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Medialdea negative for COVID-19, PSG says (Eagle News) — Eight members of the Presidential Security Group assigned to the Office of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea have tested positive for COVID-19. PSG Group Commander Col. Jesus Durante III added the executive secretary has so far tested negative for the virus. According to Durante, the two officers and six enlisted personnel were “on outside duty” and did not have close contact with President Rodrigo Duterte. He said […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, March 14, released specific guidelines on the social distancing policy to be implemented as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the following “emergency but temporary directives” to be implemented in Metro Manila effective March 15 were contained in a memorandum signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Panelo and sent to agencies, government instrumentalities, government-owned and controlled corporations and local government units, among others: “1. Mass gatherings […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Aug. 5, said it would not intervene in the tiff between Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Special Envoy for Public Diplomacy to China and columnist Ramon Tulfo. “Since charges have been filed, we cannot comment on the validity of the charges. So, we will wait,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a press conference. Panelo was referring to the libel complaint filed by Medialdea against Tulfo for his column published […]
(Eagle News)–Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea has filed a libel case against columnist Ramon Tulfo, also the Special Envoy for Public Diplomacy to China. The charges came after Medialdea wrote The Manila Times, where Tulfo is a columnist, slamming Tulfo’s July 25 column titled “Self-purgation should start with the Cabinet.” In the column, Tulfo accused Medialdea of sitting for one year on the appeal of one Felicito Mejorado for the claim of the P272-million government reward […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will appoint “in the next few days” an undersecretary who will supervise the citizens’ complaint hotline 8888. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea made the revelation as he announced government plans to create another office that will monitor the public’s complaints, and to incorporate a text messaging system to the current setup in an interview over dzmm radio. “Talagang tututukan na yan because dati, it was under an office of a director..,” Medialdea […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, Dec. 13, urged Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea not to endorse Budget Secretary Ben Diokno’s possible recommendation for a special session to allow for the passage of the national budget for 2019 before the year ends. Lacson made the appeal during the plenary deliberation on the P6.773-billion proposed budget for the Office of the President and its attached agencies. The Senate and the House of Representatives are slated to […]
Palace says martial law still needed because of “subsisting rebellion” in region (Eagle News) — Congress convened in a joint session on Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss whether to extend martial law in Mindanao, which expires on Dec. 31, anew. In seeking for the martial law extension for a third time, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea cited a “subsisting rebellion” in the region despite what he said were the “substantial gains” accomplished while martial law was […]
(Eagle News) –Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea will serve as caretaker of the government during President Rodrigo Duterte’s trips abroad this month. Duterte made the announcement in Special Order 310, which he signed on Tuesday, April 3. “The Executive Secretary shall act as OIC to take care of day-to-day operations in the Office of the President and to oversee the general administration of the Executive Department,” the President said. He said “all acts of the Executive […]
(Eagle News) — Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Tuesday denied that he gave legal advice to the counsel of Janet Lim Napoles. “Why would I give a legal advice to a lawyer for his client?” Medialdea, a lawyer by profession, said in a message to reporters. “If I were his client, I will fire him,” Medialdea added. On Monday, lawyer Stephen David said that he met in Malacanang with Medialdea and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, who […]
