Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 04:24:14 +0000
Is it now the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) job to intimidate people who want to exercise their constitutional rights?
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 01:18:16 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to jail individuals moving for his impeachment was just an “expression of disgust,” Malacañang said Monday, downplaying another outburst from the chief executive.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 21:30:16 +0000
Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez on Sunday vowed to align the legislative priorities of the House of Representatives with President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic agenda if he was chosen Speaker.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:19:27 +0000
Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Sunday denied saying that President Rodrigo Duterte had lost trust in him and that it was the reason why he submitted a letter of resignation. Speaking to the Inquirer by phone on Sunday night, Piñol clarified that he had asked the President to relieve him of his post.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 14:42:54 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte feels confident an impeachment complaint against him will not prosper because he has a so-called supermajority in Congress, according to Vice President Leni Robredo. It should not, however, discourage anyone, even officials in the minority, from filing such a complaint, Robredo said during her weekly radio program, “BISErbisyong Leni,” which airs over AM station DZXL.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 14:12:58 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Saturday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for belittling the 1987 Constitution for saying that China would tell him to use it as “toilet paper.” “Di na dapat tawaging Pangulo si Duterte sapagka’t ang pwestong iyan ay galing sa 1987 Constitution na sabi niya’y pampahid lang ng pwet,” […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:57:47 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — As President Rodrigo Duterte ends his third year as in office, presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo has a message to Filipinos: “The best is still to come.” “Tomorrow, June 30, 2019, we join the Filipino people as they celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte as our country’s 16th President,” Panelo […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:16:14 +0000
President Duterte’s threat to jail anyone who would attempt to impeach him drew a sharp rebuke on Friday from Sen. Francis Pangilinan.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:45:38 +0000
CHR has called on members of the 18th Congress – both incoming and returning – to reconsider their stand on restoring the death penalty in the Philippines.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:41:15 +0000
Senator Leila De Lima called President Rodrigo Duterte a dictator and a coward after the President threatened to imprison those who would file an impeachment complaint for his alleged failure to defend the country’s territory from China.
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