President Duterte remained confident that the Executive Department could still prosecute detained Senator Leila de Lima for drug charges but said the effort would be for nothing if Vice President Leni Robredo wins as president. President Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Senator Leila de...
President Duterte said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin might just end up in the same jail cell due to the accusations of human rights violations hurled at them. File photo of President Duterte greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin before their bilateral meeting at the Vinpearl Da...
Malacañang is leaving it to the courts to evaluate the pieces of evidence against detained Senator Leila de Lima after another witness flip-flopped on his earlier statement about the lawmakers' supposed involvement in the illegal drug trade. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and Senator...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga--Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte once again appeared before a UniTeam grand rally sporting a new look. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) This time, the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) chairperson sported...
Malacañang said that self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa retracting his accusations against detained Senator Leila de Lima has no weight on the charges lodged against the lawmaker. Kerwin Espinosa (file photo) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said this after Espinosa cleared De Lima of...
Less than a day after President Duterte admitted he was wrong in underestimating the illegal drug problem in the country, Malacañang maintained on Thursday that his administration succeeded in having significant accomplishments in terms of addressing illegal drug problems. Communications...
BORODIANKA, Ukraine -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday described war as "evil" and absurd during a visit to Borodianka outside Kyiv, where Moscow's troops are accused of killing civilians during their occupation. "I imagine my family in one of those houses that is now destroyed...
President Duterte had admitted that he was wrong when he promised to solve the country's problem with illegal drugs in three to six months, saying hubris probably forced him to make such a pronouncement when he was campaigning for the presidency in 2016. President Duterte (Malacañang photo)...
The Department of Energy (DOE) admitted that it is helpless when it comes to taming price spikes at petroleum pumps because there is nothing the government or the country can do in influencing upswings in international oil prices. “While the department assures the public that the country's oil...
The more than 700 police officers who were involved in the illegal drug trade should not only be dismissed from service, but they must also be prosecuted and jailed, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s Facebook page) Diokno made the remark...
President Duterte confessed that he is praying that the next administration will be better than his in all aspects, particularly in talking peace with the communists and resolving the country's problems with illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement...
"The reports are nothing but a rehash of old and recycled issues." This was how Malacañang described the US State Department's 2021 Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Philippines, saying the United States should put its embassy officials in Manila to work to verify the information it is...
