Politics. This category is used for the articles about politics like the politicians, the proclamation or statement from Malacañang, the Republic Acts, etc.
Final List of 12 Senator proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday. The final list of 12 senators were released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers. Senate President Franklin Drilon garnered the highest number of votes with 18, 607,391. This is according to the last canvass … Read more
Duterte airs statement on opening his government to Reds. “Do you want to fight forever?” Those were the words of presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte when asked by award-winning journalist Jessica Soho about opening his government to communists. During the interview of the upcoming president, he told Soho that he is serious for opening Cabinet posts … Read more
Russia Views Military Ties With PH Under Duterte, Says Russian Ambassador Russia is expected to have a military and anti-terror cooperation under the new administration of the presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte, according to the Russian ambassador on Wednesday. In a report on GMA News, Duterte already met the Russian ambassador Igor Khovaev and promised to … Read more
Perfecto Yasay accepts Duterte’s offer to be DFA chief. Perfecto Yasay, former chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accepted the offer of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to be the acting secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Based upon the report of ABS-CBN News, the post was initially offered to Duterte’s running-mate, Sen. Alan Peter … Read more
Mark Villar Accepts The DPWH Chief Position Offered Tio Him By Duterte Las Piñas Rep. Mark Villar accepts the offer of the presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte to be the new Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) chief under the new administration. In a report by GMA News, Villar said in an interview that he … Read more
Communists prepare list after Duterte expressed offer to CPP Communists prepare list after Duterte offered post to the Communist Party of the Philippines on Tuesday. Chairperson Luis Jalandoni of the National Democratic Front (NDF) peace negotiating panel said that the proposal of the presumptive president will empower the m(–foul word(s) removed–), the peasants and … Read more
UK Envoy Positive With Incoming President Duterte The United Kingdom (UK) envoy to the Philippines recently expressed their confidence in the incoming administration of the clear winner of the May 2016 elections, presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte. In a report and interview on CNN Philippines, UK Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad said that they are … Read more
US Pres. Barack Obama congratulates presumptive Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. US President Barack Obama congratulated presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte through a phone call over his landslide victory in the recently conducted local and national elections last May 9, 2016. In a statement released by the official residence of the President of the United States, Obama “highlighted … Read more
Migrante Tells Duterte To Keep His Promises To OFWs A pro-migrants group Migrante recently urged the incoming President Rodrigo Duterte to come up with policies unlike what the Aquino administration did and to prevent forced migration. According to an open letter by Migrante International, they wanted that the new government will depart from the mistakes … Read more
Incoming Rodrigo Duterte Considers Tax Hike For High Earners The incoming President Rodrigo Duterte recently mulls raising the tax rates for people earning high and then lower the others. In a report by Philstar, Duterte said it but didn’t give details about it. According to Bureau of Internal Revenue commissioner Kim Henares, the tax system … Read more