The Office of the President (OP) under President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is seeking confidential and intelligence funds worth P4.5 billion for next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. This was learned by House of Representatives reporters Monday, Aug. 22, the same day that the...
The Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) was one of the many big ticket infrastructure development projects initiated by former President Rodrigo Duterte. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (Facebook) Now, his son, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte, wants to make sure that it is being...
Sam Ramos Jones on losing his grandfather and mentor PASSING OF A GENERATION Sam and his lolo For Sam Ramos Jones, he was Lolo Eddie. The 29-year-old grandson of former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) looked back on his relationship with his grandfather a day after the burial, evidently melancholic...
FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte (center). DAVAO CITY – More than a month after his six-year term ended, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte is enjoying his retirement from politics, Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte here said Thursday, August 4. In his program “Special Hour with Mayor Baste...
MARAMO ZAMBOANGA CITY – Zamboanga del Norte acting police director Police Col. Rodrigo Omega Maramo died in a hospital before dawn Wednesday, August 3. Reports from the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Office said Maramo died of acute respiratory failure secondary to hypertensive cerebrovascular...
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte floated the idea of seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent his arrest if the International Criminal Court (ICC) continues its investigation into his administration’s bloody war on drugs campaign, his former spokesman Harry Roque said on...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte conveyed sympathy over the passing of former President Fidel V. Ramos, whom Duterte described as a "great statesman, mentor and friend." Former presidents Fidel V. Ramos and Rodrigo Duterte met in March 2016, two months before the latter won the May 2016 elections....
Rehabilitating the old Agus-Pulangi hydropower plants in Mindanao will allow the Marcos administration to kill two birds with one stone, says Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte (PNA) According to Duterte, rehabilitating the decades-old...
If Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte would have his way, he would put up e-learning centers in every municipality and city in the country as a way to buttress the education system amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) Rep. Duterte, son of former President Rodrigo...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte says there's much that needs to be done to cure the problems of the country's ailing public transport sector. The MRT-3 (Facebook) In a statement, the second-term congressman reckoned that "long-term solutions" must be implemented to the sector; these...
Presidents on canvas Not only is the Malacañang Palace home to the President of the Philippines, it is also a space full of great masterpieces. Among its prized collection are the portraits of the country’s leaders. What others may not know is that art has a role in a President’s journey. It...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. admitted during his inaugural address Thursday, June 30 that there were "shortcomings" in the Duterte administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Contributed photo) However, the newly-installed leader only...
