Tag: Salvador Panelo

Palace: New Telecommuting Law will help ease congestion in M. Manila, other urban areas

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Friday, Jan. 11, said the Telecommuting Law recently signed by President Rodrigo Duterte will contribute to easing the traffic conditions in Metro Manila and in other urban areas. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the law, after all, recognizes that telecommuting as “a work arrangement is fast becoming the new norm, with the Filipino labor market starting to open up with alternative avenues in view of computer technologies.” “The Palace notes […]

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Palace: Pilot who landed chopper during DepEd event should have asked for clearance first

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Jan. 10, said the pilot of the chopper carrying Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Diño was to blame for the backlash he has been receiving. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the pilot, in the first place, should have followed proper procedure before landing the helicopter at the PhilSports Complex in Pasig City during a Department of Education event. Netizens accused Diño of abuse of authority after he got off the chopper […]

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Palace: Admin drug war sees no social nor political status

(Eagle News)—The administration’s drug war sees no political nor social status, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement on Sunday, Jan. 6, after a former Maguindanao mayor was killed in an anti-drug operation. “Regardless of the social and political status of persons involved and /or engaged in the illegal drug industry, the same fate will necessarily befall them if they resist arrest and shoot it out with the arresting officers,” Panelo said. According to […]

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Palace calls for vigilance as “Usman” nears landfall over Eastern Samar

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Dec. 28, called on the public to be vigilant as “Usman” nears landfall over Eastern Visayas. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo  urged the public to “monitor the situation through news and announcements from pertinent national and local government agencies.” According to Panelo, based on  the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, as of Friday morning, the Department of Social Welfare and Development had  P1,274,278,561.78 worth of food packs, […]

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Palace welcomes Andaya’s statement House will heed Duterte’s call for Road Board abolition

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Dec. 22, welcomed House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr.’s statement the House of Representatives would heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for the abolition of the Road Board. “We are pleased to know that the House of Representatives has listened to the voice of the people who have long been outraged by the corruption surrounding the use of the said tax,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to […]

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“Bothered” by bullying incident, Palace calls on Ateneo to take action

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Dec. 21, urged Ateneo to act on the bullying incident involving an Ateneo de Manila Junior High School student and his companions, and which was caught in a now-viral video. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that in the first place, there was a law against allowing bullying “inside the classroom, school.” He was apparently referring to Republic Act 10627 or the Anti-Bullying Act, which requires […]

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Palace on UN special rapporteur’s statement vs PHL gov’t: It’s “irresponsible, reckless”

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Dec. 20, slammed the call of United Nations special rapporteur Michael Forst for the Philippines to “end immediately all forms of violations against human rights defenders..,” calling it “irresponsible” and “reckless.” In the first place, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that if Forst had checked his facts first, he would have seen the “so-called human rights defenders never had it so good under the Duterte administration.” “They continue […]

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Panelo: Duterte to sign bill abolishing Road Board

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants to abolish the Road Board, the Palace said on Tuesday, Dec. 18. In fact, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte would sign the bill abolishing the graft-tainted body once it reaches his desk. He said President Duterte was also against the release of the P45-billion road user’s tax, which instead, according to Duterte, should be returned to the treasury. “..Let Congress appropriate again for a specific purpose,” Panelo […]

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Palace to House: Consider possible amendments to draft federal Charter

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Friday, Dec. 14, called on the House of Representatives to be open to changes in its draft federal charter. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the appeal in a news conference, after former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, chair of the Consultative Committee tasked to review the 1987 Constitution, expressed his opposition to the draft, which proposes a removal of the term limits of lawmakers  and a lifting of the anti-political dynasty provision […]

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Duterte says return of Balangiga bells a result of demand from Filipino people

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Dec. 13, said the return of the Balangiga bells to the country was due to the “demand of the Filipino people.” “Let me be clear on this, here and now. The credit of the return of the Balangiga bells does not belong to any worker or officials of government,” Duterte said in a speech during the unveiling of the Las Pinas Drug Rehabilitation Center marker in Pulang […]

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Palace thanks Congress for approving third extension of martial law in Mindanao

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Dec. 12, thanked Congress for approving President Rodrigo Duterte’s request for a third extension of martial law in Mindanao. “We thank our lawmakers for sharing the Executive’s view that the extension is purely intended for the general welfare and well being of the people of Mindanao,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement, calling the approval a “positive development.” According to Panelo, “public safety demands decisive action […]

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Palace welcomes report on slower inflation

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Wednesday, Dec. 5, welcomed the recent report inflation had eased to 6 percent, attributing the same to the measures put in place by the government. “These measures address issues on food supply, among others, as there is a marked decrease in food inflation from 9.4 percent in October to 8 percent in November. Prices of rice, corn, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables have gone down,” Panelo said, welcoming the report as […]

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