Robredo skips first Cabinet meet as drug czar

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:27:16 +0000

DESPITE Malacañang’s verbal invitation for Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, the opposition leader missed her first Cabinet meeting as the government’s new drug czar. A photo shared by a Palace source showed President Rodrigo Duterte presiding over the 43rd Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on Wednesday night. The Cabinet meeting came a few hours after […]

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UPDATE: Robredo accepts Duterte offer to be drug czar

Credit to Author: Glee Jalea| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 05:30:00 +0000

VICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo on Wednesday finally accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to be the co-chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), with an aim of ending extradjudicial killings until the end of this administration’s term. “Kung ito ang pagkakataon para matigil ang patayan ng mga inosente at mapanagot ang mga […]

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Palace to Robredo: Drug post not ‘non-existent’, seize ‘golden opportunity’

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 01:57:42 +0000

MALACAÑANG on Wednesday denied President Rodrigo Duterte gave Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo a “non-existent” position when he appointed the opposition leader as co-chairman of a government committee against illegal drugs. In a statement, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Robredo’s appointment was a “golden opportunity” that she should seize. “In the face of a […]

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UPDATE: Robredo doubts Duterte ‘serious’ on drug czar appointment – spokesman

Credit to Author: DIVINA NOVA JOY DELA CRUZ| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:23:13 +0000

VICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo doubted the seriousness of the anti-drug post offered to her by President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday. Robredo’s spokesman, Barry Gutierrez, said in a press conference that the position as co-chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) did not exist in terms of its legality. Gutierrez also said […]

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Robredo doubts Duterte ‘serious’ on drug czar appointment – spokesman

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:23:13 +0000

VICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo has neither accepted nor rejected her appointment by President Rodrigo Duterte as co-chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), her spokesman said on Tuesday. In a press conference, lawyer Barry Gutierrez said the Vice President did not think that the President was “serious” about the appointment but […]

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Duterte mulls Robredo drug czar post until end of term

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:45:08 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is inclined to extend his offer for Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo to be his drug czar until the end of his term. In a chance interview in Davao City on Thursday night, Duterte said he would give Robredo a Cabinet position so that “she will have the authority” to take […]

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Robredo: PET resolution, recount results show who is telling truth

Credit to Author: MA. REINA LEANNE TOLENTINO, TMT| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 12:52:08 +0000

THE Presidential Electoral Tribunal’s (PET) resolution and the results of the recount in the three pilot provinces related to former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s protest shows who is telling…READ

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UPDATE 2: SC orders Robredo, Marcos camps to comment on preliminary recount report

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:03:52 +0000

THE Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), ordered the camps of Vice President Leonor “Leni” Robredo and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., to comment in 20…READ

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Robredo calls for ‘real partnerships’ to boost gender equality

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 05:37:04 +0000

VICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo asked the international business community in Canada to boost efforts in promoting gender inclusivity and women empowerment. In her keynote address at the 13th Toronto…READ

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‘Walang monopoly ng husay’: Robredo remembers Jesse on his death anniversary

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 06:20:17 +0000

‘Walang monopoly ng husay’: Robredo remembers Jesse on his death anniversary

MANILA, Philippines — “Parati niya sa aming sinasabi na una, walang monopoly ng husay, na dapat iyong lahat nabibigyan ng pagkakataon.” This is how Vice President Leni Robredo remembered her late husband, Jesse Robredo, and his leadership on Sunday, seven years after the untimely plane crash that took the life of the then interior secretary.  […]

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