Malacañang not offended by Pope’s remarks

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:11:29 +0000

Malacañang not offended by Pope’s remarks

Malacañang is not offended by Pope Francis’ recent statement that those who denounce the Catholic Church are “friends, cousins and relatives of the devil.”

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Palace: Revoke scholarships? Prove first if students are in anti-gov’t forces

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:11:25 +0000

Palace: Revoke scholarships? Prove first if students are in anti-gov’t forces

MANILA, Philippines — There must first be “concrete evidence” that students are part of forces fighting the government before the state can revoke their scholarships, Malacañang said Wednesday. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the government will not be “reckless” in revoking scholarships, adding that there must be “concrete evidence” that students are part of anti-government […]

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Palace: President has no links with Rappler chief’s accuser

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:08:06 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Monday said President Rodrigo Duterte has no links with the businessman who filed a cyberlibel case against Rappler chief executive officer and journalist Maria Ressa.

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Palace: Andaya should stop lawyering for DPWH contractors

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 05:38:35 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. should not lawyer for Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) contractors whom he alleged were not paid over P100 billion in 2018 by the government, Malacañang said on Monday.

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Duterte ‘pissed off with fake news’ he had kidney transplant

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:27:18 +0000

“It’s just hyperbole … to dramatize that he’s still virile at his age,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Friday of President Duterte’s angry remarks challenging former Sen. Francisco  “Kit” Tatad to lend him his wife.

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Robredo chided over ‘speculative’ statement on Chinese nationals

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:28:35 +0000

MANILA, Philippines  – Malacañang on Monday chided and asked Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo to stop speculating about the government’s alleged special treatment of Chinese nationals.

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Palace to Joma Sison on peace talks: It is time to rejoin society

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:42:23 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — “It is time to rejoin society.” Malacañang said this after exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison described as an “insult” President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to revive the stalled peace talks between the government and communist rebels. “Instead of welcoming the President’s softening of his hardline stance […]

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Palace to Joma Sison on peace talks: It is time to rejoin society

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:42:23 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — “It is time to rejoin society.” Malacañang said this after exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison described as an “insult” President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to revive the stalled peace talks between the government and communist rebels. “Instead of welcoming the President’s softening of his hardline stance […]

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Duterte irked by slow pace of land conversion

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:36:34 +0000

President Duterte had an “outburst” at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, blaming bureaucratic red tape and communist rebels.

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