It was not the first time that activist leaders of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) were received by President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañan, but there was something different during the meeting this time.
President Rodrigo Duterte meets with members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and lawmakers under the Makabayan bloc in Malacañan on Tuesday night. Duterte also met with the leaders of Bayan in Malacañan last year before his State of the Nation Address.
Barely a week before President Rodrigo Duterte deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), a militant lawmaker on Tuesday said the President’s promised reforms remain “intangible and inedible” especially to the country’s poor sectors.
A Maranao woman leader said the decision to extend martial law in Mindanao spells nightmare for the residents of Marawi City, the Philippines only Islamic city where government troops continue to fight with extremists running for 57 days.
The Philippines Catholic Church is rolling out a a P10-million humanitarian response to the families affected by the ongoing crisis in Marawi.
Various groups have expressed opposition to the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to extend the imposition of martial law and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao.
Human rights group Karapatan said there are 57 cases of political arrests under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
The Davao City Police Office received 14 brand new mobile vehicles from the city government of Davao on Monday, July 17.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales got the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday – the President’s resentment was said to have originated from Morales’ comments during an interview on “killing people”.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership has ordered for the 90-day suspension without pay of Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido then cancelled it but the controversial police officer has yet to get hold of a copy of it.
