News) — If an impeachment complaint is filed against Vice-President Leni Robredo with the House of Representatives when Congress resumes, it is possible that this would move faster and prosper unlike the impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte. This was how leaders at the Lower House and even Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III viewed recent developments affecting the top two leaders of the country. An impeachment complaint was earlier filed […]
(Eagle News) — With Vice-President Leni Robredo on the receiving end of a possible impeachment complaint filed against her, her camp claims she is ready to face this and tried to dispute the claim that she is “in a hurry” to claim the presidency. “Kung magkakaroon po ng impeachment complaint, magiging handa naman po si VP Leni na humarap sa bagay na iyan,” Robredo’s spokesperson Georgina Hernandez told reporters. Hernandez said Robredo is also […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday named Vice President Leni Robredo as one of his enemies, and lashed out at others, including the European Parliament. “Kasi nakita ko mga kalaban ko, gusto akong, si Leni, apurado masyado maging presidente,” he said, drawing laughs from the Filipino community composed mostly of professionals, who met him in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, where he is on a two-day official visit. The Filipinos, more than 200 of […]
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo criticized the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs in a six minute video, in an effort to bring to the attention of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs annual meeting in Vienna the claims by the opposition that the anti-drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte was not good for the country. But her video was not presented to the main UN session in Vienna, but only […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang on Tuesday denied allegations President Rodrigo Duterte had a hand in the ouster of Liberal Party senators and their ally from committee chairmanships and the president pro-tempore post. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the President was unlike former President Benigno Aquino III, who used his position to remove a sitting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Panelo was referring to then-Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was […]
(Eagle News) – At least 200,000 supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte showed up at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park as of late afternoon today and continued to grow as of evening, according to the police. Pro-Duterte rally organizers claim the number was even bigger at 400,000. The pro-Duterte supporters showed up wearing mostly red which was the campaign color of Duterte. In contrast, the peak crowd estimate at the People Power Monument along […]
(Eagle News) — In the latest Pulse Asia Survey released on Monday, January 9, Vice President Leni Robredo’s trust rating went down by 7 percent for the last quarter of 2016, dipping to 58 percent from the previous quarter’s 65 percent. The survey fieldwork was conducted from December 6 to 11, 2016 using face-to-face interviews among the 1,200 randomly picked adult respondents, with a ± 3 margin of error at the 95-percent confidence level. […]
