Cebuano politicos urge President Duterte to run for VP in 2022

Mar 11, 2021 | Regions

Cebu PDP-Laban party members hold a private meeting in Cebu on March 11. Cebuano politicians have signed a “unified manifesto” urging President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president in the 2022 national elections.Twenty-eight officials consisting of 18...

Duterte certifies vaccine indemnification bills as urgent

Feb 19, 2021 | Top Stories

President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his address from the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang complex on March 30, 2020. KING RODRIGUEZ/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent bills for the establishment of an indemnification law, which would...

Velasco insists on House speaker term-sharing deal with Cayetano

Sep 28, 2020 | Nation

Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco on Monday called on his House of Representatives colleagues to “uphold” the term-sharing deal for speakership between him and Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. In a Facebook post, Velasco asserted that the deal was...

House coup over 2021 budget allocations possible – Paolo Duterte

Sep 20, 2020 | Top Stories

  Presidential son and Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte confirmed on Sunday that he sent to other congressmen a Viber message notifying them of his threat of a possible coup that could affect the House of Representatives leadership. Duterte’s move is...

Duterte toasts Arroyo; outgoing speaker thanks President for enabling acquittal in plunder case

Jul 9, 2019 | Top Stories

President Rodrigo Duterte and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo, the outgoing speaker of the House. (Richard Madelo/Presidential Photo) President Rodrigo Duterte heaped praises on the outgoing speaker of the House, Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, calling the former...