The feud between President Duterte and Senator Manny Pacquiao is not yet over. The President has raised the tax evasion complaint hurled against Pacquiao, saying the boxing icon owed the government P2.2 billion in back taxes. Turning the tables on the senator, Duterte argued that if a person...
President Duterte said he was now seriously considering running for vice president in the 2022 elections but said he prefers that the winning president should be his friend or he would be reduced to inutility. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Duterte made the statement as he led a...
President Duterte has declared the month of July of every year as the "National Anti-Trafficking in Persons Awareness Month." President Rodrigo Duterte reads a document during a meeting with top government officials on July 6, 2021. (Malacañang) In Proclamation no. 1180, the President directed...
President Duterte has signed into law the measure enhancing the powers and functions of the Joint Congressional Energy Commission (JCEC). President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte signed the enrolled copy of Republic Act (RA) No. 11571 on July 6, 2021. The JCEC,...
Should President Duterte decide to run and win as vice president in the May 2022 polls, a Catholic prelate said he cannot succeed as president if the need arises. Retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani (RCAM / Paul Guanlao / MANILA BULLETIN) Retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani, a member of...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV believes that he has an “airtight case” against President Duterte and his former long-time aide, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, over the alleged P6.6 billion in government contracts that Go’s family’s business received while the President is in power....
The government is inclined to keep enforcing stricter border control measures to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants in the country. MORANDANTE_07062021-3 President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases...
President Duterte warned that those selling coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines will be held accountable, saying they were taking away the opportunity for poor people to receive the free shots. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Duterte made the statement after the National Bureau of...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is “all-talk,” President Duterte said after the former Navy officer accused him and his long-time aide Senator Christopher “Bong” Go of committing plunder. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address on July 7, 2021. In his prerecorded public...
President Duterte has offered sympathies following the tragic military plane crash in Sulu that left more than 50 people dead. President Rodrigo Dutete lays the Order of Lapu-Lapu with the Rank of Kalasag medal on top of the coffin of a soldier who died in the C130 plane mishap, during his visit at...
The coronavirus vaccines given by the government is free of charge and anyone who sells them will be held accountable, President Duterte declared early Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a taped address aired past midnight, the President expressed concern about the...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Since last year, government has stubbornly refused all appeals to provide another round of cash aid or “ayuda” on the grounds that it did not have the money. Then we learn that government failed to utilize P18 billion in funds already...
