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'A whiff of corruption, you're out': Notable Duterte admin exits and reappointments
President Rodrigo Duterte's tough stance on corruption has cost many government officials their jobs. But some have been reappointed.

Duterte appoints Melvin Mitra as PCUP commissioner
With Mitra's appointment, Duterte has replaced all the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor officials he fired back in December 2017

Duterte appoints Honeylet's cousin as HUDCC deputy secretary general
Melissa Avanceña Aradanas returns to the Duterte administration 3 months after she was sacked along with other officials of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor

Duterte names Noel Felongco as PCUP chairman
Felongco is formerly an environment undersecretary and president of the PDP-Laban Central Visayas chapter

Ramon Magsaysay winner appointed urban poor commissioner
President Rodrigo Duterte appoints Randy Halasan, an award-winning public school teacher from Davao City, and Normal Brillantes Baloro as Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor commissioners

Tropical depression Urduja, Duterte on LGBT, Trump on Mueller | Midday wRap
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Duterte wants LGBT representation in anti-poverty body
President Rodrigo Duterte says he is looking for a 'bright' and 'honest' person to represent the LGBT community in the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor

Among PCUP execs fired: Honeylet Avanceña’s ‘cousin’
PCUP Commissioner Melissa Aradanas and other relatives have dinner with Honeylet and President Rodrigo Duterte in their Manila residence before the President announces his decision to 'fire' an entire commission

Duterte on martial law extension, Dela Rosa on Carpio, Ongpin case | Evening wRap
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Duterte slams Ridon's foreign travels: 'You had too much, too soon'
(UPDATED) 'He travelled about 7 times and to think that the office is an urban poor agency, I simply cannot,' says President Rodrigo Duterte about the PCUP chairman he just fired

Duterte to fire all execs of Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor
(2ND UPDATE) One reason for axing the PCUP commissioners is that they have gone on 'junkets abroad,' says Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque

NHA faces P10 billion cut in 2018 proposed budget
The National Housing Authority possibly only has P2 2 billion to remedy the ballooning housing backlog

Palace downplays eroding trust in Duterte among poor
Urban poor commission chief Terry Ridon says however that the bloody campaign against drugs has affected many of the poor as the operations are done mostly in their communities

NHA targets to build 500,000 houses in 2017 to solve backlog
National Housing Authority General Manager Marcelino Escalada Jr says they are offering beneficiaries houses for P120 000 payable in 30 years

Gov't bans demolitions during Christmas season
The Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor issues a moratorium on demolitions around the country until January 2017
