{"id":168448,"date":"2018-07-01T01:32:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T05:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=168448"},"modified":"2018-07-01T01:32:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T05:32:48","slug":"infra-projects-free-tuition-mark-prrds-2nd-year-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/01\/infra-projects-free-tuition-mark-prrds-2nd-year-in-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Infra projects, free tuition mark PRRD\u2019s 2nd year in office"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"FILE:<\/a>
FILE: Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence \u201cBong\u201d Go on Saturday welcomed the significant progress made in efforts to provide Filipinos with a more comfortable life, as his boss, President Rodrigo Duterte, marks his second year in office. (REY BANIQUET\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence \u201cBong\u201d Go on Saturday welcomed the significant progress made in efforts to provide Filipinos with a more comfortable life, as his boss, President Rodrigo Duterte, marks his second year in office.<\/p>\n

“We have seen numerous infra and economic development projects, laws signed and implemented and social welfare, health and education programs put into place in the last two years,\u201d Go said in a statement sent to media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a testament of what President Duterte clearly wants for the country and for the Filipinos,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Duterte administration\u2019s \u201cBuild, Build, Build\u201d infrastructure program is meant to sustain rapid growth, attract investments and attain economic inclusion for all Filipinos.<\/p>\n

Duterte has also signed and implemented a number of laws such as the act securing rights of persons with mental health needs, a law requiring stricter penalties for hospitals demanding deposits, a law providing free tuition in state universities and colleges, a law speeding up government transaction processes, a law providing free irrigation, and laws extending passport and driver\u2019s license validity, among others.<\/p>\n

Go, however, pointed out that the President has no plans of extending his term after 2022 and will not pressure Congress to pass laws that may allow an extension.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have ambitions of clinging to power, neither will we push for laws that would result to such,\u201d Go said.<\/p>\n

Opposition lawmakers have expressed concern that Duterte\u2019s push to shift to a federal system of government might allow a term extension.<\/p>\n

Duterte himself said he would even step down earlier as long as both federalism and the Bangsamoro Basic Law are in place.<\/p>\n

Go also reiterated that Duterte wanted a government that is free from corruption and will not think twice about firing officials involved in dishonest practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president will always want a clean and graft-free government and he has proven this many times by firing officials he appointed,\u201d Go said.<\/p>\n

Duterte earlier urged government officials to give Filipinos a respite from corruption warning that there would be more dismissals to come and no second chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be more dismissals to come,\u201d Duterte said in his speech during the 81st anniversary of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) last June 20.<\/p>\n

He said he does not care if his whole term \u201cwould be characterized by firing and dismissal of people from government.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence \u201cBong\u201d Go on Saturday welcomed the significant progress made in efforts to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":167409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[13135,50031],"class_list":["post-168448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-special-assistant-to-the-president-christopher-lawrence-bong-go","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}