Duterte: Marcos right about drug war ‘abuses’

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/13/2023

ILIGAN CITY—Ex-President Rodrigo Duterte affirmed the observations of President Marcos that abuses were committed in the course of the former’s antidrug campaign. “I am sure [that] if you read the context of the President’s speech, which I had…

Court acquits former Senator Leila De Lima 

05/12/2023

MANILA- A Philippine court on Friday, May 12, 2023, acquitted former senator Leila De Lima, one of the fiercest critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, of a criminal charge stemming from allegations that as a cabinet minister she…

Marcos, VP Duterte get high approval ratings in latest Pulse Asia survey

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 04/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Both President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte received high approval ratings in the latest survey by polling firm Pulse Asia, with 78 percent and 83 percent of respondents, respectively, expressing…

Bong Go expresses dismay over re-emergence of ninja cops

Dennis Gutierrez - Contributor / @inquirerdotnet 03/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has expressed disappointment over the re-emergence of the issue of “ninja cops,” and called on authorities to remain relentless in the fight against criminality and illegal drugs.  Particularly, Go urged…

Stranger than fiction

Raphael A. Pangalangan - @inquirerdotnet 02/23/2023

Who would have thought that a film starring two-time Razzie nominee Gerard Butler could lie at the center of political controversy? First-term Sen. Robinhood C. Padilla is calling for the ban of “Plane”—a B-movie production on a…

Lanao del Sur gov undergoes minor surgery after gun attack

Richel V. Umel, Ryan D. Rosauro - @inquirerdotnet 02/18/2023

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. is now recuperating in a hospital here after undergoing minor surgery on Friday night, hours after a bullet pierced through his right lower hip in…

Bus from OVP offers free rides to Mandaue commuters starting August 1

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/28/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A bus from the Office of the Vice President will soon ply the streets of Mandaue City. Edwin Jumao-as, executive director of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM), said that there would…

Solo parents get P1,000 monthly, more perks under new law

Nestor Corrales 06/29/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Low-income solo parents will now receive a P1,000 monthly cash subsidy under a new law that will provide more benefits to solo parents in the country. Republic Act No. 11861, or the Expanded Solo…

Duterte team calls for revival of mining industry

Ben O. de Vera - Reporter 06/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines –Outgoing President Duterte’s economic team has pushed for the revival of the mining industry—sidelined these past few years by the lack of a fiscal regime as well as policy continuity—to generate more jobs and develop…

Palace: No issue if Marcos makes Duterte his ‘drug czar’

Dempsey Reyes, Nestor Corrales 05/28/2022

There would be no legal hurdles to President Duterte’s appointment by his successor as leader of the campaign against illegal drugs which he started, Malacañang said on Friday. Mr. Duterte has not indicated that he was still…

Solving the party-list fiasco

Artemio V. Panganiban - @inquirerdotnet 05/23/2022

In “Talk to the People” days ago, President Duterte asked his successor (without naming who) to abolish the party-list system. THE PARTY-LIST WAS BORROWED BY OUR 1987 CONSTITUTION from the parliaments of Europe and imbedded it into…

Wishful thinking

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 05/17/2022

Soon after his election into office in 2016, I wrote hopefully — and with hindsight, naïvely — of President Duterte’s potential to be a unifying, bridging leader. I cited that even with a mere 39 percent plurality…

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