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Duterte assures public of transparency amid nCoV scare in PH

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Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 03:11:32 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has assured the public that the government “will never hide anything” about the true state of the 2019-novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in the country, as he allayed fears over the outbreak that has killed over 300 people and infected thousands of others. In a press conference after an “emergency […]

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Duterte assures public all is well, calls for stop to ‘sinophobia’

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Credit to Author: Ma. Reina Leanne Tolentino, TMT| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:30:54 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte assured Filipinos on Monday night that “everything is well in the country”, a day after the first death outside China from the 2019 novel coronavirus was reported in the Philippines. In a briefing, Duterte said that “everything is well in the country. There’s nothing really to be extra scared of that coronavirus […]

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Duterte expresses support to Yansons matriarch

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:40:24 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte was the guest of honor during the 86th birthday celebration of Olivia Yanson, the matriarch of the Yanson family, at the L’ Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City recently. Yanson, also known as OVY, is the co-founder, treasurer and corporate secretary of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), the country’s largest bus transport company. OVY […]

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Duterte names new Navy chief

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:41:19 +0000

REAR Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo has been named as the next flag officer-in-command of the Philippine Navy. President Rodrigo Duterte signed Bacordo’s appointment paper addressed to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Friday and Bacordo’s designation would take effect on Monday, February 3, when Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad hangs his uniform after reaching the mandatory age […]

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Duterte agrees to ban entry into PH of travellers from nCoV-hit areas in China — Sen. Go

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Credit to Author: Javier J. Ismael| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:45:58 +0000

SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Friday bared that President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to implement a temporary travel ban on travellers coming from Wuhan City and the entire Hubei province of China while assessing the need to add to the list with travel restrictions more places affected by the Novel Coronavirus. “Nais ko pong […]

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Duterte orders start of VFA termination process

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Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 07:43:33 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the start of the process of terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States (US), Malacañang said on Friday, as the two countries’ relations have turned “lukewarm.” Speaking to reporters, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Philippines would no longer wait for the US to […]

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Duterte OKs probe of Ayala land deal

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Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:13:28 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte has given the green light for the review of the lease contract between the Ayala Group and the University of the Philippines (UP), Malacañang said on Thursday, following allegations that the state university might be on the losing end of the deal. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the President agreed with his […]

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Palace dismisses as ‘utter disrespect’ ICC insistence to probe PH drug war

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Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 13:08:55 +0000

MALACAÑANG on Saturday insisted that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should not open an investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against drugs, as it has no jurisdiction over the Philippines. In a statement, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the ICC’s insistence to investigate the government’s drug was an “utter disrespect” to the Philippines, an “independent country” that […]

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Duterte to push for sea code at Asean meet- DFA

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Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 05:06:14 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to push for the completion of the long-delayed code of conduct in the South China Sea when he attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations  (Asean) meeting in Thailand this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. In a pre-departure briefing in Malacañang, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary […]

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