Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, July 12, hopes that the Philippines can rediscover its national pride in pursuing its legitimate interests and rights in the West Philippine Sea despite the “rubble of cowardice and neglect” that put aside the 2016 arbitration win against China. Vice...
President Duterte may be open to running for vice president in next year's elections but he actually has no ambition for power, according to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Panelo has dismissed speculations that Duterte was out...
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi shouldn't be deciding for the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) like he is the chief of the party, Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said on Saturday, July 10. Department of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
The government will embark on an information campaign to highlight its recent achievements as well as the economic recovery program ahead of President Duterte's State of the Nation Address (SONA) later this month. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over the 51st Cabinet meeting in Malacañang...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he believed that the Philippines will finally be freed from what he called the "Duterte curse" in 2022. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (File Photo/Manila Bulletin) In a Facebook post, Trillanes said he learned to be an optimist when he was incarcerated...
If only a group of teachers can give grades to the current administration and the leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd), they would receive “F” marks or failing grades. (INA HERNANDO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines (ACT), on Friday, July 9, slammed...
It would be premature to file a complaint against President Duterte's potential vice presidential bid in 2022 since he has not made a final decision on the matter yet, Malacañang insisted on Friday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the...
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)-Laban has expelled Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi as party vice chairman and Deputy Secretary General Melvin Matibag for violating the party’s constitution for showing allegiance to another political party. Also expelled from the PDP-Laban party is its...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday, July 9 said President Duterte’s plan to run for vice president in the upcoming May 2022 national elections will go against the spirit of the Constitution and will pose as a serious problem of succession to the presidency later on. Drilon, a former...
If he is to be asked as President Duterte's "friend", former senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito believes that the Chief Executive no longer needs to prove himself by running for vice president. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang Photo) "As a friend, nag-presidente ka na, eh (you already...
President Duterte does not like one bit the professional squatters in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President said he has compassion for the poor and the oppressed but resented the professional squatters who prey on other informal settlers. These professional...
Senator Manny Pacquiao could have easily avoided his P3-billion tax evasion case had he presented outright to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) his income tax payments from the United States' (US) Internal Revenue Service (IRS). (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Instagram) Several former and present...
