Tag: Sara Duterte

Sara Duterte-Carpio: “I’m starting to believe rumors Trillanes is hooked on something”

That “must have triggered” the senator’s “obsession” with the President, she says (Eagle News) — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday said she was starting to believe “rumors” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was “hooked on something” that triggered his “obsession” with her father, President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte-Carpio made the statement after Trillanes filed a resolution calling for a Senate probe into what he said was the President’s and the Davao vice mayor’s ill-gotten wealth. […]

Pimentel rejects Trillanes’ renewed bid for probe into President Duterte’s, Sara Duterte’s “bank accounts”

If this is to “make the issue land in the news,” it’s a “tragic waste of time,” Pimentel says By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Koko Pimentel has denied Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s renewed bid to look into the “bank accounts” of President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter, Sara, a statement that did not suit well with the former Navy officer. “The Senate is not the body for that. We are part of […]

Trillanes renews calls for probe into President Duterte’s, Sara Duterte’s “bank accounts”

Says he will file reso in Senate on Monday (Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday renewed calls for a probe into  President Rodrigo Duterte’s and Sara Duterte’s “bank accounts,” saying he would file a resolution on Monday for the same. He said there were bank documents under the name of Duterte and his daughter that showed their “undisclosed covered transactions.” He noted a report released by Vera Files that said the President and the […]

Sara Duterte: Mans Carpio, Paolo Duterte did the right thing when they sued Trillanes

(Eagle News)– Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Friday said her husband and brother did the right thing when they sued Senator Antonio Trillanes. Duterte said she hopes that the case Mans Carpio and Paolo Duterte filed against the senator for his statement linking them to the so-called Davao Group will prosper. “I feel na what Trillanes did to them is too much, especially that my husband is a private individual. He is not a public official,” […]

Sara Duterte: The President knew of Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s plan to resign

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte knew beforehand that his son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, would resign from his post. But Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, the President’s daughter, said that the chief executive has yet to accept the vice mayor’s decision. “Once the resignation is accepted, it is deemed effective,” she said. She said while awaiting the President’s decision, her brother would be “on leave” from the Office of the Vice Mayor. “I can […]

Duterte expresses support for Davao gov’t peace talks with Communist rebels

Says New People’s Army “soldiers” who will surrender to the gov’t will receive houses, jobs (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte expressed support for the peace talks with Communists launched by her daughter Sara Duterte in Davao, even if talks between the national government and the rebels were already terminated months ago. “Yes,” Duterte told reporters when asked if he supported the Davao mayor’s initiative, upon his arrival in the country from his 2-day visit […]

Sara Duterte blasts “power-hungry” Tindig Pilipinas; says destabilization plot “as real as terrorism”

(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Sunday said the threat of destabilization was “as real as terrorism,” noting that information on the matter came from reliable sources, even “from inside the offices of the people identified with the opposition.” She also dismissed claims her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, was “insecure and paranoid,”  calling Tindig Pilipinas, the group that staged a rally recently against him, “power-hungry.” Key members of this group include opposition figures […]

Duterte critic Trillanes asked my father to support his 2016 vice presidential bid but was rejected — Sara Duterte

(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV asked then-Davao Mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte to support his bid for the vice presidency a year before he ran for the post in the 2016 elections. This is according to  the President’s daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who took to Facebook to challenge the senator who has been hurling accusations ranging from ill-gotten wealth to murder at her father and other family members. According to Carpio, at […]

Palace thanks Senate for hearing Paolo, Mans’ side; Mayor Sara, Mocha taunt Trillanes’ “triad tattoo”

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang thanked the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for inviting presidential son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, and son-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio and giving them a chance to air their side. This was amid the allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV linking the two with the controversial smuggling activities at the Bureau of Commission “We thank the blue ribbon committee for giving Vice Mayor Duterte and Atty. Carpio the chance […]

Davao Mayor Sara Duterte: City now in “hold and secure” situation

  (Eagle News) — “Hold and secure.” This was how Davao Mayor Sara Duterte described the current security situation in the city, which was under a lockdown on Tuesday night. Under a lockdown, no one was allowed inside and outside Davao City. “So inadjust na namin iyan ngayon. We are doing a hold and secure—increased security measures inside Davao City and going into Davao City considering there are incidents that are happening outside of Davao City. What we […]

News in Photos: Naging pagdalaw ni Pangulong Duterte sa kaniyang apo na si Stonefish

DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Dumalaw si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kaniyang anak at sa bagong apo na tinawag na “Stonefish” kagabi, Marso 2 sa Davao Doctors Hospital. Ang ibig sabihin ng stonefish sa Cebuano ay “Isda sa Bato” subalit ang tunay na pangalan ng sanggol ay Marko Digong Duterte Carpio. Pangatlong anak na ito ni Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio at Atty. Manases Carpio. Kitang-kita naman ang kasiyahan ni Pangulong Duterte sa pagkakaroon nito ng […]

Proud Lolo: President Duterte visits newest “apo,” baby “Stonefish”

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte was the picture of a very proud and happy “Lolo” (grandfather) when he excitedly visited his newest “apo” (grandson) Marko Digong Duterte Carpio nicknamed baby “Stonefish” in Davao City late Thursday night. Lolo Digong’s smile as he viewed baby Stonefish at the Davao Doctors’ Hospital’s nursery was captured in film by his trusted aide Christopher “Bong” Go who took to Facebook to post his photos of the newest […]