PDP-Laban holds Duterte-led assembly, to elect new set of officers

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 07/17/2021

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…

Pimentel: Duterte in PDP-Laban assembly shows he’s following Cusi’s lead

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 07/15/2021

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…

Duterte says he floated idea of VP bid ‘just to scare’ opponents

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 07/13/2021

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…

Duterte promise to end ‘endo’ a ‘farce’ – labor groups

Dona Pazzibungan 07/12/2021

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.…

No legal obstacle to Duterte VP run, but will his 16M voters back him again? – lawyer

Tina G. Santos 07/05/2021

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 legacies

Edilberto C. de Jesus - @inquirerdotnet 07/03/2021

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…

Missing ingredient: Negotiations

Segundo Eclar Romero - @inquirerdotnet 07/02/2021

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),…

HRW: Duterte bid to arm civilians ‘another recipe for human rights disaster’

Frances Mangosing - Reporter / @FMangosingINQ 07/01/2021

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…

Parlade steps down as counter-insurgency task force spokesperson

Frances Mangosing - Reporter / @FMangosingINQ 07/01/2021

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…

Duterte unaware, not consulted on Pacquiao taking over PDP-Laban presidency

Maila Ager 06/29/2021

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…

Duterte on 2022 VP race: ‘If there’s space for me there, then maybe’

Neil Arwin Mercado 06/29/2021

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…

How did PNoy fare?

Solita Collas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 06/26/2021

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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