VICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo will attend President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) and is looking forward to the President’s updates on his promises. “Of course, I will attend the SONA. That is one of our obligations as Vice President,” Robredo said. Robredo is still facing a poll protest filed […]
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Read morePRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has named a fraternity brother as ad interim commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), his top aide said on Friday. Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, in a text message, confirmed that Duterte appointed Justice Undersecretary Antonio Kho Jr. to fill in the post vacated by now Comelec chairman […]
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Read moreAFTER saying that he would not apologize for his tirades against God, President Rodrigo Duterte relented during a meeting with an evangelical leader in Malacañang on Tuesday night. “If it’s the same God, then I’m sorry, that’s how it is. Sorry, God. As in sorry God. If God is taken in a generic term by […]
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Read moreCAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna — Cavite Police recovered the get-a-way vehicle believed to have been used in the killing of a local official and his driver in Cavite, an official said on Wednesday. Sr. Supt. Wille Segun, Cavite provincial director, said a concerned citizen tipped off police about an abandoned black Toyota Hilux at the […]
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Read moreTHE military does not see any terror threat in President Rodrigo Duterte’s upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 23, its spokesman said in an interview with media on Tuesday. At the same time, Col. Noel Detoyato, AFP public affairs chief, belittled the communists, saying their “capability” during the SONA are the rallies […]
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Read moreSENATE President Vicente Sotto 3rd and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon expressed opposing views on the deletion of the anti-dynasty provision in the proposed final draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). The bicameral conference committee tasked to finalize the proposed BBL on Tuesday resumed its session on Tuesday to tackle the contentious provisions in the BBL, […]
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Read moreTHE proposed Bangsamoro Basic law (BBL) — a measure that abolishes the existing Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and replaces it with Bangsamoro Region – is constitutional and will be signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte during his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 23, members of Congress said on Monday. Senate […]
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