Go vote for your own president, and good luck. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque's message Tuesday, Sept. 7 to what he described as a "small" group of health workers that criticized the Duterte administration's...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, September 7, maintained that the Commission on Audit (COA) has jurisdiction to conduct a special audit on the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), which is chaired by Senator Richard Gordon who recently got embroiled in a verbal tussle with President Duterte....
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s group on Tuesday, Sept. 7 said the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) has not yet considered Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as a potential alternative presidential candidate in the May 2022 elections. Cusi said the group is standing pat on...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has moved for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Michael Yang for refusing to attend its probe on the Department of Health's (DOH) disbursement of COVID-19 response funds. President Duterte and Philippine Red Cross chairman Senator Richard Gordon (File...
President Duterte's intention to "audit" the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is justified, as far as his spokesman and fellow lawyer Harry Roque is concerned. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Screenshot from Facebook live) Roque, in a virtual press briefing Monday, Sept. 6, described the Senator...
Mass housing developer 8990 Holdings Inc. has appointed Atty. Anthony Vincent Sotto as its new President and CEO, effective immediately. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, 8990 said Atty. Sotto replaces Alexander Ace Sotto who had tendered his resignation as Director, Acting...
President Duterte received a stinging rebuke from Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, September 6, for his recent claim that the opposition “will not win” in the May 2022 polls. President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo. (Marcelino Pascua/PPD Malacañang/MANILA BULLETIN)...
After more than a year of resorting to a hybrid format, President Duterte may now allow the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes in coronavirus (COVID-19) low-risk areas, Malacañang said. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement a...
It seems to Vice President Leni Robredo that President Duterte “lacks focus” on the government’s pandemic response as she urges his administration to pour available resources into COVID-19 programs. Vice President Leni Robredo and President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) “‘Pag...
Vice President Leni Robredo is questioning the integrity of President Duterte’s supposed anti-corruption drive amid the possibility of premeditated plunder in his administration involving billions worth dubiously purchased medical supplies during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Vice...
CONAKRY, Guinea -- Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president and imposing an indefinite curfew in the poor west African country. A screengrab taken from footage sent to AFP by a military source on September 5, 2021 shows the President of Guinea Conakry Alpha...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) granted a P115-million term loan to install six solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) in Taraka, one of the largest municipalities in Lanao del Sur. The SPIS will irrigate 1,200 hectares of agricultural lands and provide potable water to 26 barangays...
