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(Eagle News) — Ousted House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is throwing his support behind ABS Rep. Eugene De Vera in the squabble over who should be the minority bloc leader following the change of leadership in the House of Representatives. Alvarez himself made the pronouncement in a meeting of PDP-Laban members on Thursday, Aug. 2, breaking his silence for the first time since he was removed as Speaker by a majority of his colleagues in the […]
(Eagle News) — The ruling party Partido Demokratikong Pilipino is holding a “top-level leadership meeting” on Thursday, Aug. 2. The meeting takes place following reports of several of its members allegedly going rogue and electing their own set of party officials. But in a television interview, PDP-Laban president Senator Koko Pimentel said the meeting, which he will preside, was a regular meeting conducted by the party. He said he has also asked lawyers for what actions […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said his record-low net satisfaction rating was a “challenge for us to do our work.” In a statement, Alvarez said that while he believes that the “17th Congress has done its job in passing laws that respond to the needs of our people in various fields of endeavor,” many “have yet to feel the impact of these new laws” based on his rating according to the Social Weather Stations. […]
(Eagle News) — The net satisfaction rating of Vice President Leni Robredo declined in the first quarter of 2018, according to the survey conducted by Social Weather Survey. From her +42 net satisfaction ratings in December 2017, Robredo’s overall net satisfaction rating dropped down to 8 points, settling at +34 points which is still considered a “good” rating. “The 8-point decline in the overall net satisfaction rating of Vice-Pres. Robredo was due to decreases of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte gave Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez the assurance former President and now Rep. Gloria Arroyo was not after his post. “Sabi ni ma’am, ‘Sabihin mo sa kaibigan mo na wala akong ambisyon maging Speaker. He can rest…,” the President said during a gathering for his 73rd birthday and Arroyo’s 71st birthday on Thursday. Duterte, who was referring to Arroyo at that time, made the pronouncement after calling out Alvarez, who he said looked […]
(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Thursday slammed Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez after he supposedly called her part of the opposition, and emphasized that he could impeach a President. “Ano sabi mo in a crowd, ‘President iba siya, Speaker ako, I can always impeach him!” And you call me opposition? Somebody should really tell the President about the truth,” she said in a Twitter post. She added: “Kung as*h*le ka sa Congress, don’t bring […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to protest a United States intelligence group’s report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, among others, as a regional threat. “Kasi anong pakialam nila sa atin eh sila nga itong maraming kalokohan sa iba’t ibang bansa? Nanghihimasok sila e di naman sila kasali doon,” Alvarez said in a radio interview. Alvarez said the release of the report was indeed […]
(Eagle News) — Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. has posted bail. Floirendo posted the cash bond of P30,000 in a Davao court on Wednesday, on the same day the Sandiganbayan issued a warrant of arrest against him. The warrant stemmed from the graft case filed by the Ombudsman against the lawmaker over the joint venture agreement between the Bureau of Corrections and his family’s Tagum Development Corp. The complaint before the Ombudsman had been […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he was “without means to pursue a Senate bid.” “So while OK, I am thankful, I reiterate that my priority is to be the the best spokesman that I can be for the president,” Roque said in a statement issued after Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez announced he would run for senator in 2019 and was included in the PDP-Laban’s slate. Alvarez said apart from Roque, also included were […]
(Eagle News Service) — Vice President Leni Robredo’s net satisfaction rating took the biggest dip among government officials’ ratings that declined in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. From a net satisfaction rating of +37 in December last year, Robredo’s rating slid to +26 in the March survey. The survey was conducted from March 25 to 28, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide. Of the 1200, 300 each came from Balance Luzon, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday welcomed the impeachment complaint filed against him on Thursday, saying “this (was) a democracy.” “Impeachment? If that is part of my destiny, it’s my destiny to go…Wala sa akin yang impeachment, impeachment. I go by the rules of destiny,” he added during a press conference at the Davao International Airport prior to his departure for Myanmar, and later for Thailand, on official visits. Duterte was referring to […]
