Trump has a lot to learn from Duterte on taming media
Oftentimes, when we read or watch on TV news about what’s happening in Donald Trump’s United States of America, you can easily find similarities in the Philippines.
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Former solon says Martial Law fits Duterte’s authoritarian bent
Former congressman Ashley Acedillo (Magdalo Partylist) said the only kind of governance President Duterte knows is authoritarianism.
‘Martial law pa more’
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he will be pushing for a five-year extension of Martial Law in Mindanao declared by President Duterte last May 23 and is supposed to end on July 22, two days before he delivers his second State-of-the Nation address.
Duterte tells how the government misread Maute threat
In his re-appearance speech five days after he was not seen in public, President Duterte gave an explanation for the military’s “mis-appreciation” of intelligence report that has been blamed for the difficulty being encountered by government forces in the ongoing war against the Islamist militants in Marawi city.
Foreign secretary, envoy belie Duterte account of alleged Xi Jinping’s threat of war
Newly-installed Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said he has been in all the bilateral meetings between President Duterte and China’s President Xi Jinping and he has not witnessed any threat of war uttered by the Chinese President.
Veteran diplomat tells Duterte to stop joking about Mongolia and Turkey joining Asean
On the sidelines of the first One Belt, One Road summit in Beijing last week, President Duterte met with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, prime minister of Mongolia.
Duterte forgoes EU aid, sticks to his ‘kill, kill’ policy
President Duterte’s solution to the country’s problems is “kill, kill.” The 28-member state European Union has made it clear that it will not allow its money to be used to kill people.
ICC will be the next battleground
It was not surprising that the Malacañang-friendly congressmen killed without much fuss the impeachment complaint against President Duterte filed by Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano Monday.
Why it’s finally Cayetano at DFA?
The appointment of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as foreign secretary is an indication that the Duterte administration is feeling the heat of a negative international image and needs somebody who can passionately defend the President’s human rights record as what the senator did last week before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Mocha Uson and Duterte deserve each other
Why are the non-fans of President Duterte protesting the appointment of dancer – singer Mocha Uson as assistant communications secretary?
