DFA chief sends expletive to PDI reporter for Asean tweet

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 11/06/2019

  MANILA, Philippines — An Inquirer reporter who tweeted on Monday that President Duterte had skipped the last event of the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Thailand drew the ire of Foreign Secretary…

Duterte injured in bike accident

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet, Leila B. Salaverria - Inquirer.net 10/18/2019

President Rodrigo Duterte was slightly injured in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday night, but the 74-year-old fan of big bikes was all right, senior officials reported on Thursday. Mr. Duterte’s lifelong passion for motorcycles has left him…

New body created to protect children’s rights

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/30/2019

MANILA, Philippine — President Rodrigo Duterte has created the National Council Against Child Labor as part of the government’s increased efforts to protect child rights and eliminate all forms of child labor. Under Executive Order No. 92,…

Removal of 40-year limit on prison terms proposed

DJ Yap, Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/25/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Should convicted rapists and murderers languish for up to 90 years in prison? They should, according to Leyte representative and chair of the House justice committee Vicente Veloso III, who proposed removing the 40-year…

Panelo: Martial law a tool to save democracy

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/23/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The declaration of martial law is not necessarily antidemocratic, but “the very tool to save the exercise of democracy,” President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesperson said in a statement on the eve of the actual enforcement…

Duterte invited again to visit China

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/18/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has been invited to visit China again following his meeting with an influential official of the Communist Party of China (CPC). CPC Chongqing party chief Chen Min’er and other CPC members…

Bantag named new BuCor chief

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/18/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday appointed former Manila City Jail warden Gerald Bantag to head the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), saying he could not find a “saint” to run the scandal-ridden agency. Presidential spokesperson…

Duterte starts major revamp at BuCor

DJ Yap, Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/14/2019

MANILA, Philippines–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered next-in-rank employees to temporarily assume the duties of prison officials who were suspended for the controversial early release of heinous crime convicts. Malacañang said the President issued the directive as the…

Duterte: PH in trouble if Robredo becomes president

Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/11/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night warned that the Philippines would be in trouble if Vice President Leni Robredo became the president. “Oh ma’am, if you are President of the Philippines, we’re dead. You…

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