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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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