The Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) was one of the many big ticket infrastructure development projects initiated by former President Rodrigo Duterte. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (Facebook) Now, his son, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte, wants to make sure that it is being...
Sam Ramos Jones on losing his grandfather and mentor PASSING OF A GENERATION Sam and his lolo For Sam Ramos Jones, he was Lolo Eddie. The 29-year-old grandson of former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) looked back on his relationship with his grandfather a day after the burial, evidently melancholic...
FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte (center). DAVAO CITY – More than a month after his six-year term ended, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte is enjoying his retirement from politics, Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte here said Thursday, August 4. In his program “Special Hour with Mayor Baste...
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte floated the idea of seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent his arrest if the International Criminal Court (ICC) continues its investigation into his administration’s bloody war on drugs campaign, his former spokesman Harry Roque said on...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte conveyed sympathy over the passing of former President Fidel V. Ramos, whom Duterte described as a "great statesman, mentor and friend." Former presidents Fidel V. Ramos and Rodrigo Duterte met in March 2016, two months before the latter won the May 2016 elections....
Rehabilitating the old Agus-Pulangi hydropower plants in Mindanao will allow the Marcos administration to kill two birds with one stone, says Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte (PNA) According to Duterte, rehabilitating the decades-old...
If Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte would have his way, he would put up e-learning centers in every municipality and city in the country as a way to buttress the education system amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) Rep. Duterte, son of former President Rodrigo...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte says there's much that needs to be done to cure the problems of the country's ailing public transport sector. The MRT-3 (Facebook) In a statement, the second-term congressman reckoned that "long-term solutions" must be implemented to the sector; these...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. admitted during his inaugural address Thursday, June 30 that there were "shortcomings" in the Duterte administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Contributed photo) However, the newly-installed leader only...
Up until the noon of June 30, 2022, Mr. President is still President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, PRRD, or Digong to his contemporaries, forever Mayor to Davaoeños, the endearing Tatay to his fans and followers, and post-EDSA’s most popular outgoing president if referring to the surveys done during the...
DAVAO CITY - Vice President-elect Sara Z. Duterte on Monday, June 20, said that her leadership is incomparable with the kind of leadership of her father, outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte. Photo courtesy of Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN Though many people believe that Sara has the same style of...
DAVAO CITY – Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte wished her daughter Sara ‘good luck’ after she took her oath on Sunday as the 15th Vice President of the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN This was revealed by the VP Sara herself in a press conference on Monday,...
