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(Eagle News) — “Guys, lay off. Stop it.” This was President Rodrigo Duterte’s advice to those working on impeachment complaints against his constant critic Vice-President Leni Robredo, saying what she was doing in criticizing his administration was part of democracy. “Look, we just had an election. Guys, lay off. Stop it. You can do other things but do not tinker with the structure of government. I will not countenance it,” said Duterte in a […]
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), affirmed its earlier declaration that the electoral protest of former senator and then vice-presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos was “sufficient in form and substance.” With this decision, the PET junked the poll protest case filed by Marcos’ rival, Vice-President Leni Robredo, and would likely proceed to recount the votes cast in the very controversial and hotly contested May 2016 vice-presidential race. […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte made the assurance on Thursday that Vice-President Leni Robredo would remain in her post “until the end of her term.” During an interview at the groundbreaking of the Bicol International airport on Thursday (December 8), Duterte dismissed Robredo’s fears that there was ever a plot to remove her as Vice-President. “I will assure Leni and the Bicol region that she will be there until the end of her […]
by Mynardo Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA Philippines (AFP) — Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo vowed Monday to spearhead national opposition to extrajudicial killings and other flashpoint issues surrounding President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial anti-crime crackdown. The announcement, which came a day after she quit Duterte’s cabinet, makes her the highest-ranking official to publicly voice such firm dissent to the president’s hardline law-and-order platform. “This is not the time for fear. It is a time […]
MANILA, Philippines (PIA) – Vice President Leni Robredo issued a statement re extrajudicial killings saying, “We support President Duterte’s declaration that the fight against drugs and crime must be done with an uncompromising exercise of the rule of law. In her statement, Vice President Robredo noted, however, that there have been over a hundred cases of drug-related reports of killings in less than a month. “While we are one with the fight against drugs, we […]
Vice-President Leni Robredo delivers her speech in Filipino after her oath-taking at the Quezon City Reception House. (Eagle News Service screengrab photo) (Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni-Robredo took her oath of office at the Quezon City Reception House at 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, and delivered her speech afterwards. This was the first time that a Vice-President had a separate inauguration from the Philippine president. President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will take his oath at 12 […]
PORTOVIEJO, MANABI, Ecuador (Reuters) – As the death toll from Ecuador’s biggest earthquake in decades soared to at least 246 on Sunday (April 17), desperate victims begged Vice President Jorge Glass to help find their missing relatives as rescuers using tractors and bare hands hunted desperately for survivors in shattered coastal towns. The 7.8 magnitude quake struck off the Pacific coast on Saturday and was felt around the Andean nation of 16 million people, causing […]
Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confirmed his plans to run as vice-president in the 2016 elections. Prior to this, Senator Marcos went to Davao City to consult with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte regarding his plans, with said mayor announcing his support for said plans. Senator Marcos also expressed his support for Duterte if ever said mayor has plans to run for higher office. At the same time, Senator Marcos put an end to speculations, saying that he […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, July 30 (Eagle News) — Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo said that she is not running for Vice President in the 2016, in face of talks that she is one of those being considered by Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas as his running mate. Representative Robredo added that the Liberal Party is yet to talk to her regarding this matter. She also said that she has no plans to run […]
APRIL 24 — Philippines Vice President, Jejomar Binay said on Thursday (April 23) that he had made an appeal for mercy on behalf of a Filipina currently on death row in Indonesia. Mary Jane Veloso, a mother of two children, was arrested with 2.6 kilograms of heroin at Yogyakarta airport in 2010. Her plea for presidential clemency and judicial review were rejected. Binay, who was in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, for the Asia-Africa conference met his […]
