MANILA, Philippines — The executive director of the PDP-Laban party on Sunday stressed that a party national assembly can only be convened with the approval of the party’s president, Senator Manny Pacquiao. In a statement, PDP-Laban executive…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is leaving it to God whether or not he would run for vice president in the 2022 national elections. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said this in response to queries over Duterte’s…
Just as I was about to write a column on amending the agri-agra law, or on election issues, or on PLDT inefficiency, the President, who in my book runs neck-and-neck with Ferdinand Marcos as the Philippines’ worst…
Serious COVID-19 cases require hospitalization and often intubation, to provide the body with the oxygen it requires. Why the oxygen is required is ironic—the body’s response to the virus sometimes creates an immunological overreaction that impedes oxygen…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has again voiced out his reluctance to upset China amid the continuing discussions over the latter’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea. “We have the best of relations now. We will…
First of all, congratulations to PMA Class of 2021, and a warm welcome to the long gray line. The valedictorian is cadet Janrey Artus of Negros Occidental, who is joining the Navy. Of the 163-strong group, 25…
MANILA, Philippines — As Muslims mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan, President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hopes for peace and healing as the country “makes a significant step closer to beating the COVID-19 pandemic.” “As…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Monday that his 2016 pledge to ride a jet ski to the Spratly Islands and plant a Philippine flag there was a “pure campaign joke,” calling those who believed…
MANILA, Philippines — Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has rejected the proposed topics of the debate with presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in connection with issues on the West Philippine Sea, saying it is “pointless” to…
MANILA, Philippines — The much touted face-off between President Rodrigo Duterte and retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio may not materialize after the Chief Executive assigned his spokesperson to represent him in a debate over the…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) is already drafting guidelines to allow a person to receive different brands of coronavirus vaccine for first and second dose, an official of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
MANILA, Philippines — “I never, never in my campaign as president, promised the people that I would retake the West Philippine Sea,” President Rodrigo Duterte in a pre-recorded briefing that was aired on Monday. “I did not…
