Malacañang said President Duterte has nothing more to prove after Filipinos online called the Chief Executive a coward for backing from his challenge to Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio to a debate on the West Philippine Sea issue. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
President Duterte is unlikely to get impeached from office over his policies on the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang asserted Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque has rejected allegations made by former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio...
Senator Leila de Lima said on Monday, May 10, that President Rodrigo Duterte proved to be a "loser" when he backed out of a prospective debate with former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Manila Bulletin) De Lima said it was clear Duterte...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo is willing to debate with former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio on the issues surrounding the West Philippine Sea after President Duterte backed out of the challenge. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (Malacañang/Manila...
The Parañaque City Police said that it continues to be strict in implementing safety protocols to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) such as the proper wearing of face masks. This was after Pres. Duterte warned that anyone caught not properly wearing their face mask in public...
Opposition Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday urged the public to stop debating on the cancelled face-off between President Duterte and retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio on the West Philippine Sea issue, saying China is the one benefitting on this row. Pangilinan reiterated...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo does not agree with President Duterte’s order to arrest people who are not wearing their face masks. “I don’t understand why our default is to arrest people,” Robredo said in Filipino during her Sunday radio show. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo)...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, May 9, scored the inoculation of President Duterte with the Sinopharm vaccine despite it not having an emergency use authorization (EUA) from the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VP Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) During her weekly...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is moving forward with its planned construction of a dedicated hospital for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) even as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to rage. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page)...
Vice President Leni Robredo said it would have been a good public discourse to see the debate between President Duterte and former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue because a lot of Filipinos don’t understand it. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo)...
President Duterte’s recent statements that China is already in possession of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and that the arbitral award in 2016 was a “mere scrap of paper” showed that he is siding with China, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 9. (VP Leni Robredo Facebook/Manila...
Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, May 8, hit the Department of Health (DOH) for allowing persons to receive different brands of COVID-19 vaccines after President Duterte ordered the recall of Sinopharm vaccines donated by China. Senator Leila de Lima (Senate of the Philippines) "Permitting...
