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Fate of water concessionaires hangs as Duterte defers decision @ 2019-12-20T16: Back Hot News
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THE BIGGEST 2019 HEADLINE ON DUTERTE』S HEALTH WAS HIS HAVING TO CUT SHORT A TRIP TO JAPAN BECAUSE OF 「UNBEARABLE PAIN」 IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIPS. THE PAIN, ACCORDING TO MALACANANG, WAS DUE TO THE PRESIDENT』S MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT THAT HAD GRABBED HEADLINES THE WEEK BEFORE.
THE MILITARY WELCOMED DUTERTE』S DECISION TO FOLLOW ITS RECOMMENDATION TO END MARTIAL LAW IN THE SOUTH. IT ADDED THAT THE MILITARY WILL PURSUE AMENDMENTS TO AN ANTI-TERRORISM LAW TO LESSEN RESTRICTIONS ON GOVERNMENT FORCES AND MAKE IT MORE POTENT IN COUNTERING TERRORISM.
DUTERTE"S STRONG-ARM GAMBIT WILL LIKELY SPOOK MARKETS AT A TIME WHEN FOREIGN INVESTORS APPEAR TO BE LOSING CONFIDENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES AMID THE PROLONGED US-CHINA TRADE WAR. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PLUNGED TO $5.1 BILLION FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2019, A 37% DROP COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD THE YEAR BEFORE, THE PHILIPPINE CENTRAL BANK SAID ON TUESDAY.
PRESSED IF DUTERTE ADHERES TO SECURITY PROTOCOLS, NIEMBRA SAID THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SOMETIMES GIVES THEM A HARD TIME BUT KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE HIMSELF AS WELL AS HIS LIMITATIONS.
DUTERTE HAS WAGED A CONTROVERSIAL ALL-OUT WAR ON DRUGS IN THE PHILIPPINES SINCE COMING TO POWER IN JUNE 2016, WHICH POLICE SAY HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 6,600 PEOPLE. INDEPENDENT MONITORS BELIEVE THE NUMBER COULD BE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT. THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTED IN JULY TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLINGS.
“I TOLD [FINANCE SECRETARY CARLOS DOMINGUEZ III] AND [SOLICITOR GENERAL JOSE CALIDA], CRAFT A NEW CONTRACT THAT IS REALLY FAVORABLE TO [THE] PUBLIC, TO GOVERNMENT. GIVE IT TO THEM. ‘THIS IS THE AMENDED CONTRACT. ACCEPT IT OR NOTHING DOING,"” DUTERTE THREATENED.
ON DECEMBER 3, DUTERTE THREATENED ABS-CBN, A PRIVATELY OWNED NEWS NETWORK WHOSE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IS DUE TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 30, 2020, SAYING, 「YOUR FRANCHISE WILL END NEXT YEAR. IF YOU EXPECT IT TO BE RENEWED, I"M SORRY. I WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU"RE OUT,」 ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY PHILIPPINE NEWS WEBSITE RAPPLER.
DUTERTE LOOKS TO PHILIPPINES』 PRIVATE SECTOR TO REBOOT SIGNATURE BUILDING PLAN
THE MAJORITY OF FILIPINOS IN THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO (BARMM) WERE SATISFIED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS, BASED ON THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2019 SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS (SWS) SURVEY RESULTS.
FILE PHOTO. AN INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE WILL FINALLY PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AND OTHER SECTORS AFTER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE ORDERED TO INSTITUTIONALIZE IT UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION.
UY BUILT PHOENIX PETROLEUM PHILIPPINES, HIS FUEL COMPANY, INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, CAPABLE OF GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH CHEVRON. HE ALSO EXPANDED HIS BUSINESS INTO SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS. BY 2016, UY WAS ONE OF DUTERTE"S TOP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DONORS. THE NEXT YEAR, DUTERTE RANG THE BELL AT THE PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF PHOENIX GOING PUBLIC. UY AND DUTERTE PATTED EACH OTHER ON THE SHOULDERS AND TRADED EFFUSIVE PUBLIC COMPLIMENTS.
LIKE THE SAF, PDEA ENTERED THE SCENE AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT: WHEN PRESIDENT DUTERTE, FACING THE BACKLASH OF THE KILLING OF KIAN DELOS SANTOS, ORDERED THE PNP TO STEP BACK AND LET PDEA BE THE 「SOLE」 ACTOR IN HIS GRAND PLAN TO END DRUGS.
“ANOTHER ENEMY THAT’S RUINING LIVES IS THE TERRORISTS, INCLUDING THE NPA, THE KIDNAP-FOR-RANSOM, AND THE ABU SAYYAF IN JOLO. MY ORDER IS, IF THEY FIGHT, CRUSH THEM TO PUT AN END TO FILIPINOS’ PROBLEM,” DUTERTE SAID IN FILIPINO IN HIS SPEECH BEFORE MILITARY OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL AT THE 84TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) YESTERDAY AT CAMP AGUINALDO IN QUEZON CITY.
MS ROBREDO - WHO IS SEEN AS MR DUTERTE"S MAIN POLITICAL RIVAL - IS YET TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON HER FIRING.
BRIG. GEN. JOSE NIEMBRA, CHIEF OF THE PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY GUARD THAT PROVIDES CLOSE-IN SECURITY TO THE PRESIDENT, SAID SUNDAY THAT DUTERTE WENT BACK TO SLEEP AFTER THE SHAKING STOPPED.
"THE ARBITRATION AWARD ISSUED IN OUR FAVOR IS FOR ACTS IN BREACH OF THE PROCEDURE COMMITTED BY OFFICIALS OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, NOT THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION," MANILA WATER SAID IN A STATEMENT, ADDING THAT IT WAS WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH DUTERTE"S GOVERNMENT. MANILA WATER SERVES SEVEN MILLION CUSTOMERS THROUGH A CONCESSION VALID UNTIL 2037.

 

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