Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go changed his view once more on how drug-addicted individuals should be dealt with, saying in a Sept. 29 Senate hearing that they must be treated as “victims in dire need of assistance.”
The Office of the Ombudsman has issued new guidelines in releasing copies of Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) more than one year after it suspended the processing of all requests from the media and the public.
President Rodrigo Duterte's appointment of Dante Gierran, former director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), a government-owned or controlled corporation (GOCC), has raised questions on his qualifications for the job.
President Rodrigo Duterte inaccurately claimed that he doesn’t know the people behind the group pushing for a “revolutionary government” with him at the helm in transitioning to a federal system by 2022.
The Lebanese government has yet to establish what exactly caused the explosion of at least 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrates stored in the Port of Beirut.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that martial law in Mindanao “ended without abuses” runs contrary to reports from different human rights watchdogs and advocacy groups.
Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque contradicted Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año when he said there will be no “house-to-house” operations to look for individuals infected with COVID-19.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque repeated the false claim of his predecessor Salvador Panelo that President Rodrigo Duterte has remained "neutral" on ABS-CBN's franchise renewal.
In justifying his recent “side trip” to the Ocean Adventure park in Subic, Zambales, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque falsely claimed he did not violate any health and quarantine regulations.
On June 25, a regional trial court dismissed the case against Ronnel Mas, a public school teacher from Zambales who was arrested without a warrant for his tweet offering a P50-million bounty to anyone who would kill President Rodrigo Duterte.
