PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte shuns the idea that drug addiction is a medical condition with a cure. For him, drug users are the “living walking dead” whose brains have already shrunk, and who have become useless to society. On Oct. 27, in his arrival speech from Japan, Duterte said: STATEMENT: “Eh sabi nila, (drug addiction is)
IN his state visit to China, President Rodrigo Duterte said he has “the proper perspective to judge” whether a foreign policy is good or not for the country. He credits this to his profession and education. STATEMENT Asked in a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 19 on how he would enhance the Philippine-China relations,
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte believes he was destined for the presidency, having won despite little financial backing from politicians–if at all. If his campaign had a saving grace, it was Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, he said. STATEMENT: Speaking before Luzon local chief executives on Oct. 4 during the Sulong Pilipinas Convention – Local Governance
FIRST, it was the enormity of the drug menace that prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to ask for “a little extension.” Now, he seems to be waffling on yet another promise: stamp out scalawags in public office. On multiple occasions, Duterte committed to end corruption in government. His latest statement was said before the Filipino community
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has said numerous times that he would like to pursue an independent foreign policy. But he has clarified on Sept. 13 that this does not mean cutting alliances with the United States. Two weeks later, on Sept. 26, he said in front of the media that he was “about to cross the
POVERTY worsened during President Benigno Aquino’s term, said Joey Salgado, spokesperson of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. STATEMENT: Reacting to Vice President Leni Robredo’s statement at an antipoverty summit that “poverty is a larger war that needs our attention,” Salgado said on Oct. 11: “With all due respect to Vice President Leni Robredo, her party,
CAREFUL not to include wrong names on his narco-lists again, President Rodrigo Duterte said he is having them revalidated by key agencies, citing the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as one of them. STATEMENT: During the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Coast Guard on Oct. 12, Duterte said: “Until now, I’m trying to
THE president is confused. On October 4, President Rodrigo Duterte apologized for the infamous Hitler remark when he met members of the Jewish Association of the Philippines in a visit to Beit Yaacov Synagogue in Makati. STATEMENT: “But one day, when I was coming home from Laos, I was a bit tired, we were on
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte questioned the validity of EDCA or the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States in his speech at the Masskara Festival in Bacolod City on Sunday. The agreement, forged to advance the implementation of the Philippine-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty of 1951, was signed by former National Defense Secretary
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would never be “foolish” enough to commit errors on his narco-lists. The next day, he apologized to public officials he wrongly linked to illegal drugs — the mistake done either through “negligence” or in bad faith. STATEMENT: On Sept. 26, the president said care should be exercised when
