SAN PEDRO, Laguna--Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she will leave it up to "Apo BBM" as to whether or not she would handle a Cabinet position during her potential tenure as vice president. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte addresses the crowd at JAM Compound in San Pedro,...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, March 24 bared that "many" individuals, "who initially did not want to serve in the government," have now expressed interest to be Cabinet members of a possible Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. administration. Imee said during the Pandesal Forum that "many are now...
President Duterte emphasized that he cannot immediately act on the concerns of lawmakers on proposals to stop "e-sabong" operations or suspend the excise taxes on fuel. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with key government officials prior to his "Talk to the People" at the...
President Duterte has appointed Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Abdullah Mama-o as the first secretary of the newly created Department of Migrant Workers (DOMW), Malacañang announced. File photo of President Duterte and new Department of Migrant Workers Abdullah Mama-o...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) welcomed the ad interim appointment of former Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles as the new chief of the agency. (Photo from Karlo Nograles' Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Wednesday, March 9, Commissioner Aileen Lourdes A. Lizada said that...
President Duterte and some members of his Cabinet turned nostalgic during a public address on late Monday night, Feb. 28, after he expressed his intentions to pass them on to the next Chief Executive. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his “Talk to the People” public briefing on Monday,...
If Vice President Leni Robredo wins and he doesn’t, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Saturday, Feb. 26, that he would prefer a Cabinet post in agriculture and fisheries. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan (VPLR Media Bureau) This will bring the senator back to his post as a food...
President Duterte revealed that he has prohibited members of his Cabinet from campaigning for any candidate this election season and that only Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi is allowed to do so because he heads a political party. President Rodrigo Duterte and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi...
As his term draws to a close, President Duterte insists that he has done a spiff clean job as head of the state in the past six years. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) "On my honor as president, talagang ginawa ko yung trabaho ko and wala akong ginawang kalokohan (I really did my job and...
President Duterte lightened up the mood during his late-night public address on Monday, Feb. 21, as he poked fun at some of his Cabinet members who would not present their reports. President Duterte and members of the Cabinet during the pre-recorded "Talk to the People" program aired late Monday...
Ninety-five former Cabinet members, including former Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel 'Mar' Roxas II, senior government officials, former chiefs of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, retired ambassadors, and career civil servants, who served under various administrations,...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo said Thursday, Jan. 13, that she is "humbled" by the support given to her by former Cabinet members and senior officials who served during the term of former President Fidel V. Ramos. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo took to Twitter her...
