As President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled for a state visit to China this October, he stated on Monday that he is planning to set aside the issue on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal for the meantime in order to reinforce the marred relations between Manila and Beijing due to the dispute in the West Philippine Sea. Following […] More
A confessed hitman and member of the Lambada boys which is the antecedent of the so-called Davao Death Squad, Edgar Matobato looks into filing a complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte for “crimes against humanity” in front of the International Criminal Court, according to his lawyer. In Matobato’s claims during the Senate’s probe, he stated that […] More
The Philippines is “losing badly” within President Rodrigo Duterte’s first 100 days in office, according to former President Fidel V. Ramos. Ramos, who had been appointed as Duterte’s emissary to China and assigned to start bilateral talks on the issues between China and the Philippines, said that the President was not able to deliver much […] More
An article shared by Facebook page “Dugong Maharlika” claimed that the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago told President Rodrigo Duterte her last words – “don’t trust Robredo.” The article from OKD2 claimed that Duterte paid Santiago a visit at St. Luke’s a few days before her passing. Only Santiago’s aide/personal nurse was present in the hospital […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte has cursed several times during media briefings and issued several threats after losing his temper. He has cursed the United Nations, threatened to curse US President Barack Obama, and let the expletives fly towards the European Union or anyone that recently roused his ire. He even recently told Obama “to go to […] More
Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella told journalists to not take President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks literally and to “use our creative imagination” in understanding him. Facebook user Ramil Digal Gulle has something to say about Abella’s own statement to the media. [ads1] “Ayuh. Okay. This just means literary writers/critics should start covering the President’s media briefings,” Gulle […] More
Journalists are required to report, not imagine, as Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella has suggested, said a veteran journalist. “News people are not in the business of imagining. They’re in the business of reporting,” said Vergel Santos on Wednesday, October 5. Santos is the chairman of the Center of Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Board of […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte won the hearts of his supporters for his relatable “makamasa” image as his house was shown to be a simple house, as he was seen wearing a “pambahay” T-shirt while talking to the media outside his house, and as he repeatedly said that he is not rich, therefore he’s not afraid to […] More
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Monday, October 3, that President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against drugs may not work, seeing as how it did not work in Davao City, where he was mayor for 24 years. “If Davao City anti-illegal drugs campaign did not succeed in stamping out and eliminating pushers and addicts in Davao […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday, October 4, that the current drug problem in the Philippines has sometimes tempted him to put the country under martial rule. “There are 6,000 barangay captains doing their own thing, manufacturing shabu. How am I supposed to deal with – sometimes I am tempted really to declare martial law,” […] More
Did Senator Trillanes really try to convince the soldiers and police to pull a coup d’etat and oust President Rodrigo Duterte? An article from a Duterte blog claimed that this news is confirmed to be true. And several Duterte fan pages on Facebook, as well as a Marcos fan page, shared the article. The pages […] More
Duterte fan pages on Facebook are sharing an article about Duterte supporters getting “international recognition. They even triumphantly announced the news with a “congratulations” and a “mabuhay.” We read the article, which talked about how Singapore’s biggest newspaper, Strait Times, mentioned Duterte’s supporters and portrayed them to be “unrelenting and unforgiving” to Duterte’s critics. […] More