BREAKING: Practice makes perfect: Duterte readies for fourth Sona, cuts speech to 19 pages

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:14:37 +0000

BREAKING: Practice makes perfect: Duterte readies for fourth Sona, cuts speech to 19 pages

President Duterte personally edited his 28-page speech on Friday night in Malacañang as he began practicing for his fourth SONA.

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Activists doubt surveys on Duterte’s high satisfaction, trust ratings

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:59:37 +0000

Activists doubt surveys on Duterte’s high satisfaction, trust ratings

Human rights advocates do not buy the results of the latest public satisfaction and trust ratings survey on President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Imee Marcos: Strengthen social protection to meet 14% poverty incidence target

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:58:34 +0000

Imee Marcos: Strengthen social protection to meet 14% poverty incidence target

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Imee Marcos said social protection must be strengthened to achieve 14 percent poverty incidence target of the Duterte administration. Marcos also noted that the Pamilyang Pantawid Pilipino Program or 4Ps must be reviewed and that the Social Security System (SSS) and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) must have proper funding. “There […]

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Road closures in Metro Manila due to repairs, reblocking set this weekend

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:16:06 +0000

From Friday night until early morning Monday, some roads in Metro Manila will be closed to traffic due to repairs and reblocking.

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Justice recuses himself from P200-B ill-gotten wealth recovery case vs Imelda, Marcos children

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:07:29 +0000

An associate justice of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has recused himself from a civil case for the recovery of at least P200 billion of wealth

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‘Please take care, keep yourself safe,’ Moreno told millions of times

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:36:34 +0000

‘Please take cake, keep yourself safe,’ Moreno told millions of times

Millions of “take care” messages have deluged Manila Mayor Isko Moreno since he assumed office two weeks ago.

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7,800 cops punished for deadly drug raids

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:44:02 +0000

7,800 police in Philippines punished for deadly drug raids

Thousands of Philippine police officers have received administrative punishments for wrongdoings during drug raids, officials said Thursday.

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NUPL’s writ of amparo petition vs police, soldiers up for resolution

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:29:18 +0000

The Court of Appeals has submitted for resolution the writ of amparo case filed by the NUPL against the military and the police.

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Troublemakers? PNP must look at own ranks, other State actors – Karapatan

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:47:07 +0000

Karapatan hits the PNP for saying it would “most probably” conduct random inspections of protesters’ belongings on day of Duterte’s SONA.

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