CPP on PNP tagging communists as behind UN resolution: ‘Laughable’

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 08:30:16 +0000

The PNP’s claim that the CPP could be behind the UN resolution urging to probe the country’s human-rights situation is “laughable,” the CPP said.

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Duterte calls looming House coup ‘wishful thinking’

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:47:28 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte said this Thursday as he downplayed the claims of his son Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte that Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano may face a coup challenging his bid for Speaker.

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Duterte to fire 64 Customs execs, employees

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:06:11 +0000

Duterte to fire 64 Customs execs, employees

As many as 64 Bureau of Customs officials and employees are on President Duterte’s chopping block over corruption allegations.

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Hints of looming House ‘coup’ not a blow to Duterte’s ‘clout’—Palace

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 06:06:06 +0000

Reports that some lawmakers are unhappy with President Rodrigo Duterte’s choice of Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano as the next House Speaker does not show the Chief Executive’s lack of authority in the lower chamber, Malacañang said Thursday.

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Panelo hits back at Amnesty Int’l: Don’t parrot bogus drug war info

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:05:35 +0000

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo on Wednesday urged Amnesty International to stop peddling “bogus information” on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.

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Duterte names new CA, CTA justices

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:56:58 +0000

President Duterte has appointed four new Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) and one Associate Justice of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA).

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Rosales: US lawyer who helped martial law victims deserves payment

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 04:09:28 +0000

Rosales: US lawyer who helped martial law victims deserves payment

Former CHR Chair Etta Rosales justified the payments given to American lawyer Robert Swift for pushing the class suit against the Marcoses.

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