The Manila Times

DUTERTE TO FIRE ANOTHER OFFICIAL

- BY CATHERINE S. VALENTE

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will irregulari­ties, Palace spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday. saying he will make the announceme­nt today.

“Tap os na na man iyongimbes­tig as yo nat nan diy anna la hat ngdok um en to perot ingn anna tin po. Anyway buk as nam an poi yon ma a a nun si yo ... Peroangp unto po ayunangu na e ht ala gangs er yo so po an gP resident edit os ala ban s aka tiwa lian sago bye rno(T he investigat­ion is done and all docu-

ments look at are it. Anyway, here but I we will still announce need to the President is really serious in government),” Roque said in an interview with dzBB radio.

“Pan ga law a,w ala pong sin a santo an gP re sid en te,w ala po i yang kai big an,w alan gk a kl ase,w alan gk ab aril an. Bas taikawayp al pak,ik away

sibak (Second, the President does not make exemptions, no friends, no classmates and no pals at the on Sunday, but Roque said he was able to convince the President to defer announcing the dismissal until Wednesday.

He added that the President the week.” “Mayroonnap­ong marching order perohihint­ayinnalang­po natinbukas ( There’s already a marching order but let’s wait for

tomorrow’s announceme­nt),” the

Duterte has warned that he will not tolerate even a “whiff of corruption” in his government tagged in wrongdoing.

- missed were former Interior secretary Ismael Sueno, tagged in an allegedly anomalous truck deal National Irrigation Administra­tion chief Peter Laviña, who was accused of asking money from contractor­s.

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

Duterte 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-

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