The public can expect President Duterte's sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26, will make an impact in their hearts and minds as he was set to detail his roadmap for his remaining year in office. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) In a statement, Communications...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) paid its final tribute to the late former President Benignoy Aquino III on Saturday, July 24. Three volleys of fire are fired by military personnel as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ends its 30-day mourning and pays its final tribute to the late...
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...
