Palace: Duterte accepts resignation of GSIS chief

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:06:01 +0000

Palace: Duterte accepts resignation of GSIS chief

Updated @ 1:34 a.m., July 4, 2019, to reflect updated Palace statement MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of Clint Aranas as president of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo confirmed in a statement issued late Wednesday. But it was not because the President had lost confidence […]

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‘Forcing’ Duterte’s hand under threat of impeachment ‘a crime’ – Nograles

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 07:36:11 +0000

“THREATENING” President Rodrigo Duterte with impeachment if he did not make moves that “will lead towards war against China” may be considered a “crime,” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles warned on…READ

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Duterte to honor 12 soldiers wounded in Indanan blasts

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 09:06:26 +0000

President Duterte is going to honor this evening, July 3, the 12 soldiers wounded in action in the twin explosions that hit a military camp in Barangay Kajatian, Indanan, Sulu on June 28.

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Palace ‘optimistic’ 18th Congress will pass FOI bill ‘swiftly’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 03:25:14 +0000

Malacañang is “optimistic” that the 18th Congress will “swiftly” pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, one of the priority legislations of President Rodrigo Duterte that remains pending.

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‘Digong 8888 Hotline’ airs on PTV-4 in July 

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 02:37:00 +0000

Three years after government launched a 24-hour complaint hotline, Malacañang announced Wednesday the airing of “Digong 8888 Hotline”

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DOJ chief tells PNP: Filing impeachment case not unlawful

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 23:20:43 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday cautioned the Philippine National Police (PNP) against arresting proponents of impeaching President Rodrigo Duterte for allowing the Chinese to fish in Philippine waters in violation of the Constitution.

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PNP: Filing impeachment case alone not a basis for arrest

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 17:25:43 +0000

PNP: Filing impeachment case alone not a basis for arrest

The “mere filing” of an impeachment complaint could not a basis to make an arrest, Col. Bernard Banac, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

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Duterte hopes successor will sustain AFP modernization

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:23:51 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte is hoping that his successor will maintain the modernization program of the AFP and take care of the needs of the uniformed personnel.

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Duterte to courts: Stop issuing injunctions, mandamus on criminal cases

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:20:20 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday appealed to courts to refarin from issuing injunctions for criminal cases.

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Constitution as ‘toilet paper’ is just another Duterte ‘metaphor’ – Palace

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:48:41 +0000

Another “metaphor.” This was how Malacañang has clarified President Duterte’s remark deeming the 1987 Constitution as mere “toilet paper.”

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