Digong rips into church, Quiboloy
DAVAO CITY—President-in-waiting Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday denounced the Catholic Church as “the most hypocritical institution” and brushed aside complaints from ...
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Executive secretary is a mean piano player
LAWYER Salvador Campos Medialdea or Bingbong, the new executive secretary, loves to sing popular classics like presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte ...
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Duterte and the Bishops
PRESIDENT-IN-WAITING Rodrigo Duterte minced no words Sunday when he called the Catholic Church the most hypocritical institution and questioned its ...
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Infighting begins
DAVAO CITY—In fighting over Cabinet posts in the incoming administration surfaced Friday, after the spokesman of an influential religious leader complained ...
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Dominguez changes mind, accepts Finance post
DAVAO CITY—A former Agriculture secretary and close friend of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte had a change of heart Thursday and accepted the ...
Read morePanelo’s appointment as spokesman criticized
CEBU CITY—Maribojoc, Bohol Mayor Leoncio Evasco Jr. said presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte was sensitive to public sentiment and might not ...
Read morePalace: Binay’s claim on budget not true
MALACAñANG on Tuesday said Vice President Jejomar Binay’s allegation that only 16 percent of the national budget was left for the ...
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Reds in the cabinet
PRESIDENT-IN-WAITING Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he would be willing to give four key Cabinet posts to the ...
Read moreStudents ask Rody: Scrap K-12
Militant students on Monday urged President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to stop the K to 12 education program of President Benigno ...
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