Twitter suspends accounts defending Duterte’s COVID-19 response – report

Krissy Aguilar 04/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Twitter has suspended accounts defending President Rodrigo Duterte under hashtags in support of the government’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response. “Hundreds of accounts” were in violation of the social media platform’s manipulation and spam…

PNP understands Duterte’s ‘utmost disappointment’ amid ‘ninja cops’ issue

Cathrine Gonzales 10/17/2019

  MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday it understands the reported “utmost disappointment” of President Rodrigo Duterte for the police force, amid the controversy of alleged drug recycling hounding the police organization. Quoting…

41 journalists ask SC to lift Duterte’s coverage ban vs Rappler

Inquirer 04/30/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Forty-one journalists from different news organizations on Tuesday filed a petition for intervention asking the Supreme Court (SC) to lift President Rodrigo Duterte’s coverage ban against online news site Rappler. The petition was lodged…

Palma: Duterte’s ‘kill the bishops’ statement a ‘bad joke’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Inquirer.net 12/08/2018

CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma on Saturday dismissed as a “bad joke” the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte that seemingly encouraged the killing of Catholic bishops whom he described as “stupid” and “useless.” “Magtawa-tawa lang gyud mi kay…

Duterte’s marijuana joke

Atty. Ruphil Bañoc 12/06/2018

Such joke will support his claim that again he was just shaking the tree. How can he use marijuana when he is not even smoking? The first time I heard President Rodrigo Duterte joking and cussing was…

Michael Yang is Duterte’s economic adviser – Palace

Inquirer.net 11/06/2018

MALACAÑANG on Tuesday confirmed that Chinese businessman Michael Yang is one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s advisers. “Michael Yang is just one of those advisers that the President consults on particular matters,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in…

Candidates scrambling to get Duterte’s backing

Rosalie O. Abatayo and Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/05/2018

  MOST aspirants in the 2019 midterm polls share a common prayer: to be included in President Duterte’s list of “competent and honest” candidates. The President announced last week that he will choose meticulously the people whom…

Legislators urged: Tune out poll noise, pass tax reform packages

Inquirer.net 10/24/2018

THE head of the administration’s economic team is urging legislators to heed the President Rodrigo Duterte’s call and immediately pass the remaining packages of its comprehensive tax reform proposal despite cynical reception by some sectors. “Our legislators…

Duque says no need to be alarmed by Duterte’s health

Inquirer.net 10/06/2018

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III advised the public yesterday not to be alarmed by the detection of a “growth” in the digestive tract of President Rodrigo Duterte. The President’s endoscopy showed what appeared to be “growth” in…

83% of Filipinos say Duterte’s ‘stupid God’ remark was vulgar

Inquirer.net 09/29/2018

SWS survey Majority of Filipino adults said President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark that “God is stupid” was vulgar, a result from the third quarter of the September 2018 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed yesterday. About 83 percent…

Tan: Duterte’s EJK admission a joke

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/28/2018

The spokesperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu is unconvinced of President Rodrigo Duterte’s sincerity when he publicly admitted that he has a hand in the extrajudicial killings in the country. Msgr. Joseph Tan said that the president…

Human Rights Watch: Trillanes’ arrest aimed at silencing Duterte’s critics

Inquirer.net 09/25/2018

HUMAN Rights Watch, an international nongovernmental organization, slammed the Duterte administration on Tuesday over the arrest of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on what it labeled as “trumped-up charges” of rebellion in connection with the 2007 Manila Peninsula…

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