Duterte to sign FOI order this week
President Rodrigo Duterte will sign this week an executive order paving the way for a Freedom of Information policy in ...
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Rody wants Nur as negotiator
President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his plan to enlist Nur Misuari, chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front, as an ...
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Rody flies economy to davao
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte flew home to Davao City Thursday night, flying economy on board a commercial flight of Philippine ...
Read moreDuterte urged to look into ‘fat salaries’
THE left-leaning Bagong Alyansang Mabakabayan on Thursday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to review the “scandalous and fat salaries and bonuses” ...
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Duterte’s balls
Just when you’d thought you’d seen it all, “The Punisher” comes up with another one from way off left field. ...
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He’s still got the juice
It is a story that obviously could not have been kept a secret for long. As it happened, it was ...
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Full support
Vice President Leni Robredo went to Malacañang on Monday afternoon to visit President Rodrigo Duterte and to express her full ...
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Rody health plan lauded
A GROUP of health workers on Saturday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s announced plan to allocate the earnings of the Philippine ...
Read moreGov’t mulls transfer of criminals to secluded island
The government is mulling transferring hardcore criminals, including big-time drug convicts, to other prison facilities or to a secluded island, ...
Read moreRody to divide work week between Manila, Davao
DAVAO CITY—President Rodrigo Duterte will alternately hold office in Malacañang in Manila and in the Malacañang of the South in ...
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