On Wednesday, November 9, Gabriela Women’s Party said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks on Vice President Leni Robredo “perpetuate sexist bullying” and called him out for his “inappropriate” comments. Despite having former Gabriela party-list representative Liza Maza as anti-poverty chief, the President continues with his misogynist remarks. The statement said, “These do not only perpetuate […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte stood by his decision to allow the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Before leaving for Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, November 9, Duterte said that he would follow what the law says. “As I have said, as a lawyer, I will stick […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte lifted the pending warrant of arrest against Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari to get started on the peace talks in Mindanao. The President even said he was “very grateful” to Misuari for accepting his invitation to talk to the Philippine government. “It is with great happiness that I announce […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte stressed on Tuesday how he wanted housing aid for displaced victims of super-typhoon “Yolanda” finished soon. “Nandito si Leni (Here’s Leni), she’s in charge of housing. Next time you take orders from her…that she’s supposed to finish her job on time,” the president said. The president had appointed Vice President Leni Robredo […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he cancelled the procurement of 26,000 assault rifles from the United States. Duterte said that the Philippines would just have to look for other sources for firearms in a speech that he delivered after signing the executive order constitution and expanding the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. “I would like to announce […] More
Senator Leila De Lima filed a test case on Monday to test the immunity of President Rodrigo Duterte from suit, as stated in the Constitution. Immunity from suit is granted to the President in order to make sure that he or she can perform his duties and functions as the President of the country without […] More
On Tuesday, November 8, the head of President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic team said that the President’s target is to lift 1.5 million people from poverty every year during his term. The plan is to sustain at least 7 percent economic growth annually. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez disclosed that Duterte wishes to reduce the poverty rate […] More
On Monday, November 7, after much disagreement and labelling it as “stupid” and “absurd,” President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that he is going to honor the Paris Agreement on climate change. Fearing this deal would curtail the economic progress of the country, the President expressed his disagreement at first. However, he told a group of […] More
Facebook user Bernard Ong urged Malacañang to learn to discern President Rodrigo Duterte’s lies from his jokes, adding that they should not use his jokes to cover up the president’s “outright lies and bad policies.” In his Facebook post on November 6, Ong showed five different instances when Duterte was lying instead of joking. Ong’s […] More
In his speech during the Integrated Bar of the Philippines regional convention, President Rodrigo Duterte had given out specifics regarding the figures who are behind the rumored ouster attempts. Although no name dropping had occurred, the description had fit Loida Nicolas-Lewis to a tee. The Filipina widow had been married to billionaire businessman Reginald Lewis […] More
At the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) regional convention held in Manila Hotel, during his speech on Friday night, President Rodrigo Duterte had spoken about his health condition. “At this point in time, I am 72. Don’t ask me if I’m sick. Every 72-year old in this world is sick,” the President clarifies as […] More
Unlike in any other speeches, President Rodrigo Duterte first asked the members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Greater Manila Region for permission before he again threw expletives to his critics for his administration’s ongoing war on drugs. [ads1] His complaints about the comments he heard from United States’ officials, including US President Barack Obama […] More