If Health Secretary Francisco Duque III files his resignation, which many are now calling for because of the latest Commission on Audit (COA) report, President Duterte will outrightly reject it, coming to the defense once more of the embattled health chief. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the...
President Duterte said that it is “impossible” to steal P67.3 billion as he defended the Department of Health (DOH) after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged “deficiencies” in the agency’s handling of the COVID-19 funds. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the...
"I'm smarter." President Duterte urged Filipinos to believe in him and the government and not the communists, saying he had already resolved the issue of agrarian reform-- proof that he is smarter than the rebels. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his pre-recorded public...
Despite being fully vaccinated, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno still tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is proof of what experts have been saying all along: that vaccinated people can still get the coronavirus but not suffer from severe symptoms, Presidential spokesman Harry...
President Duterte on Monday, August 16, extended his “sincere condolences” to the government and people of Haiti, where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake has so far killed 1,297 people, though none of them are Filipinos. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential spokesman Harry...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, August 16, that he is holding the Duterte administration responsible for the recent death of a Magdalo member, as well as for the deaths of many others because of COVID-19. (Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV/Facebook) He said in a Facebook post...
Despite the encouragement coming from his peers and party mates, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is leaving the fate of his political career to “God, Allah, and to the Dutertes.” Go, who is being considered to be the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) camp of Energy...
President Duterte’s perceived personal attacks against Manila Mayor Isko Moreno might be the administration’s “signal” to its troll armies to start the “demolition operations” against its political enemies, former Ombudsman and 1Sambayan convenor Conchita Carpio-Morales said. 1Sambayan...
President Duterte is putting the lives of people first by imposing tougher lockdown rules as precaution against the coronavirus outbreak, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. Police officers inspect motorists’ identification cards at a quarantine checkpoint at the boundary of...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's refusal to step down from his post despite repeated calls only shows his loyalty to President Duterte, and not to the Filipinos, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Saturday, August 14. President Duterte confers with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III...
The Duterte government endured "a great loss" after Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado tendered his resignation due to health reasons. President Rodrigo Duterte Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado shake hands following the latter's oath-taking ceremony in Malacañang on August 5, 2019. (Malacañang)...
Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado has resigned from the Cabinet due to health reasons, Malacañang announced Friday, August 13. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Avisado's resignation from his DBM post has been accepted by the President, according to Presidential spokesman Harry...
