The chairman of the House justice committee won’t say if charges will be recommended against Senator Leila de Lima even after it has found that illegal drugs proliferated inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during her stint as justice secretary.
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Philippine Star columnist and media executive Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez to become the country’s ambassador to the United States, a
Proud to be a #PartnerforChange and we are bringing change to our neighbors in Asia! A photo posted by Manny Villar (@mannyvillar) on Oct 18,
Political analysts Eduardo Araral and Richard Heydarian on Tuesday (Oct. 18) suggested that Duterte is using the Philippines’ relationship with US and China to maximize the gains he gets out of them.
Senator Leila De Lima on Tuesday denied knowing suspected druglord Kerwin Espinosa, saying that the administration is getting desperate to implicate her in the illegal drug trade.
Two prominent businessmen Carlos Chan and Cebu-based Fernando “Ding” Borja are part of President Duterte’s official delegation as special envoys to Beijing during his state visit from Oct. 18 to 21 this year.
President Rodrigo Duterte may not be asking China for money when he starts his four-day state visit on Tuesday (Oct. 18), but he already has an idea on what kind of assistance to ask from Chinese officials when they talk.
