President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Luzon island under an “enhanced community quarantine” on Monday as transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to rise on the second day of a virtual lockdown of Metro Manila.
Senate passed on third and final reading Senate Bill 1083 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 to update the provisions of the Human Security Act.
Duterte, in his fourth State of the Nation Address in July 2019, categorically said he had “no wealthy friends.” Nor would he want to have any, he added.
Panelo's claim contradicts Duterte's statements in previous speeches and interviews.
Two Philippine senators disagreed on the adoption of the Senate resolution asking President Rodrigo Duterte to rethink the scrapping of VFA with the US.
The Office of Solicitor General's assertion that ABS-CBN breached the constitutional prohibition on foreign ownership by issuing PDRs to foreigners needs context.
Roque wrongly claimed that the country does not benefit at all from its VFA with the US, and that Filipino soldiers are fighting the world's "longest-running insurgency."
The VFA is a bilateral agreement between the Philippines and the US that outlines the terms and conditions on the entry and visit of US armed forces in the country.
The WHO, Philippine Red Cross and DOH said there is only one way to wear surgical masks.
Data from the ASEAN Statistics division show the Philippines never had the strongest real GDP growth rate among member states from 2016 to 2018.
