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.”
President Rodrigo Duterte said: “Do not focus on the police, just wait for their explanation. Just wait for their version. In the meantime, if you ran out of people to blame, look at me because I was the one who ordered the war against drugs.”
In a bid to address road congestion, the City Planning and Development Office and the City Transport and Traffic Management Office will implement an “experimental loading and unloading segregation scheme.”
Despite the non-passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law in Congress early this year, Moro Islamic Liberation Front Peace Implementing Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal said they still trust the lawmakers. But he appealed to Congress not to fail the Bangsamoro people and called on government officials to fast track the BBL.
During his meeting before the Filipino community in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday night, Duterte congratulated Trump in his electoral victory and said: “Mabuhay ka. Pareho tayo nagmumura
The Commission on Elections on Wednesday said that incumbent Sangguniang Kabataan and barangay officials would remain in their positions until 2017.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) here disclosed Wednesday that at least 48,000 individuals were enlisted in the agency’s drug watch list dubbed as “Oplan Double Barrel Alpha” for Davao region alone.
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte tested negative for use of seven classes of drugs in a bid to clear his name on the accusations made by a Senator that he was a drug user.
A lawyer here expressed dismay over the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, saying that the ruling “dismissed” the sacrifices of those who gave their lives to restore democracy during the years of martial law.
