Permit to carry guns extended up to 10 years

Nestor Corrales 05/18/2022

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a bill extending the validity of licenses to carry firearms and the registration of firearms up to 10 years, particularly for people whose lives are under “actual threat.” The…

Marcos caps campaign with kinder words from Duterte

Nestor Corrales 05/08/2022

The presidential campaign of former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. reached its culmination with a grand rally at a sprawling reclaimed area in Parañaque City, with the survey front-runner carrying on his broad theme of “unity.” There…

E-sabong’s social costs: Debt, possibly, even death

Kurt dela Peña 05/04/2022

MANILA, Philippines—As sabong (cockfight) went online in 2018, the House of Representatives already expressed its concerns, but as COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented in 2020, the craze even went wilder. It was in 2020 when Mike Tabelina, 32,…

Duterte vows orderly, clean, honest elections on May 9

Daphne Galvez 05/03/2022

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday assured the public of an “orderly, clean, and honest elections” on May 9. In his taped public address, Duterte said he urges the government to be “conscious” of this…

BREAKING: Duterte OKs end to e-sabong

Christia Marie Ramos 05/03/2022

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said he will order an end to e-sabong following the recommendation of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, citing its social cost to Filipinos. “The recommendation of Sec. Año is to do away…

250 Lapu-Lapu police to secure PRRD, Kadaugan sa Mactan closing

Futch Anthony Inso 04/26/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) will deploy 250 police personnel to secure President Rodrigo Duterte and the closing activities of the quincentennial celebration of the Victory at Mactan on Wednesday, April 27,…

Rama and Barug bets get Duterte’s endorsement

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, Councilor Raymond Garcia, and other Partido Barug candidates were officially endorsed by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 31, 2022. Rama and Garcia, who are vying for mayor and…

Durano still has no presidential bet, opts to wait for Duterte’s reco

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aspiring Cebu governor Joseph Felix Mari “Ace” Durano has yet to formally announce the Presidential candidate he will be endorsing. But this did not stop his and incumbent Vice Gov. Hilario Davide III’s…

BREAK: Duterte’s net satisfaction rating reaches new record-high in Q2 2019— SWS

07/08/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Some 80 percent of adult Filipinos are satisfied with the performance of President Rodrigo Duterte for the second quarter of 2019, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed Monday. The latest SWS survey showed that…

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