The country endured a "great loss" with the passing of former President Benigno Aquino III, President Duterte said in declaring a 10-day national mourning in honor of his predecessor. A file photo of former President Benigno Aquino III (Aquino/Facebook) The President has issued Proclamation No....
Grateful for the service of his predecessor to the Filipino nation, President Duterte has promised to provide assistance to the family of the late President Benigno S. Aquino III. A file photo shows President Benigno S. Aquino III delivering a State of the Nation Address on July 2015 (Malacañang)...
President Duterte paid tribute to the late President Benigno S. Aquino III, saying he gave his "best" to serve the Filipino nation. President Benigno S. Aquino III (File photo/Malacañang) The President joined the nation in offering heartfelt sympathies and asked Filipinos to unite in prayer for...
President Duterte has offered sympathies over the death of former President Benigno S. Aquino III and expressed appreciation for his service to the Filipino nation. In this file photo, President-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte and outgoing President Benigno S. Aquino III meet at the President’s Hall...
"Drastic times demand for drastic measures." A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident during start of the inoculation of A5 priority group in Baseco Compound, Manila on June 16, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo issued...
A Palace official has blamed the opposition forces for allegedly sowing fear in the coronavirus vaccination that threatens to derail the government's efforts to reach herd immunity. A Manila resident gets a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine during an inoculation program in Tondo on June 20, 2012....
Threatening to arrest people over their refusal to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 will not solve the hesitancy among Filipinos of receiving the jab, Senator Joel Villanueva said. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation drive at a school in...
The country must "triple" efforts to prevent the spread of a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus since it cannot afford a "disastrous" second wave of infections, President Duterte declared last Monday. Manila residents line up eager to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination site...
The government has ample reserved funds to secure additional coronavirus vaccines needed by Filipinos, President Duterte said recently amid efforts to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on lives and livelihoods in the country. Manila residents wait for their turn to get their first dose of...
Rumors of a coup in the House of Representatives should be put to rest as President Duterte already told Leyte Rep. and House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez to leave the Speakership alone and set his sights on the vice presidential post instead. President Rodrigo Duterte and House Majority Leader...
President Duterte’s threat to arrest people who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus was just to emphasize the importance of receiving COVID-19 jabs to protect their health, his spokesman said on Tuesday, June 22. In his virtual media briefing, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque noted...
“It’s very clear, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a “bs—t,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday. Roque merely repeated what President Duterte has stated on Monday night when the latter lashed out at the ICC for its announcement on a possible probe of the spate of...
