President Rodrigo Duterte said Congress would decide on whether to strike a compromise deal with the Marcos family to end the government’s three-decade effort to recover the $10 billion looted from state coffers during the term of the late President Ferdinand Marcos.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II advised President Rodrigo Duterte to go slow on accepting any compromise deal with the Marcos family over their return of wealth to the government.
President Rodrigo Duterte wants to do a Cory Aquino and not a Ferdinand Marcos.
Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos ended up being relegated to the sidelines during the commemoration of the National Heroes’ Day at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) Monday (August 28) after the Presidential Security Group (PSG) moved her away from President Rodrigo Duterte.
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno assured that President Rodrigo Duterte’s bold infrastructure program would not saddle the Philippines with debt by the end of his term in 2022.
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday (June 19) chided President Duterte for his latest threat to declare martial for the second time in his term which would be unlimited and patterned after the order of former President Ferdinand Marcos.
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has urged his colleagues to rally behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law amid fears it will pave the way for abuse, similar to what happened during the time of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
Vice President Leni Robredo hopes President Rodrigo Duterte will give an assurance that the declaration of martial law in Mindanao won’t pave the way for abuse to ease fears of those who see the ghost of authoritarian rule from the time of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
Solicitor General Jose Calida assured the public they should not worry themselves over the declaration of martial law over Mindanao.
Warrantless arrest cannot be made even with the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus under martial law, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Thursday (May 25).
ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio believes that nothing will stop President Rodrigo Duterte from using the same excuse in declaring martial law in Mindanao to declare the same in the entire country.
President Rodrigo Duterte has unmasked the Rufino-Prieto family, majority owners of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, for getting the best of both worlds as a crony of both Ferdinand Marcos and Cory Aquino.
Bida si Macoy!
President Rodrigo Duterte proved yet again he is a dyed in the wool loyalist of his father’s boss, former President Ferdinand Marcos.
After months and days of keeping what he truly feels in check, President Rodrigo Duterte has finally got off his chest what he really thinks about Vice President Leni Robredo with a one liner.
Ouch.
In the 1950s, South Korea and the Philippines had the distinction of being poor Asian countries even as they were both treaty allies of the United States.
President Rodrigo Duterte is surprised why some people are reacting negatively to his policy actions like going hard on drugs, corruption and criminality when he was always vocal about his plans during the campaign.
Eight months ago, Bagong Alyansanag Makabayan (Bayan) thought their years of demanding change have finally come to end with the election of President Rodrigo Duterte.
President Rodrigo Duterte is not expected to attend the commemoration of the EDSA People Power celebration on February 24, based on the official program released by Malacañang.
Martial Law may be one of the dark ages in Philippine history, but for Presidential Consultant for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion, not everything about the authoritarian rule of dictator Ferdinand Marcos was bad.
A former Arroyo executive revealed that organizers of the 31st EDSA People Power anniversary have decided to scale down the annual celebration on the bloodless revolution which kicked out the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos because they feared adding to Metro Manila’s hellish traffic.
Despite leading a war on illegal drugs, crime and corruption, Sen. Leila de Lima believes President Rodrigo Duterte is not a hero but the arch villain; not Batman but the Joker.
Marcos, Arroyo administrations binanatan ni De Lima
We are a social news blog where politikos, their kin, friends and allies are the center of the universe. We write about their words and deeds, likes and dislikes, dreams and fears. We are here to entertain, provoke and hopefully inform you along the way.
