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Duterte not inclined to sign pact with China – Palace

February 22, 2020 admin China, duterte, Nation, Palace, Top Stories

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 16:18:54 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte is not inclined to sign any treaty similar to the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with China or any other country because he wants the Philippines to stand on its own, his spokesman said. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte rejected the idea of forging military alliances with other nations, particularly China. “Sabi […]

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Palace downplays anti-Duterte protests

February 21, 2020 admin anti-duterte protests, Nation, Palace, Top Stories

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:13:06 +0000

Malacañang on Friday dismissed as “wishful thinking” reports of people mobilizing for mass action on February 22 to call for the resignation of President Rodrigo Duterte. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo made the statement after Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo said she was not supporting the call for Duterte to resign. “Baka naman nagsasabi siya ng […]

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Palace appeals to public: Avoid discrimination amid nCoV scare

February 1, 2020 admin Discrimination, ncov scare, Palace, second headlines

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 05:50:37 +0000

MALACAÑANG on Saturday asked Filipinos to remain calm and not to discriminate out of fear over the existence of the deadly 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that originated from Wuhan, China. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made the statement after the coronavirus outbreak has stoked a wave of anti-China sentiment around the globe, particularly in the […]

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Panelo to Cardema: We have nothing to do with your tiff with Guanzon

August 18, 2019 admin Comelec, duterte youth, guanzon, Latest News Stories, Nation, Palace, Panelo, Ronald Cardema, Rowena Guanzon

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 07:51:16 +0000

“We have nothing to do with what you’re doing,” presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said, referring to former National Youth Commission (NYC) chief Ronald Cardema and Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon.

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Romania’s ‘Roma palaces,’ a status symbol for poor minority

August 14, 2019 admin Europe, Latest News Stories, Minorities, neoclassical, Palace, Romania, World

Credit to Author: hmallorca| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:21:53 +0000

With their soaring marble columns, turrets and pagoda-style roofs, elaborate mansions built by affluent Roma dot Romania’s countryside in their thousands.

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Congress to receive NEP on Aug. 20; Budget hearings on by Aug. 22 – Ungab

August 13, 2019 admin 2020 national budget, House, isidro ungab, Latest News Stories, Nation, nep, Palace

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 01:28:27 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte will submit the 2020 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to Congress on Tuesday, August 20, with budget deliberations to follow two days after, House appropriations panel chairman and Davao City 3rd District Rep. Isidro Ungab said Wednesday. “Sa Tuesday, August 20 mag-submit ng NEP ang executive,” Ungab told INQUIRER.net. Ways […]

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