Palace: House can freely elect next Speaker even with Cayetano endorsement

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:39:29 +0000

Palace: House can freely elect next Speaker even with Cayetano endorsement

President Rodrigo Duterte will let Congressmen freely choose their Speaker on Monday, the opening of the 18th Congress.

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Palace says P10-B Rice Fund won’t be corrupted

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:52:26 +0000

Palace says P10-B Rice Fund won't be corrupted

Malacañang assured the public that the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund or Rice Fund would not fall into corrupt hands.

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Roque says ‘stress’ of being Duterte spokesman made him leave Cabinet

The stress of being the official mouthpiece of President Rodrigo Duterte was one of the reasons why he decided to part ways with the administration, senatorial aspirant Harry Roque said Thursday.

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Gov’t ignores Joma, says he’s ‘completely irrelevant’

The government has decided to ignore communist leader Jose Maria Sison since he has become “completely irrelevant” with the peace talks now on hold. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque revealed the latest “policy” of not commenting on Sison’s statements to avoid unnecessarily riding on the propaganda of the rebel group. “It will now be a policy. […]

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It’s ridiculous, says Palace

The Human Rights Watch’s description of President Duterte’s second year in office as a human rights calamity was simply ridiculous, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque asserted that the government actually continues to uphold and protect civil liberties, from keeping the people safe from crimes and drugs to providing better social services. “Kalokohan po […]

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