(Eagle News) – “Hindi ako galit sa Presidente. (I am not angry with the President).” This was the statement of dismissed Interior Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno during Thursday’s (April 6) send-off ceremony by the Department of the Interior and Local Government to him, insisting he has no ill feelings against President Rodrigo Duterte for firing him at the end of Monday’s cabinet meeting in Malacanang, nor against the three department undersecretaries who wrote the Palace complaining […]
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President Duterte fires undersecretary; Says two more to follow
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday revealed he had fired another government official, an undersecretary, only days after he sacked a member of his Cabinet. Duterte made the revelation during a speech at the Grand Harvest Festival of the Seh Leng Agritech Corporation in Talavera, Nueva Ecija. “Sabi ko kanina..tawagan mo..She’s fired. So pangalawa siya,” he said. The first official who was sacked this week was Department of the Interior and Local Government chief […]
Dismissed DILG chief Sueno insists he is not corrupt, but accepts Duterte’s decision
(Eagle News) — Dismissed Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno said he has accepted “wholeheartedly” the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte, but insisted he is not corrupt. In a statement, Sueno also said he would have wanted the President to have “validated” the information that had reached him. “I just wished the information was validated. If only the President asked DILG personnel from the central down to the regional and field offices, […]
President Duterte dismisses DILG chief Sueno, citing “loss of trust” — Abella
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has dismissed Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno citing “loss of trust and confidence,” according to a statement from the Palace. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the announcement about Sueno’s dismissal was made “at the end of the 14th Cabinet meeting” on Monday, April 3. “The President had earlier asked a few questions of Mr. Sueno but the summary dismissal served as a warning that Mr. […]





