Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 07:40:44 +0000
Malacañang distanced itself from the Supreme Court decision lifting the temporary restraining order on the Mamasapano trial against fomer president Benigno Aquino III.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:35:35 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the military to give the communist rebels what they deserve as he accused them of being behind the spate of killings in Negros Oriental. Speaking at the Mindanao-wide distribution of land certificates to agrarian reform beneficiaries in Davao City, Duterte blamed the New People’s Army for […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:02:38 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday warned he would “do something drastic” to address the continuing lawless violence in the Philippines, following the spate of killings in Negros Oriental. “ I will explain in the coming days. But I’m about to do something drastic. It will not sit well with everybody, maybe including […]
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 04:36:54 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a former military official as member of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) board
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 03:42:43 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte will not ask Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to take a leave of absence from office despite alleged corruption
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:32:36 +0000
Francis Tolentino’s baptism of fire as a senator came in the form of a verbal tussle with his colleagues when he tried to defend President Rodrigo Duterte’s supposedly unwritten agreement with China letting Chinese fishermen inside Philippine waters, which Tolentino said was a valid exercise of the President’s powers to enter into executive agreements.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:40:22 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines could not afford to see business closures that would lead to the decline of labor opportunities for Filipinos, Malacañang said Friday as it defended the President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of the Security of Tenure bill. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte did not betray Filipinos by not signing the bill, […]
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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:24:37 +0000
President Duterte has signed a law creating the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) to provide services beneficial to the elderly.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:44:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —After saying that President Rodrigo Duterte “vetoed” the Security of Tenure Bill, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo has backtracked on the announcement and said the Chief Executive has yet to sign or veto the bill. “Vetoed,” Panelo briefly responded in a text message earlier when asked about the status of the bill. But less […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:28:14 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte rejected Thursday the move to lower the threshold amount to commit plunder from P50 million to P10 million. In his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona), Duterte said he wanted the reimposition of the death penalty for illegal drugs and plunder. READ: Duterte reiterated push for death penalty […]
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