Covert plans to launch terror attacks in schools in Zamboanga and Jolo prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to move for a five-month extension of martial law in Mindanao.
The Liberal Party (LP) rubbished Malacanang’s claim that there was no political motive in barring Liberal International (LI) president Juli Minoves from visiting Senator Leila de Lima in her cell at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center inside Camp Crame last Saturday.
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has ordered the police to shoot drug traffickers who resist arrest in the latest effort to eradicate drug use in the country.
Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday said majority of Congress have become nothing but pawns to President Rodrigo Duterte’s whimsical thirst for power with the approval of a five-month extension of martial law in Mindanao.
Malacañang has defended the Philippine National Police (PNP) over its refusal to allow the president of Liberal International to visit Senator Leila de Lima.
Malacañang has appealed for public support as the nationwide smoking ban takes effect Sunday (July 23).
Without specifying a number, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that it has more than sufficient troops to augment police units tasked to secure President Rodrigo Duterte’s second State-of-the-Nation-Address (SONA) on Monday.
The House of Representatives is prepared for a full schedule on Monday, starting with the opening of the second regular session in the morning, then its hosting of the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Duterte in the afternoon.
Reviving China-Philippines relations is one of the accomplishments that President Duterte that may highlight in his second state-of-the-nation-address (SONA) on Monday.
President Rodrigo Duterte to Jose Maria Sison: Huwag mo akong takutin, God damn it!
