Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque revealed that President Rodrigo Duterte had “consistently” supported the potential presidential bid of his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, for the 2022 national elections, contradicting the public pronouncements of the two.
In a verified Facebook (FB) page of volleyball player and former Pinoy Big Brother housemate Tricia Santos, Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar and the Duterte administration’s flagship “Build, Build, Build” program were credited for the ongoing construction of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX).
Within seven hours on June 21, Malacañang backtracked on its pronouncement on confining the required use of face shields indoors as part of health and safety protocols against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Lawyer Larry Gadon falsely claimed that retired International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda was declared persona non grata by the United States (U.S.) for “inventing” cases of human rights violations.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has suggested that individuals experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but refusing to go into quarantine should be charged with murder. President Rodrigo Duterte concurred, but Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque disagreed, arguing that the circumstances do not meet the elements of murder.
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President Rodrigo Duterte warned local chief executives that they may be held accountable for “dereliction of duty” under the Revised Penal Code (RPC) if they fail to “enforce the law” within their jurisdictions. This needs context.
President Rodrigo Duterte, who was recently described as a “modern-day Lapulapu” by his spokesperson Harry Roque, repeated for at least the 20th time the unproven claim that the Mactan chieftain who led a 1,500-strong army to defeat Spanish-serving explorers in 1521 was a Tausug warrior.
In his Labor Day message, President Rodrigo Duterte repeated his campaign promise to continue pushing for workers’ rights, including security of tenure. This needs context in view of the president’s veto of a Congress-approved measure prohibiting contractualization.
Taking up the cudgels for Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, actor Robin Padilla asserted “there is historical fact” to the senator’s claim that Lapulapu, regarded as the Philippines’ first pre-colonial hero in recorded history, was a Muslim-Tausug leader from the defunct Sultanate of Sulu.
