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Controlling corruption in the PNP may indeed be a herculean task, and starting it with the illegal drug trade is a good move in the right direction. Is Marcos really up to it?
The Department of Information and Communications Technology just finished building infrastructure to improve broadband capacity in Luzon. Bills to rightsize the national government, promote e-governance, and regulate e-commerce activities are still pending in the Senate.
(Part two of two) Simultaneously with the war against illegal drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte launched what he described as a relentless and sustained campaign against corruption in the bureaucracy to eradicate the menace “within three to six months,” as he had promised during the 2016 presidential campaign.
It revived an old unproven claim against the opposition lawmaker.
The card’s creator also tagged news organization SMNI Network as source but the news outlet, on Sept. 4, released a statement “strongly disowning” the fake quote card.
In the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte likened corruption and ineptitude to “snatching food from the mouths of babes.”
Sa kanyang pampublikong pahayag noong Okt. 26, nangako si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na italaga ang natitirang isa at kalahating taon ng kanyang termino sa “pakikipaglaban sa katiwalian” sa gobyerno.
In his Oct. 26 public address, President Rodrigo Duterte promised to dedicate the remaining one and a half years of his term to “fighting corruption” in government.
Neophyte Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go continues to proclaim President Rodrigo Duterte’s total commitment to rid the government of corruption but always sidesteps the inconsistencies in the administration’s supposed all-out campaign against graft and corruption.
Patuloy na idinideklara ng baguhang senador na si Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go ang pangako ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na sugpuin ang katiwalian sa gobyerno ngunit lagi niyang hindi binabanggit ang mga pagkakasalungatan sa kampanya ng administrasyon laban sa graft and corruption.