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Duterte won't call for special session to pass 2019 budget: Diokno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 09:36 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will not call for a special session so that Congress can finish deliberations on the proposed P3.7 trillion national budget for 2019, the budget chief said on Thursday. Read more »

Duterte to skip Catholic mass for Balangiga bells homecoming

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 08:18 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will grace the formal turnover of the historic bells in Balangiga on Dec. 15 but will not attend the Catholic mass. Read more »

Civil Service Commission defends Duterte's 'no eligibility required' statement

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 05:06 PM

MANILA - The Civil Service Commission (CSC) believes President Rodrigo Duterte does not have any intention of violating laws when he brushed off eligibility requirements when hiring government workers as long as they are "honest and competent."   Read more »

Delfin the audacious

Alcuin Papa
Updated as of Dec 13 04:53 PM

Is Lorenzana on a “kamikaze” dive as a way out of the Palace? Could he be the last and only honest man in the Duterte Cabinet? Read more »

Duterte still trusts budget chief Diokno - Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 11:39 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte still trusts Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, the Palace said Thursday, after the House of Representatives issued a resolution calling for his removal. Read more »

Duterte, tiwala pa rin kay Diokno sa kabila ng kontrobersiya sa budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 02:17 AM

Naniniwala ang isang mambabatas na dapat nang magbitiw sa puwesto si Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno kasunod ng alegasyon ng umano'y iregularidad sa budget. Read more »

Opposition lawmakers: Not enough proof for martial law extension

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 11:38 PM

The Philippine Congress granted President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year.  Read more »

Palace backtracks, says Duterte will attend Balangiga bells handover in Eastern Samar

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 02:36 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Malacañang early Thursday took back its earlier announcement and said President Rodrigo Duterte will attend the turnover of Balangiga bells in Eastern Samar. Read more »

Reward for ‘drug war’ information

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 06:32 PM

PDEA head Director-General Aaron Aquino (left) distributes P3.176 million to confidential informants who provided leads that resulted in 19 successful anti-drug operations. Read more »

House and lot, kotse na galing sa mga kandidato, ipina-raffle sa Christmas party ng Davao City

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 05:36 PM

Isang bahay at lupa, bagong kotse, motorsiklo, mga high-end na camera at mga cellphone ang ipina-raffle sa Christmas party ng lokal na pamahalaan dito sa lungsod, Martes. Read more »

Feud over 'pork' comeback allegations imperils 2019 budget passage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 01:21 AM

The Philippines on Wednesday was on the brink of ending the year without a national budget for the next 12 months as Speaker Gloria Arroyo's allies clashed with officials of the executive over alleged billions of pesos in alleged "insertions." Read more »

Palace unsure of Duterte US visit despite Balangiga Bells' return

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 04:17 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday said it is still unsure whether President Rodrigo Duterte will finally visit the United States after the return of church bells that were seized by US troops from Balangiga town as war bounty 117 years ago. Read more »

Palace backs Diokno amid questions on budget 'insertion'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 06:16 PM

“Definitely,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said when asked whether the Palace still backs Diokno amid the scandal. Read more »

Congress extends Mindanao martial law until end of 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 09:02 AM

MANILA - Lawmakers from both the Senate and the House of Representatives granted Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019. Read more »

Satur casts doubt on 'whole-of-nation' approach vs insurgency

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 12:36 PM

MANILA - A former peace negotiator for communist rebels doubts an executive order on a "whole-of-nation" approach to end insurgency will work in the long-term.  Read more »

Senate, House discuss martial law extension in joint session

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 01:21 PM

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III and Speaker Gloria Arroyo called the joint session on martial law to order 2 days before Congress goes on break for the Christmas holidays. Read more »

No eligibility required: Duterte on hiring gov't officials

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 05:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to forego the eligibility requirements for government officials as long as they are competent and honest. Read more »

Duterte says Galvez is his new peace adviser

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 07:14 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced that retired military chief Carlito Galvez Jr. will be his new peace adviser. Read more »

Bishop decries Paolo Duterte's tagging of 'old, sick' prelate in alleged ouster plot

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 06:33 PM

MANILA - The incumbent bishop of the Diocese of San Pablo in Laguna has decried the inclusion of their former bishop in a list of alleged destabilizers plotting to oust President Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

'Fake news': Lorenzana clears Robredo in alleged Duterte ouster plot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 05:58 PM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday dismissed allegations by presidential son Paolo Duterte that Vice President Leni Robredo and several others are involved in a plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »