Fri, May 27, 2022
Published: May 17, 2022
President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief economic manager has warned against repealing the rice tariffication law (RTL), pointing to the big reduction in rice prices for Filipino consumers from allowing imports.
Published: May 07, 2022
The Philippines holds an election on Monday to decide thousands of positions across the archipelago, including who will take over from Rodrigo Duterte and become its president for the next six years.
Published: May 04, 2022
MANILA, Philippines — “We might share the same cell when the time comes,” President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday during the campaign rally of the PDP-Laban in Cainta, Rizal, which the party live-streamed on Facebook.
Published: Mar 11, 2022
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered concerned government agencies to look into and address the fuel price increases amid the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Senator Bong Go said.
Published: Mar 09, 2022
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines must continue to honor its agreement with China to conduct joint exploration activities in the West Philippine Sea, according to President Duterte who warned that there could be trouble if the country deviates from this.
Published: Feb 11, 2022
While the internet offers new opportunities in education amid the pandemic, it has also become a platform for threat and sexual abuse among children, an official of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said on Wednesday.
Published: Feb 08, 2022
President Rodrigo Duterte has already started packing his stuff so he could leave Malacanang Palace early, with his term ending in four months.
Published: Feb 02, 2022
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday accused President Rodrigo Duterte of complicity in “one of the biggest plunders of the Philippines’ coffers in recent history” that involved his friends and appointees in the government’s multibillion-peso pandemic supply deals with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. in 2020 and 2021.
Published: Jan 19, 2022
MANILA, Philippines — Rodrigo Duterte praised the military for helping with relief efforts for residents affected by Typhoon Odette, but indicated that the police lack discipline and are “corrupt to the core.”
Published: Dec 18, 2021
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has assured those affected by Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) that he is trying to look for funds for their aid, saying that government coffers have already been “immensely depleted” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Nov 14, 2021
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, on Saturday formalized her candidacy for vice president in next year’s national elections and may end up in direct competition for the post against her father.
Published: Nov 10, 2021
DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Tuesday backed out from her reelection bid, raising fresh expectations from her supporters that she would seek a national post in the 2022 general elections despite her recent denials.