As President Rodrigo Duterte's six-year term is coming to a close, the Council for People's Development (CPDG) is demanding accountability and justice in his final year. President Rodrigo Duterte (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The group blasted Duterte for his "poor COVID-19 response" which drove the...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday, July 1, appealed to President Duterte to recall his appointment of Major General Bartolome Bacarro as the new head of the military's Southern Luzon Command (Solcom). Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet Darwin...
Malacañang reiterated that President Duterte's bloody drug war does not only target the poor, pointing out that suspected drug lord Peter Lim has been wanted since 2018. President Duterte meeting businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Lim in Davao City in July 2016. (RTVM Screenshot)...
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio believes that the country’s weak economy will be the reason why presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will lose if she runs as president in the May 2022 polls. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice...
Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday branded the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) full-blown investigation into the thousands of killings under the Duterte administration’s war on drugs as an “extraordinary remedy” for the Philippines. De Lima said that since the domestic justice system...
Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao on Thursday, July 1 to denied he is attacking President Duterte when he brought to the fore the prevailing corruption in government under his current administration in response to his challenge. Pacquiao reiterated he wants to work with Duterte in cracking down...
Arming civilians in the government’s anti-crime drive could legitimize “vigilantes and private armies” and it’s a “reincarnation of the Davao Death Squad,” opposition coalition 1Sambayan said on Wednesday, June 30. (1Sambayan/Facebook) In a statement, the pro-democracy group criticized...
A measure extending the estate tax amnesty until June 2023 has been signed into law by President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte (file photo/Malacañang) The President inked Republic Act No. 11569 allowing a two-year extension of the estate tax amnesty, amending RA 11213 or the Tax Amnesty Act....
President Duterte has accepted the invitation to visit Sri Lanka once the global coronavirus situation has improved. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The invitation to embark on the foreign trip was relayed by Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa during a phone conversation with...
The Infrawatch PH is disputing President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that free socialized housing for the poorest families is unfeasible because government lack funds to finance it. Infrawatch PH convenor and former Kabataan Partylist Rep. Terry Ridon said distributing free housing units to the...
As his presidential term winds down, President Duterte is committed to tell the truth about the country's situation. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the ceremonial signing of bills in Malacañang on June 24, 2021. (Malacañang) The President said he and the rest of government...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon is not discounting the possibility of the Liberal Party (LP) adopting Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao, but said the opposition party has "certain principles" to stand by. Sen. Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao interpellates a bill during the Senate plenary session...
