President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Tuesday that he will give cash gifts to barangay officials using funds that would have been part of his electoral campaign contributions.
President Rodrigo Duterte is sensing a "good rapport" with US president-elect Donald Trump after a phone conversation between the two state leaders Friday night.
The City Council’s regular session was adjourned Tuesday morning after it failed to reach a quorum.
President Rodrigo Duterte said that the alliance and friendly relations of the Philippines and the United States will remain.
Presidential Decree No.46, signed by former President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972, prohibits public officials and employees "whether of the national or local governments, to receive, directly or indirectly, and for private persons to give, or offer to give, any gift, present other valuable thing on any occasion."