DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte said on Thursday, Sept. 18, that the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan has been inviting her to join the party. “Almost every week, they talk to me and invite me to join their party. I thought it might be better not to join any party. That way,...
Despite an increase in the Philippines’ general government (GG) debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio to 57.1 percent in 2024, the Marcos Jr. administration is targeting to gradually lower this debt ratio to the 54-percent level by the end of 2028. This was indicated in the national...
Citing a lackluster performance that the Philippine economy has been showing since its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, climbing to the high-income-status target 15 years from now could be impossible, the country’s chief socioeconomic planner stated. Department of Economy, Planning, and...
Vice President Sara Duterte said she would rather be “single and ready to mingle in politics” than be tied down to a political party, such as her father’s Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). With Senator Robin Padilla taking a leave from his duties as president of...
Senator Robinhood Padilla has stepped aside as president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban), the party announced Monday, June 16, citing his intention to concentrate on his legislative duties as in the 20th Congress. Executive Vice President Sebastian “Baste”...
Vice President Sara Duterte and her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, visited former president Rodrigo Duterte at the Scheveningen Prison in The Hague, Netherlands on Friday, May 30, ahead of her 47th birthday. Vice President Sara Duterte and her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, in The Hague (Photo from...
Vice President Sara Duterte expressed her disappointed at the partial and unofficial results of the Senate race, wherein only three of the so-called "DuterTen" candidates are currently ranked inside the "Magic 12". Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media after casting her vote in Davao...
Vice President Sara Duterte has told her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, that more than two of his “DuterTen” Senate bets might make it to the upper chamber. Vice President Sara Duterte raises the hands of PDP-Laban senatorial candidates during the party 's Miting de Avance held...
The senatorial candidates of the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino -Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) have vowed to continue the reforms introduced by former president Rodrigo Duterte. The Duterte-backed PDP-Laban senatorial bets made the promise during their miting de avance held at the Liwasang Bonifacio...
Vice President Sara Duterte blasted President Marcos’ Alyansa Para Sa Bagong Pilipinas, calling it a “dangerous alliance” meant to enslave Filipinos and bring the country back to narco-politics. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers her speech during the PDP-Laban 's Miting de Avance...
Four days before the May 2025 national and local elections, the senatorial candidates of the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino -Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) kicked off their miting de avance at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila. Endorsed by former President Rodrigo Duterte, the 10-man PDP-Laban...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s only concerns about the coming May 2025 midterm elections are vote buying and cheating since she’s already confident that the “Duter10” senatorial bets have “more than a majority support.” Vice President Sara Duterte campaigns for the 10 senatorial...
