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MANILA, Philippines — Amid the infighting and power struggle within the party, the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) opened Saturday its national assembly where members are set to elect its new set of officers. The…
MANILA, Philippines — The attendance of President Rodrigo Duterte in the “unauthorized” meeting and assembly organized by some members of the ruling PDP-Laban party would mean he is following the lead of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi. This…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Monday that he declared the possibility of running for vice president next year “just to scare” his political opponents, but he said he was still considering the move if…
MANILA, Philippines — Labor groups said they were no longer surprised by a presidential adviser’s announcement that banning “endo” or labor contractualization was no longer a priority of President Rodrigo Duterte in his final year in office.…
MANILA, Philippines — There is no law prohibiting President Rodrigo Duterte from running for vice president, and taking up the matter before the Supreme Court can be a long and tedious affair, a former president of the…
Presidential deaths, even of those no longer in office, inevitably invite inquiries into legacy. But performance assessment, particularly with presidents limited to a single term, comes even earlier than the end of the administration, as it sets…
It looks as if history will repeat itself. What prevents the opposition (persons out of power) and the administration (persons in power) from consolidating their forces for the election is the aversion to alternative dispute resolution (ADR),…
MANILA, Philippines—A plan to arm civilians against crime would be ”a recipe for another human rights disaster” under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday (July 1). The New York City-based human rights advocacy…
MANILA, Philippines — Controversial Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. has resigned as the spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), the government’s counterinsurgency task force. Parlade, who has drawn controversy…
MANILA, Philippines — The seeming rift within the ruling PDP-Laban began when Senator Manny Pacquiao was elected party president last December without President Rodrigo Duterte’s knowledge, a party official disclosed on Tuesday. Duterte is currently the chairman…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has once again expressed his openness to run for the vice presidency in the 2022 national elections — this time, saying: “It’s not at all a bad idea. If there’s a…
PNoy was not my candidate for President in the 2010 elections, but he was certainly head and shoulders above the rest of the “frontrunners”—former president Joseph Estrada and Sen. Manny Villar. The smell of corruption surrounding these…
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