A spokesman for the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) praised what he describes as a "tremendous success" of the drug war launched by President Duterte since July 2016. “Yung kritiko they focus on the EJK (extra judicial killings). Ang narrative nila ipakita na it has been a...
President Duterte has maintained high approval and trust ratings more than a year and half into the country's coronavirus crisis which heavily impacted the lives of many Filipinos, according to an independent pollster. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) In the survey conducted by...
President Duterte has asked Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. to accommodate the "desperate calls" of some local government units (LGUs) for additional coronavirus (COVID-19) cases due to the surge of cases in different areas in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN/ROBINSON...
After initially only inviting Vice President Leni Robredo to attend President Duterte’s final State of the Nation Address (SONA) via Zoom, Malacañang has backtracked and decided to extend an invitation for her to be physically present at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday, July 24....
Catholic prelates came up with their own list of things that they would like to hear when President Duterte delivers his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26. Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DIOCESE OF CUBAO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The wish list...
“Together, we shall fight this pandemic with the same fervor as our campaign against illegal drugs, criminality, insurgency, and corruption in high places and entrenched parochial interests." This was what President Duterte vowed in his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last year—to...
President Duterte asked local government units (LGUs) to come up with a "more sane" method in vaccinating their constituents during rainy days as he noted they let the people queue in the flood for their anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) shot. President Duterte tells local government units (LGUs) to be...
The Philippines is in a better situation compared to other countries in terms of vaccination efforts, according to President Duterte. A senior citizen receives a J&J Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July 21, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) As more...
President Duterte snapped at Congress after some lawmakers claimed the government was underspending the funds allotted to the coronavirus response, saying they were only talking about one percent of the money that was actually released. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement...
This early, the government has set aside P45 billion for any acquisition of additional coronavirus vaccines for Filipinos next year. President Duterte with Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (File photo: Malacañang) Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III assured the nation about the...
SONA 2021 The GMA News Special Coverage On Monday (July 26), the Philippines’ most trusted broadcast news organization—GMA News—airs President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and last State of the Nation Address (SONA) live and in full on GMA and GTV. GMA’s “ SONA 2021: The GMA News Special...
July 26, 2021 will be a historic day when President Duterte puts a spotlight on his legacy achievements so far as well as plans for his final year in office. MAN OF THE HOUR Duterte during his fourth SONA Catapulted into office with the “tapang at malasakit” mantra, the President is set to...
