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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Duterte stamp out corruption?

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

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Duterte stamp out corruption?

Trillanes: I’ve done my part to expose Duterte’s wrongdoings

  By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL HIS exposés on Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed hidden wealth and wrongdoings as chief executive of Davao City might seem to have come too late as the presidential derby enters its homestretch. “Pero hindi po ako nagkulang (But I have done my part,)” said Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV who himself is running for

Trillanes: I’ve done my part to expose Duterte’s wrongdoings

‘Pork’ and a million

Slideshow by MARIO IGNACIO IV The “Million People March” social media activists had been cooking up for weeks failed to produce the promised million. But no matter. The message from the almost 100,000 rallyists who descended on Rizal Park on a drizzling Monday morning was crystal clear: Enough of “pork.” From all indications, the motley throng

‘Pork’ and a million