DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte criticized former Philippine National Police chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III’s remarks on the impending arrest of a staunch ally, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, over the charges he is facing before the International Criminal Court. In a Facebook...
Vice President Sara Duterte has called for stronger national and local action on climate resilience, saying the Philippines continues to suffer the harshest consequences of global warming despite contributing the least to global emissions. In her message for the Global Warming and Climate Change...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte filed on Tuesday, Nov. 18, two key legislative measures, one calling for an urgent congressional inquiry into the alleged P100-billion insertions in the proposed 2025 national budget, and another requiring random hair follicle drug...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte reiterated his longstanding call for mandatory hair follicle drug testing for all government officials, following Sen. Imee Marcos’ disclosure about her brother, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday night, Nov. 17. In a statement...
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II said the official date of his oathtaking as vice mayor, along with that of his uncle, acting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, has yet to be finalized. In an interview with reporters after the launching of the Office of...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Vice President launched its 90th anniversary pop-up exhibit on Thursday, Nov. 17, at SM City Davao. The event featured the lives, programs, and contributions of the country’s 14 vice presidents across nine decades of constitutional history. Speaking during the...
A group of education workers stressed that the call for accountability in government must go beyond political favoritism, saying both President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte should face formal investigations over corruption allegations. “The fight for accountability cannot...
Malacañang said Vice President Sara Duterte should not pretend to be clean or be a hero when she, herself, is facing corruption allegations. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro on Monday, Nov. 17, hit back at Duterte for criticizing President Marcos ' handling...
Expressing her support for the outpouring of anger and frustration by the public, Vice President Sara Duterte said that President Marcos is facing “a profound crisis of confidence” as his administration is plagued with accusations of massive corruption. In a video message on Monday, Nov. 17,...
Vice President Sara Duterte said the Marcos administration is intimidating critics by filing sedition raps against them, similar to what they did with her and Cavite Rep. Kiko Barzaga. “Ginagamit nilang panakot (They are using it to intimidate),” she said on Friday, Nov. 14, when asked about...
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte formally appealed the decision of the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) affirming its jurisdiction on his crimes against humanity charges, and asked the international body for the “immediate and unconditional” release of the...
As Mamamayang Liberal Partylist Rep. Leila de Lima warned of destabilization efforts amid the three-day rally organized by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), Vice President Sara Duterte blasted the Marcos administration for being “paranoid.” In a media briefing at the Office of the Vice President’s...
