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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he wanted to step down even before 2019 because he was already “very tired” and wanted a “transition President” to be elected as the country moves towards a federal government. This was what the President said at the start of Monday night’s (July 9) cabinet meeting where he stressed the need for a “transition leader” that will guide the country during the transition period to a federal […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte approved the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019 in a cabinet meeting on Monday night, the Palace spokesperson said Tuesday, July 10. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque disclosed that the President approved the national budget during the 27th Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on Monday, July 9, 2018. “Kahapon din po ay na-approve po ng Gabinete ‘yung ating budget for 2019. At ang ating budget po ay P3.757 trillion […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang clarified on Thursday, June 21, that loiterers are arrested only if they violate existing laws. These laws, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, include ordinances against smoking, drinking in public places, among others. “Lilinawin ko lang po na itong kampanya laban sa tambay is really a part of crime prevention. It is in line with the President’s role as chief implementor of the law,” he said. No arrest of 7000 loiterers therefore, […]
(Eagle News) – Some 250,000 metric tons of rice imported by the National Food Authority (NFA) have already arrived in the country which pushed the prices of commercial rice lower. Some of the rice prices became lower – at P36 and P38. “The Department of Agriculture, commercial rice is now at P36-P38 as a result of the arrival of the 250,000 metric tons of NFA rice from Subic,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang welcomed the landmark summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, saying the Philippines is supportive of these efforts towards peace. “We welcome the landmark summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore,” said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. Roque said that this development “has underscored in the strongest terms the value of diplomacy and peaceful […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has said it is already “taking pro-active measures” to address the problem of Filipino fishermen and Chinese Coast Guard as it noted that the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines and the Department of Foreign Affairs have also been talking about the issue. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Philippine government has officially relayed the problem to the Chinese government to address this issue, and provide solutions, including possible sanctions […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 15, expressed doubts the Supreme Court would reverse its decision nullifying the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. “I will not speculate po ano. Hindi po dapat mag-speculate dahil ‘yan po ay tanging hukuman lang po ang makakasagot…Pero, with the decision (of SC on quo warranto petition) which is more than 150 pages, parang mahirap po ‘ata yon (ma-reverse),” Roque said. He said […]
(Eagle News)—Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Sunday, April 22, said the Cabinet would work “double-time in highlighting policies and programs of the current administration that have the most impact to the lives of our countrymen.” Roque made the statement following a Social Weather Stations survey that found that Cabinet officials’ net satisfaction rating dropped by 10 points from the +38 they got in December 2017. The 10-point decline was after a drop in their ratings in […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang said that the total closure of Boracay for a maximum period of six months was the only way to save the island from further damage, even as an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government said a “soft opening” of the island was possible in three or four months under certain conditions. The move to close down Boracay was a “drastic police measure” that needed to be done, […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Monday, April 16, said it was only exercising its sovereignty when it blocked the entry of a European socialist party politician for violation of immigration laws, and ordered him deported. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that Giacomo Filibeck, who was stopped at the immigration counter of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu on Sunday, April 15, had, after all, been blacklisted for violating the law provision that prohibits tourists staying in […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the new Justice Secretary is Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement a few hours after President Rodrigo Duterte said that he has accepted the resignation of erstwhile Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Roque said that Aguirre submitted his letter of resignation today, Thursday, April 5, and that as soon as the President got it, he accepted it. The President himself announced that […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that “some human rights groups” may have become “tools of drug lords” in trying to stop the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs and criminality. Presidential Spokesperson gave this warning in a statement as he noted that the “attacks against the President’s war on drugs have been vicious and non-stop.” “We therefore do not discount the possibility that some human rights groups have become unwitting tools of drug lords to […]
