Duterte makes first public appearance after week-long absence

Credit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 11:26:44 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday resurfaced in public after a week-long absence as speculation swirled regarding his health. Duterte welcomed Thailand’s Ambassador-Designate to the Philippines Vasin Ruangprateepsaeng who presented his…READ

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Palace commends Pangilinan for ‘accepting defeat’

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 06:18:50 +0000

MALACANANG on Tuesday commended Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan for resigning as president of the Liberal Party (LP) following the loss of all eight opposition senatorial candidates in the last midterm…READ

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Duterte backs passage of mandatory ROTC — Palace

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 05:53:20 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is supporting the passage of a bill requiring a mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program for grades 11 and 12 students in public and private schools…READ

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Remain focused, vigilant on hot issues despite Duterte’s health condition – Joma Sison

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 01:02:01 +0000

Remain focused, vigilant on hot issues despite Duterte’s health condition – Joma Sison

Top communist rebel leader Jose Maria “Joma” Sison urged the Filipinos to remain focused and vigilant in exposing the urgent issues and ills of the Duterte administration, whether the president was sick or not.

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Trash to be shipped back to Canada any day soon – DENR

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 21:35:41 +0000

Trash to be shipped back to Canada any day soon – DENR

MANILA, Philippines — After missing President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadline, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Monday said the tons of Canadian trash illegally shipped to the Philippines would be returned to Canada any day soon.

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DOJ chief: Duterte need not divulge health status if work is not affected

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 12:41:33 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte need not divulge his state of health unless it is serious enough, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday.

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Palace says Duterte ‘strong, upbeat’, not seriously ill

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 07:19:37 +0000

Palace says Duterte 'strong, upbeat', not seriously ill

President Duterte is “strong” and “upbeat,” Malacañang said Monday, dismissing fresh speculations he got seriously ill and hospitalized.

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PDP-Laban set to regain speakership

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 21:29:18 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), President Rodrigo Duterte’s political party, will again flex its political muscles to regain the speakership in the House of Representatives, PDP-Laban president Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Sunday.

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Duterte ‘signing papers,’ neither confirms nor denies he went to hospital–Palace

Credit to Author: RALPH VILLANUEVA| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 06:45:34 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte “neither confirmed nor denied” reports that he was hospitalized, his spokesman said on Sunday, after a tweet was posted earlier in the day saying that he was…READ

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Duterte ‘signing papers’ in Palace, neither confirms nor denies he went to hospital–spokesman

Credit to Author: RALPH VILLANUEVA| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 06:45:34 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte “neither confirmed nor denied” reports that he was hospitalized, his spokesman said on Sunday, after a tweet was posted earlier in the day saying that he was…READ

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