Unang Cabinet meeting ng Marcos admin, isinagawa

ni Lolet Abania | July 5, 2022

Pinangunahan ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ang unang Cabinet meeting ng kanyang administrasyon ngayong Martes, Hulyo 5.

Nakaiskedyul ang pulong ng mga gabinete ng alas-9:00 ng umaga, kabilang na si Vice President at Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte na siyang nag-lead ng pambungan na panalangin.

Sa kanyang remarks, ipinahayag ni Pangulong Marcos na ipababatid ng kanyang economic team ang kasalukuyang estado ng ekomoniya ng bansa.

“I ask the what we call the economics group, which is the Secretary of Finance, the BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) Governor, and the NEDA (National Economic and Development Authority) to give us a briefing on the general situation economically because I think we can all understand that the most important area that we will have to deal with would have to be the economy,” saad ni P-BBM.

“The central policy actually that everybody else would be following will be that set out by our economic managers. So I ask the economic team to give us a briefing,” dagdag ng Pangulo.

Sa isang Facebook post, sinabi ni Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo na dinismis na ng Pangulo ang ideya ng pagbabawas ng mga government personnel upang makatipid ng pondo sa gitna ng COVID-19 pandemic.

“We don’t want anyone out of [a] job at this point,” sabi ni Pangulong Marcos na iki-quote ni Tulfo.

“[The President has been] carrying on the discussion extremely well,” wika naman ni Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra.

“He is knowledgeable, organized, and very sharp,” pahayag pa ni Guevarra sa mga reporters.

P-BBM, inimbita sa Amerika ni US Pres. Biden — Romualdez

ni Lolet Abania | July 3, 2022

Inimbitahan ni US President Joe Biden si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na bumisita sa Washington sa Amerika, ito ang kinumpirma ni Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez ngayong Linggo.

Gayunman aniya, wala pang iskedyul na itinakda para pumunta si P-BBM.

“No schedule. Invitation as soon as schedule mutually agreed upon ‘by their teams,’” pahayag ni Romualdez sa GMA News.

Ayon sa ambassador, isang letter of invitation ang ibinigay kay Pangulong Marcos ni Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff.

Si Emhoff ang nanguna sa presidential delegation na ipinadala ni Biden para dumalo sa inagurasyon ni P-BBM na ginanap noong Hunyo 30 sa National Museum of Fine Arts sa Manila.

Hiningan naman ng komento ang kampo ni Pangulong Marcos, subalit wala pa silang inilalabas na pahayag hinggil dito.

First day in office.. Pangulong Marcos at VP Duterte, dumalo sa Misa

ni Lolet Abania | July 1, 2022

Sinimulan nina Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at Vice President Sara Duterte ang kanilang unang araw ng panunungkulan sa pagdalo sa isang Misa sa loob ng compound ng Malacañang.

Batay sa impormasyon na inilabas ng Presidential News Desk, ginanap ang Misa ngayong Biyernes sa San Miguel Parish Church at si Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula nag-officiate nito.

Si Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo ang nag-post sa Facebook ng larawan nina Pangulong Marcos at VP Sara sa loob ng simbahan. Sa kanyang homily, nanawagan si Cardinal Advincula sa mga matatas na lider ng bansa aniya, “emulate the two traits of the Good Shepherd such as listening leadership and life-giving leadership.”

“As we meet in our offices and conference halls asking questions in our heads, may we be mindful of our people who ask questions in their empty stomachs… May we be leaders who listen to our people, especially the poor and marginalized,” pahayag ng cardinal.

“Jesus Christ is also a life-giving shepherd, a life-giving leader. He desires his flock to gain abundance and fullness of life, and he does this by laying down his own life for his sheep. He came not to be served, but to serve,” dagdag pa ni Cardinal Advincula.

Hiniling din ng cardinal sa mga opisyal ng gobyerno na maging mabuti hindi lamang sa ilang mga indibidwal o partikular na mga grupo kundi sa buong Pilipinas.

“Guided by truth, urged by charity, and passionate for justice and peace, may you spend yourselves in the service of the common good,” saad pa ng cardinal.

Hinimok din ni Cardinal Advincula ang publiko na suportahan at tulungan ang bagong administrasyon upang kanilang maisagawa ang kanilang mandato at maisakatuparan ang kanilang aspirasyon para sa pagpapabuti at ikauunlad ng ating bansa.

Samantala, kabilang sa mga dumalo na Cabinet members sa Misa ay sina Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez, Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, Presidential Management Staff Chief Naida Angping, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos, Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco, Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra, Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III, Civil Service Commission chief Karlo Nograles, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles at Tulfo.