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DUTERTE ADMIN COMMITTED TO BUSINESS SECTOR GROWTH — NOGRALES

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles outlined government efforts to improve the business climate in the country, emphasizing the Duterte administration’s commitment to create an environment that will foster the growth of business and contribute to economic progress. Speaking at the 3rd Cebu Semiconductor and Electronics Convention and Exhibition in Cebu City, Nograles said government “recognizes that […]

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BARMM NORMALIZATION ON TRACK – NOGRALES

Various institutional mechanisms for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are on track, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. “Things are on track and proceeding as planned.”  According to Nograles, “things are on track and proceeding as planned” in establishing BARMM offices for youth, women, settler communities, disaster risk reduction management, planning and development, […]

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DUTERTE TO SUBMIT PROPOSED 2020 NAT’L BUDGET TO CONGRESS IN AUGUST – NOGRALES

President Rodrigo Duterte will be submitting the proposed 2020 national budget in the first or second week of August, said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. “The proposed budget is still being finalized.” In an interview over PTV-4, Nograles said the proposed budget is still being finalized. Last year, Duterte submitted the proposed P3.7 trillion national budget […]

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PIMENTEL-LED GROUP IS LEGITIMATE SET OF PDP-LABAN OFFICERS – SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) to recognize the group, led by Senator Koko Pimentel III, as the “legitimate” officers of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). “The suit failed to present evidence showing that the Comelec committed grave abuse of discretion.” In a resolution dated […]

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THERE IS PROMISING LEAD ON KIDAPAWAN RADIOMAN SLAY PROBE – SY EGCO

Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director, has solicited the help of the media community in Kidapawan City on efforts to hasten investigation into the July 10 murder of local Brigada News FM broadcaster Eduardo “Ed” Dizon. “We need the support of the Kidapawan City media community to hasten […]

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IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT VS DUTERTE WILL NOT PROSPER – NOGRALES

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles expressed confidence that any impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte will not prosper. “I don’t think they have a strong case against the President.” “I don’t think they have a strong case against the President,” Nograles said in an interview with Palace reporters. Critics of the President had earlier claimed that […]

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DUTERTE TO THAI BUSINESSMEN: INVEST IN NEW PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIAL DESTINATIONS

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) organized a courtesy call for 20 Thai executives with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to encourage Thai investments in the Philippines. These executives are from the agro-industry, banking, cement, chemical, food, energy, real estate and tourism sectors. Some of them represent private sector organizations, namely the Thailand-Philippines Business Council, […]

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ELECTED HUGPONG SENATORS TAKE OATH BEFORE DUTERTE

Newly-elected senators and local officials endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) in the recent midterm polls took their oaths of office before President Rodrigo Duterte. The mass oath-taking rites were held in Malacañang, a day after Duterte joined the HNP thanksgiving party at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City. The oath-taking rites were […]

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GOV’T DECOMMISSIONS 12,000 MILF FIGHTERS – NOGRALES

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has revealed the decommissioning by government of 12,000 or close to a third of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) fighters as part of efforts to expedite normalization efforts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Nograles made the revelation when he recently co-chaired the first meeting of the […]

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DECOMMISSIONING OF 12K MILF TROOPS A STEP CLOSER TO BARMM NORMALIZATION — NOGRALES

The country took a step close to establishing a stable, lasting peace in Mindanao with the government fast-tracking normalization efforts beginning with the decommissioning of 12,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) troops representing close to a third of the MILF combatants. This was according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Monday co-chaired the first […]