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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte made the assurance on Thursday that Vice-President Leni Robredo would remain in her post “until the end of her term.” During an interview at the groundbreaking of the Bicol International airport on Thursday (December 8), Duterte dismissed Robredo’s fears that there was ever a plot to remove her as Vice-President. “I will assure Leni and the Bicol region that she will be there until the end of her […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte had become “uncomfortable” working in the cabinet with Vice-President Leni Robredo and his trust for her had dwindled which was the reason for him to issue a directive that she should already “desist” from attending cabinet meetings, Palace officials said Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said this, while also clarifying that it was not the President’s intention to fire Robredo from her cabinet post. “With or without […]
(Eagle News) – While Vice-President Leni Robredo has claimed that there might be plans from Malacanang to oust her, President Duterte hinted that it is the other way around: It is the opposition who could not wait to get him out of office. In his speech Monday night (December 5) at the Malacanang grounds, Duterte advised the opposition to just wait. He however did not make any mention of Robredo’s earlier resignation as chairwoman […]
by Mynardo Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA Philippines (AFP) — Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo vowed Monday to spearhead national opposition to extrajudicial killings and other flashpoint issues surrounding President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial anti-crime crackdown. The announcement, which came a day after she quit Duterte’s cabinet, makes her the highest-ranking official to publicly voice such firm dissent to the president’s hardline law-and-order platform. “This is not the time for fear. It is a time […]
(Eagle News) — After receiving a relayed instruction for her not to attend cabinet meetings anymore starting Monday (December 5), Vice President Leni Robredo announced that she is resigning from President Duterte’s cabinet. In a statement issued on Sunday, Robredo said that she is tendering his resignation as Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) on Monday. She said she arrived at this decision after she received a text message from Cabinet […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In spite of his various controversial pronouncements, President Rodrigo Duterte still got the highest performance and trust ratings among the top five national government officials, according to latest Pulse Asia nationwide survey. The President got an 86 percent approval rating, compared to Vice-President Leni Robredo who had a 66 percent approval rating. Duterte also got the highest consistent “big trust” ratings across the country, and across all classes, […]
(Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office in Quezon City to make a courtesy call to INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo and discussed her plans on how to reduce the housing backlog in the country. At the same time, Robredo expressed appreciation and admiration for the INC’s housing programs, saying she would want to visit one of the Church’s eco-farming and resettlement sites which would serve […]
(Eagle News) Vice President Leni Robredo now heads the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). President Rodrigo Duterte himself made the offer to the Vice-President whom he called “Ma’am Leni” when he made a phone call to her in the middle of a press briefing. This was after he was asked by a PTV-4 broadcaster about the possibility of him offering Robredo a cabinet post. “Ma’am Leni, good afternoon. Nandito ako sa opisina […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Vice President Leni G.Robredo again met, this time in a “cordial” meeting held Monday afternoon in Malacanang when the country’s second highest official paid a courtesy call on the President. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andana was told that the President and Vice President had a closed-door meeting in which VP Robredo expressed full support to the leadership of President Duterte. According to Robredo, her […]
Hindi na umaasa si Vice President Leni Robredo na mabibigyan pa siya ng pwesto sa gabinete ngunit posibleng magpulong ang dalawang opisyal sa Malacañang. https://youtu.be/jk5A6qnkcxA
(Eagle News) – Three whistle-blowers who had been allegedly hired to manipulate the vote count in the May 9 national elections showed up at the Senate on Monday, May 30, as they relayed to the media the vote transfers done to allegedly benefit Liberal Party candidates. The “dagdag-lipat” or adding and transfering of votes happened during elections, according to the informants who gave information about the alleged cheating that happened in the province of Quezon. […]
