Tag: Duterte
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SONA 2021: Duterte said gov’t ‘took away the misery of public commuting.’ What about these mishaps?
The president’s final SONA laid out his administration’s achievements. We are not sure though that easing commuting woes is one of them
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RECAP: What Duterte said in his last 5 SONAs
As the president delivers his last SONA, we look back at the last five addresses he’s done and the things he said—on- and off-script
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Want extra income? Duterte has a job offer for you: Report corrupt officials for P50k-P100k
Tired of corrupt officials pocketing millions of pesos from the national budget? Do you need extra income to go by this pandemic? Well, President Rodrigo Duterte has just the right offer that will solve both these issues. In a late-night pre-taped address Tuesday, the President enticed citizens to report public officials who engage in corrupt…
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Error: SALN access not found. Duterte’s wealth since 2018 is still a secret to the public
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism discloses the SALN of presidents from 1989 to 2017—the last year that President Duterte’s SALN was publicly accessible
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Palace says PUV social distancing is still at 1m (6 days after the IATF-EID said otherwise)
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Economic Development Cluster (EDC)’s proposal on reduced social distancing on public transportation may have already been approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), but that doesn’t mean Malacañang doesn’t have anything to say about it. In a televised palace briefing, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque…
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A quick guide for MECQ’s transportation rules in Metro Manila
After President Rodrigo Duterte heeded the call from the medical community to reimpose stricter quarantine protocols, Metro Manila is now back to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) which will run from Aug. 4 to 18. The announcement came only the night before the last day of general community quarantine—leaving only one day for the public…
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Help, not revolution: Healthcare workers answer back to the President
In President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest national address last Aug. 2, he scolded medical and healthcare workers who asked for stricter quarantine measures. The president consequently warned them against starting a “revolution.” “Do not try to demean the government. You’re not actually criticizing. You demean my government, your own government,” Duterte said. “Then you threaten…
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NCR, nearby provinces back to MECQ for 2 weeks. What can we do and not do in MECQ again?
In a late-night address yesterday, Aug. 2, President Rodrigo Duterte heeds the medical community’s plea to reimpose strict lockdown protocols in Metro Manila—the country’s COVID-19 hotspot—as cases hit 100,000 mark this Sunday. Starting tomorrow, Aug. 4 until Aug. 18, Metro Manila, Laguna, Rizal, Cavite and Bulacan will be under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), from…
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Overwhelmed doctors want Metro Manila back to ECQ but gov’t isn’t having it
The doctors are in but not for long, as the Philippine College of Physicians, a group of medical practitioners in the country, calls for “time out” through the reimposition of enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila for two weeks from Aug. 1 to 15 to “refine our pandemic control strategies, address urgent problems.” A letter…
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After Duterte push during SONA, Senate passes Bayanihan 2. Where will its P140B standby fund go?
Bayanihan to Heal as One Act or Republic Act 11469 lapsed last month and to extend its provisions, including additional powers for the president and a P140 billion budget to be allocated on the government’s plans towards pandemic recovery, President Rodrigo Duterte plead to Congress yesterday during his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA)…