February 8, 2017 - POLITIKO

Duterte says Marcos ‘never a killer,’ cites prosecutorial stint as proof

No doubt about it, President Rodrigo Duterte has a rosy view of former President Ferdinand Marcos.

Mayor na lang! Here’s why Duterte doesn’t want to be called President

For the nth time, President Rodrigo Duterte urged the public to call him “mayor” even if he occupies the highest office in the land.

Wala sa kundisyon! Citing high blood pressure, Sombero backs out of appearing at Senate

Retired police Gen. Wenceslao “Wally” Sombero, said to be the envoy of Chinese gambling tycoon Jack Lam, will not be testifying at all before Senate probers in the continuing investigation on the so-called Bureau of Immigration (BI) bribery scandal as he had been prevented from taking his flight back to Manila after his blood sugar shot up.

Hindi bawal ang bitay! Sotto claims int’l treaty vs. death penalty had no Senate nod

Contrary to human rights groups’ claims, there is no international treaty barring the Philippines from reimposing the death penalty since the Senate did not ratify the Second Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III said Wednesday (Feb. 8).

Duterte declares he’s leftist after scuttling peace talks with Reds

President Rodrigo Duterte has called himself a leftist just days after he shelved peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).

Nagkakilala sa maling akala: Duterte tells how he, Evasco crossed paths in 1983

President Rodrigo Duterte may not have known Secretary of the Cabinet Leoncio “Jun” Evasco Jr. if he ignored the hunch they were cousins.

Kita mo na! Hontiveros says ex-Colombia president’s warning to Duterte shows drug war will fail

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday (Feb. 8) called on President Rodrigo Duterte to heed the unsolicited advice of former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria to the administration not to take the tough-on-drugs approach, which may be popular to the public but will only prove to be regretful in the end.

That idiot! Duterte blasts ex-Colombia president Gaviria over advice on drug war

President Rodrigo Duterte has slammed former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria for urging him to rethink his strategy to fight illegal drugs since a violent approach is only bound to fail.

Koko shrugs off ex-Colombia president’s advice to Duterte: It’s not gov’t policy to kill

Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III expressed belief that the “advice” given by former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria to President Duterte not to mimic his country’s failed drug war campaign since it has not been the pronounced policy of the administration to kill drug personalities.

Di yan pabuya! Duterte explains why cops were given cash in drug ops

Contrary to Amnesty International’s belief, the P10,000 given to policemen when they were still in charge of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against drugs wasn’t a reward for killing drug suspects.