To the growing list of President Rodrigo Duterte’s flip-flops, one can now add this: he says declaring martial law would be “kalokohan” (foolish), contrary to a previous threat he himself has made.
It was only two months after he assumed the presidency that police started their “legitimate” operations against illegal drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte said.
Since winning as president, Rodrigo Duterte has both condemned and sympathized with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
Duterte flip-flops on missing APEC dinner and photo shoot from VERA Files on Vimeo. AFTER missing the U.S.-Asean meeting last September, President Rodrigo Duterte once again skipped a scheduled meeting with other world leaders. Duterte was a no-show at the gala dinner and the traditional leaders’ photo shoot during the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)
DOES President Rodrigo Duterte now want to be part of an alliance he once found “hypocritical?” Months after launching an expletive-laden attack on the European Union (EU), Duterte seems to have shifted his tone. STATEMENT: On Nov. 19, during his first bilateral meeting in Peru with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, whose leadership he openly admires,
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he knew nothing about the clandestine burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) on Nov. 18. In a press conference on Nov. 21 in Lima, Peru, Duterte said he never bothered to ask the late president’s family for the details of the burial. STATEMENT
AS THE surprise burial of dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Nov. 18 triggered massive protests on the streets, President Rodrigo Duterte sought to unify Filipinos. Upon arriving in Lima, Peru for the 24th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting, he said in a statement: “I would like to pray
STATEMENT: The clandestine burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) Friday angered many, prompting a wave of protests across the country. In response, President Rodrigo Duterte, who in his campaign days promised the interment of the deposed strongman at the LNMB, called for “forgiveness.” Currently in Lima, Peru
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he won’t take his word back on allowing the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Amid protests and calls for him to reconsider, the president said the sins of Marcos have yet to be proven. He made the statement as he left for his
STATEMENT Senator Manny Pacquiao, asked to comment on the Supreme Court’s decision on November 8 allowing the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, explained that the decision is based on the Philippine Constitution: “Ganito kasi ‘yun eh. Intindihin natin yung Constitution. Kung Constitution ang pagbabasehan natin, once na ikaw
