The Department of the Interior and Local Government in the province of Quirino has resumed its performance audits on peace, order and drug abuse in all the municipal peace and order (MPOC) and anti-drug abuse councils (MADAC) from 2019 to 2022. DILG Quirino Provincial Director Salvacion Z. Baccay...
President Duterte said he is eyeing to return to teaching after his six-year term as president ends on June 30, 2022. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte said this a month before he turned over the presidency to President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In his speech during his meeting with...
Why advise if it is not needed? Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Saturday, May 14, that he would only give pieces of advice to his incoming successor if he would ask for it. “No comment muna tayo dyan (giving advice). Masyadong presumptive (We...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año is hoping that the next administration will support the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign and the continue to sustain the gains of the government's anti-communist insurgency program through the National Task...
President Duterte remained confident that the Executive Department could still prosecute detained Senator Leila de Lima for drug charges but said the effort would be for nothing if Vice President Leni Robredo wins as president. President Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Senator Leila de...
President Duterte said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin might just end up in the same jail cell due to the accusations of human rights violations hurled at them. File photo of President Duterte greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin before their bilateral meeting at the Vinpearl Da...
Malacañang is leaving it to the courts to evaluate the pieces of evidence against detained Senator Leila de Lima after another witness flip-flopped on his earlier statement about the lawmakers' supposed involvement in the illegal drug trade. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and Senator...
Malacañang said that self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa retracting his accusations against detained Senator Leila de Lima has no weight on the charges lodged against the lawmaker. Kerwin Espinosa (file photo) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said this after Espinosa cleared De Lima of...
Less than a day after President Duterte admitted he was wrong in underestimating the illegal drug problem in the country, Malacañang maintained on Thursday that his administration succeeded in having significant accomplishments in terms of addressing illegal drug problems. Communications...
President Duterte had admitted that he was wrong when he promised to solve the country's problem with illegal drugs in three to six months, saying hubris probably forced him to make such a pronouncement when he was campaigning for the presidency in 2016. President Duterte (Malacañang photo)...
The more than 700 police officers who were involved in the illegal drug trade should not only be dismissed from service, but they must also be prosecuted and jailed, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s Facebook page) Diokno made the remark...
President Duterte confessed that he is praying that the next administration will be better than his in all aspects, particularly in talking peace with the communists and resolving the country's problems with illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement...
