President Rodrigo Duterte said that a way for the allies to prove their friendship with PH is through building rehabilitation centers for drug addicts. During the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Coast Guard, President Duterte presented in his speech the news about China building a “mega rehab center” in Nueva Ecija. Some of the guests […] More
As President Rodrigo Duterte continues to move away from the alliance with the United States, he is expecting to take away billions in investments and loads of respect as he heads to China in the coming week. Xi Jinping, China’s President, is looking towards a warm welcome for the Philippine President due to his adverse […] More
Duterte and Marcos Facebook fan pages are spreading an article claiming that Queen Elizabeth hinted that US President Barack Obama is afraid of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. [50_50_first] [/50_50_first][50_50_second] [/50_50_second] The articles published by blogs like du30newsinfo.com, newsfeedsociety.tk, filipinonewsonline.blogspot.com, and tartey.com claimed that Obama is probably about to support Duterte’s ongoing war against drugs in […] More
Duterte reiterates his statement that Philip Goldberg, the United States Ambassador to the Philippines, is “gay.” He then follows up with a question on whether there was anything wrong with being labelled “gay” in his speech at the Malacañang on Tuesday, October 11, after the oath taking of the new appointees together with the officers […] More
Despite the call of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio to continue the joint patrols between the Philippines and the US to guard territorial waters, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Defense Secretary Lorenzana not to prepare for joint patrols next year. Carpio insisted on the continued joint patrols, even stating that it is part of Duterte’s […] More
Several Duterte fan pages on Facebook shared an article about Russian leader Vladimir Putin calling former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos “blind” to see what current President Rodrigo Duterte is doing. The articles claimed that Putin has “fired shots” at Ramos after the latter described Duterte’s first 100 days as a “letdown” with Team Philippines […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte’s supporters said they are excited over the news that Jackie Chan “begged” to use Duterte’s life as the basis for his movie, “100 Days.” [50_50_first] [/50_50_first][50_50_second] [/50_50_second] One of the articles shared was posted by pinoyspeakinfo.com, but it cited its source to be updater24.com. According to the articles, Jackie Chan has expressed […] More
US Ambassador Philip Goldber told Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana that it is not true that the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plans to kill Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. It was during a Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) forum when the Defense chief said that he talked to Ambassador Goldberg. The US ambassador said […] More
On Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte brought up the close relations that exist between his family and the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. At the Third Sulong Pilipinas Convention held at Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City, the President took notice of the presence of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, whom he recalled as […] More
Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on online gambling, Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada will proceed with his $2.4-billion casino investment in the Philippines, according to a top executive on October 5. Okada Manila is said to be the Philippines’ counterpart for Las Vegas. It will be among the billion dollar casinos lined up along a Manila […] More
Safer bond market predicted to be the “next victim” of President Duterte’s rhetoric after stocks and the foreign exchange markets. Christopher Langner, a Bloomerg columnist, cited data from JPMorgan Asian Credit Index and said that Philippine bonds are at its worst. Prices went down by 0.55 percent and credit default swaps (CDS) got higher. Prices […] More
Just 100 days into his presidency, President Rodrigo Duterte was able to catch the attention of five different international entities–the United States, the United Nations, the European Union, Israel, and Germany–and not in a good light at that. A diplomat who wished for his identity to remain anonymous said that usually, the Philippine presidents utilizes […] More