DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Aug. 11, said the decision to declare television host and comedian Jose Marie Viceral, known as Vice Ganda, persona non grata here for allegedly mocking former President Duterte rests solely with the city council. “I haven’t seen or read the...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here is not backing down and will not revoke the persona non grata declaration against Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City officer-in-charge Engineer Roy Pacanan. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (left) meets Engineer Roy Pacanan, officer-in-charge of the...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) Party-list congressmen will be more discerning from now on in terms of picking which senatorial candidate they will campaign for during election season. Thus, said Party-list Coalition Foundation...
Declaring Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian as persona non grata (PNG) is an option that should not be taken in haste and must be seriously reviewed, a Foreign Affairs executive said. DFA Spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza (RTVM Screenshot) Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said while...
ILOILO CITY (PNA) – The top official of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) in Western Visayas is “undesirable and unwelcome” here, with the city government declaring Regional Director Nora P. Patron as persona non grata on Thursday, September 28. In an interview on Friday, September...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PNA) – Drag queen Pura Luka Vega is no longer welcome in this province. Provincial board member Roland Ruga on Wednesday told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an email that the body has voted to declare Vega, whose real name is Amadeus Fernando Pagente, persona...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – This province was the latest jurisdiction in the country to declare Filipino “drag queen” Pura Luka Vega persona non grata (unwanted person). Vega’s claim to infamy came as a result of a stage performance in which he rapped the "Ama Namin" (Lord's...
CEBU CITY – Two more key cities in Metro Cebu have declared Amadeus Fernando Pagente persona non grata. Pagente, better known as Luka Pura Vega, is no longer welcome in the cities of Mandaue and Talisay where separate resolutions have been approved declaring the controversial drag artist an...
CEBU CITY – Controversial drag artist Amadeus Fernando Pagente, also known as Pura Luka Vega, has been declared as persona non grata in the province of Bohol, one of the top tourist destinations in Central Visayas. Bohol is the second local government unit (LGU) in Central Visayas to declare...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The city council passed a resolution declaring drag artist Pura Luka Vega, whose real name is Amadeus Fernando Pagente, a persona non grata here over his recent “Ama Namin” or Lord’s Prayer performance. The resolution was authored by city councilor Benito Brizuela Jr....
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (MANILA BULLETIN) Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III doesn't agree with the municipal government of Kalayaan's move of declaring Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian a...
CEBU CITY – Include this city to the growing list of local government units (LGUs) which declared drag artist Pura Luka persona non grata. The Cebu City Council passed a resolution declaring Pura Luka Vega, whose real name is Amadeus Fernando Pagente, as unwanted person over his controversial...
