Pres. Duterte's Accomplishments & the Good Things Happening Under Duterte - PART 1

More pink slips issued and more to come...

From PhilStar (By Audrey Morallo | January 2, 2018):

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to fire several cops accused of committing graft and corruption while in service, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Tuesday. According to Roque, the investigation into these cops, who include some colonels, is finished, and the announcement is expected to be made this week. "Aside from the high-ranking official, the president has already said that several policemen including colonels will be removed from office," Roque said in a radio interview. Duterte has fired former Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno following an allegedly anomalous fire truck deal with an Austrian firm and former National Irrigation Administration chief Peter Laviña, who was accused of soliciting money from contractors.

Also from PhilStar (By Alexis Romero | Jan 1, 2018):

Last month, Duterte sacked Presidential Commission on Urban Poor Terry Ridon and his four commissioners over alleged junkets.

He has also asked Development Academy of the Philippines president Elba Cruz to leave her post after she was accused of traveling frequently, threatening to terminate anyone who questions her policies and appointing non-plantilla officers to official posts.

Duterte said part of his efforts vs corruption is to terminate government officials who have been wasting people’s money traveling abroad even without the necessary permission.

More on this issue from PhilStar (by Audrey Morallo | Jan 3, 2018):

Malacañang issued a new set of guidelines that would govern the travels abroad of government officials and personnel in the executive department.

In issuing the memorandum dated Jan. 3, 2018, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said the new guidelines were issued to ensure compliance with the pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte against "extravagant and lavish travels" abroad by officials belonging to the executive department.

Medialdea said foreign trips of government officials and personnel would be allowed only if the purpose of the travel was "strictly" within the mandate of the requesting government official or personnel. The expenses of the said travel should not also be excessive, and the trip should bring substantial benefit to the country, Medialdea said in his memorandum. Medialdea's memorandum came after two heads of government agencies were fired by Duterte because of alleged unnecessary foreign travels in December.

To avoid a repeat of these, Medialdea said government officials and personnel would not be allowed to depart for a foreign country, even if such a trip was private and for a personal purpose, unless they had already secured the appropriate travel authorization from their offices and duly accomplished the necessary leave forms. Their trip should also not hamper the operation of the said government agency, the memorandum added.

Medialdea is also requiring heads of agencies to submit quarterly lists of all travel authorities they have issued. The said lists should contain the names of the concerned officials, their destination, the duration of their trip, the nature and purpose of their travel, its total cost and a brief statement on how the official complied with the criteria issued by the Palace.

From SunStar Manila:

Roque, however, noted that upon investigation, Duterte learned from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) that Amaro made a total of 24 trips from 2016 to 2017.

I forgot to mention that former Information and Communications Technology Secretary Rodolfo Salalima was also let go previous to Amaro's firing. Several police officials, including a colonel, will be dismissed from service this week also, Malacañang said Tuesday (January 2).

“Madami po iyang mga pulis na sisibakin din,” sabi ni Roque. Roque said the police officials are facing various charges. The investigation on them has ended, he added.

Ang lupit ni Du30! Sobra na siya. GRABEH!

A comment related to AFP modernization which posted in a news article:

Pres. Duterte signed this law:

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Marami pa pung susunod. Abangan niyo na lang ang PART 2.

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2. MaxDefense Philippines. (2017). Maxdefense.blogspot.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018, from https://maxdefense.blogspot.com/

3. Tweets from Twitter

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4. PhilStar

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5. SunStar Manila

http://www.sunstar.com.ph

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