Tag: Salvador Panelo

Palace welcomes Cabinet’s “good” public satisfaction rating based on SWS survey

(Eagle News)—-The Palace on Friday, June 25, welcomed the results of the latest Social Weather Stations Survey that showed the Cabinet had a “good” public satisfaction rating. “The satisfactory rating given to the President’s Cabinet certainly is a source of inspiration for us to work harder to give full realisation to the commitment of President Rodrigo Duterte of providing comfortable life to the Filipinos,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, “complacency has no […]

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Panelo: Duterte may veto Senate move to block payment for Chinese CCTV project

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte may veto the Senate’s move to block payment for the P20-billion Chinese closed-circuit television camera project. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, when asked for his reaction to the Senate’s inclusion of two provisions in its version of the 2019 national budget that have this effect on the Safe Philippines Project. The first provision, under the Unprogrammed Fund section, specifies that no amount “shall be utilized for any […]

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Palace to those who oppose a lower age of criminal liability: They are either unaware of or they ignore the reality

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Jan. 23, hit back at critics of the proposal to lower the age of criminal liability in the country, saying they are “either unaware (of) or ignore the reality” that criminals now use children in their illegal activities. “They simply have not read the provisions of the bill hence their opposition is based either on blissful ignorance or pretended misinformation,” he added, referring to the bill seeking to peg the […]

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Palace: Duterte won’t interfere in legislative work on the lowering of the age of criminal liability

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will not interfere in legislative work on the lowering of the age of criminal liability. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said  on Tuesday, Jan. 22, that what was clear was that the President wants the age of criminal liability lowered. “And we will leave that to the lawmakers…We will not question that,” Panelo said. The House justice panel on Monday, Jan. 21, approved the lowering of the age of criminal […]

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Palace denies Morales’ allegations corrupt officials are being “recycled”

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Jan. 18, denied former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales’ allegations corrupt officials were being “recycled.” In the first place, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the officials who were either removed or resigned from their posts and appointed to other positions were “not tainted with corruption during their stint in their offices.” “It just happened that their expertise and talents were not suited to their previous positions; hence, their re-appointment to […]

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Palace: US NGO report calling PHL a “war zone in disguise” is “remarkable in ignorance and bias”

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Jan. 18, branded as “remarkable in ignorance and bias” the report of a United States-based non-government organization that said the Philippines was a “war zone in disguise.” “Not having presented any proof that it has conducted factual investigation in the country as to the conditions obtaining, it is reasonable to believe that its conclusions (are) based on allegations made by groups that are hopelessly and blindly critical of the Duterte […]

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Palace on drop in PHL average hunger rate: “The best is yet to come”

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Jan. 17, welcomed the results of a recent Social Weather Stations survey that showed the average hunger rate in the country in 2018 was the lowest since 2003. “The best is yet to come, as the Chief Executive continues to work double time in the remainder of his term to uplift more Filipino families out of poverty and hunger, towards a more comfortable and prosperous life for all,” […]

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Palace: There is basis for Duterte’s dismissal of Bacolod police chief

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, said there was basis for President Rodrigo Duterte’s dismissal of Bacolod police chief Senior Supt. Francis Ebreo. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the dismissal was based on intelligence information reaching the chief executive. “We have the PNP (Philippine National Police), we have the CIDG (Criminal Investigation and Detection Group), we have the PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency). All these agencies ordinarily provide the information relative to those […]

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Palace to DFA, PCOO, printing firm: Explain passport data mess

(Eagle News)—–The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, said it would ask the Department of Foreign Affairs, a private firm and the Presidential Communications Operations Office to explain the passport data mess at the DFA. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay defended  Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciare from allegations it stole passport applicants’ data when its contract was terminated. Yasay said the French firm had already complied with its contractual obligations […]

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Palace slams Duterte critics for “destructive politicking”

Challenges them to a “healthy debate” of programs instead (Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, slammed the critics of President Rodrigo Duterte for engaging in “destructive politicking,” challenging them to a “healthy debate of programs and platforms productive and beneficial to the Filipino people” instead. “Our people are fed up with the destructive politicking dished out by the opposition and President Duterte’s critics and detractors,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo in particular slammed […]

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Palace backs probe into passport data mess at DFA

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, said it backed a probe into the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the incident was, after all, a “grave and serious matter.” Panelo said the National Privacy Commission “has been directed” to look into the incident and determine whether certain provisions of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 have been violated, “particularly with respect to the […]

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Panelo: Duterte’s high trust, approval ratings “another repudiation” of his critics, detractors

(Eagle News)—–The high trust and approval ratings of President Rodrigo Duterte based on a recent Pulse Asia survey is “another repudiation” of his critics and detractors “who don’t see or refuse to see the good in whatever the Chief Executive does and says,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, the survey was done  when Congress approved the third extension of martial law in Mindanao and the President approved  the government’s economic managers recommendation to […]

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