Even if the Marcoses return their alleged ill-gotten wealth to the government, victims of the late dictator’s regime say the family will remain plunderers and criminals.
Clad in white hijabs, more than a hundred female officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrived at the Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental on Tuesday, August 30, as part of the government’s rehabilitation effort in the war-stricken Marawi.
A militant lawmaker condemned insinuations that former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo allegedly diverted government funds to the New People’s Army (NPA).
President Rodrigo Duterte assured displaced children from Marawi City that the government will rebuild the war-torn city.
Farmers coming from various parts of Davao region mounted a protest rally here today to express their full support to Agrarian secretary Rafael Mariano ahead of the slated confirmation hearing on Wednesday, August 30.
A local official here urged government agencies and contractors to complete road repairs for a period of one-week to help mitigate the city’s worsening traffic congestion.
Lawyer Manases Carpio called Senator Antonio Trillanes a “desperate rumormonger” for implicating him in corrupt practices at the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
Authorities here reported that there were at least 11 drug-linked personalities killed in police operations since the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign was relaunched in March.
Thirty five displaced children from Marawi City have traveled almost 1,500 kilometers to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte at around 2:30 pm today, Aug. 29.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gave police officers on Monday the authority to kill “idiots” who will resist arrest and has assigned a police chief to Iloilo City—the Visayas’ drug bedrock.
