During a situation briefing on Sunday, Duterte and some local officials, one of which a former law school classmate of the president, joked about womanizing and having too much and too little sex as public officials.
Lawmakers and artists were in an uproar over the government’s anti-insurgency chief’s veiled threats against celebrities Liza Soberano and Ms. Universe 2018 Catriona Gray for speaking out on women’s issues.
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 6953 or the “Bayanihan to Recover as One” pandemic response law, with 242 affirmative votes, six negative votes, and zero abstentions on Aug. 10, Monday.
Singson argued that the short 6-month probationary period “limits the right of the employer to secure quality employees.”
Civic leader Teresita Ang See, who chairs Flowers for Lolas, said she could hardly believe the reasons given by the sculptor that unidentified men took the bronze statue from his workshop.