Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:15:09 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte wants Congress to act on the franchise renewal of broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corp., his spokesman said on Thursday. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Congress should do their work, especially since Duterte was being blamed for the impasse over ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal. “The President said they should do something about it. Meaning to […]
Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:39:30 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday challenged independent media group Vera Files to prove that its allegations that President Rodrigo Duterte accepted gifts amounting to millions of pesos in 2014. In a Vera Files story published Sunday, it said that on his 69th birthday on March 28, 2014, seven deposits totaling to P193,705,615.88 were made to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 02:09:23 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The presence of Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) hubs manned by Chinese nationals near military camps is not something to worry about, President Rodrigo Duterte said, even as Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has raised concerns on the country’s national security. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the location of the Pogo hubs does […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:13:19 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Monday mourned the death of former environment secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez, described as one of the most “passionate” Cabinet members of President Rodrigo Duterte. “News has reached the Office of the President that former Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Regina Paz L. Lopez has passed, and it is with […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 13:13:20 +0000
Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo on Sunday fired back at Sen. Panfilo Lacson for insinuating that he was speaking for the Chinese Embassy when he shared to the media its ambassador’s reaction to fears that some Chinese workers in the country could spy on Philippine military bases.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 06:35:36 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo said she is “leaving everything open” on the possibility of joining the 2022 presidential race. “If you ask me now, I have no plans. I’m leaving everything open,” the Vice President said in an interview with Bloomberg. “We still have three years before the next presidential elections. a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:54:00 +0000
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Sunday clarified President Rodrigo Duterte’s “accepting-gifts-not-bribery” remark, saying that the chief executive was only referring to unsolicited gifts given “as a mere ordinary token of gratitude or friendship.”
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 03:09:49 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Sunday expressed alarm over the growing number of maltreated foreign nationals in the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 07:40:44 +0000
Malacañang distanced itself from the Supreme Court decision lifting the temporary restraining order on the Mamasapano trial against fomer president Benigno Aquino III.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:43:23 +0000
“He is very much okay. He is still cursing,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in jest Tuesday after being asked about the President Rodrigo Duterte’s health in an interview with CNN Philippines.
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