If President Rodrigo Duterte makes a statement about his verbal fishing deal with China in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22, then it would become “legally binding” under international law. But it would still be unconstitutional.
Labag sa 1987 Konstitusyon at sa hindi bababa sa dalawang lokal na batas ang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na "siyempre" papayagan ang mga mangingisda ng China na mangisda sa exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ng Pilipinas.
Mali si Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo sa pagsabi na kinilala ng international community si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte bilang isang "emerging world leader" dahil sa pagmura niya sa noo’y U.S. President Barack Obama.
Duterte’s proposition directly violates the Philippine Charter, the Fisheries Code, and the archipelagic baselines law.
Duterte did not earn praise for calling Obama “son of a whore.”
For Pride Month, VERA Files presents a timeline of the president’s statements on LGBTQ issues.
The arrest of Davao-based journalist Margarita Valle last Sunday which turned out to be a case of mistaken identity puts into a question how intelligent is this so-called intelligence report which is the basis for the actions of government authorities including the country’s chief executive, President Duterte.
Wala na akong kanser. Matagal na akong gumaling sa sakit na kanser. Taong 2003 pa.
Early last week, fellow Malaya columnist JB Baylon posted this shout out in his Facebook wall: After DU30, Sarah Accept it. Sorry na lang for those who sucked up hoping for an endorsement. She’s the “term extension”
President Rodrigo Duterte’s vituperation against the Roman Catholic Church is unprecedented in recent Philippine political history. Not even the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s record matches it.Yet, in a predominantly Catholic country, his outrageous display of irreligiosity appears to perturb only a few.
