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'For rest, recreation': Duterte goes to Hong Kong with Honeylet, daughter Kitty

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 11:01 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte went on an unannounced trip to Hong Kong on Saturday, his former top aide confirmed. Read more »

Health centers bubuksan sa weekends para sa pagpapabakuna vs tigdas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 09:05 PM

Bukas na ang lahat ng mga health center sa bansa tuwing weekend para sa pagpapabakuna kontra tigdas sa gitna ng outbreak. Read more »

Rice tariffication bill at iba pang batas, pirmado na ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 03:49 AM

MANILA - Aprubado na bilang batas ang rice tariffication bill, ayon kay Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea matapos pirmahan ito ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Rice tariffication will create 'chaos', group warns

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 06:39 PM

A rice industry group was dismayed that President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law rice tariffication bill, which will allow free flow of the staple grain into the market.   Read more »

Different 'Duterte' senatorial slates may confuse voters: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 10:33 PM

Separate campaign activities of senatorial aspirants backed by the Duterte administration may confuse voters and could even cost them votes, a political analyst said Friday. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Why is the Philippine government accused of going after media?

Martin Petty and Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 10:13 PM

MANILA - Philippine journalists planned to hold a rally on Friday in support of media freedom after the arrest of an award-winning head of a news website sparked condemnation of the government. Read more »

Panelo says he won’t be surprised if Sara becomes next president

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 08:47 PM

MANILA - The spokesperson of President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he would not be surprised if Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte becomes the country’s next president, amid talk that she is being groomed to succeed her father.   Read more »

Duterte signs into law rice tariffication bill

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 03:56 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the rice tariffication bill, his spokesman Salvador Panelo said on Friday.  Read more »

Duterte urges public to get kids vaccinated vs measles

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 07:43 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has urged Filipinos to fight measles by getting their children vaccinated following a big increase in the number of measles cases and deaths in the country. Read more »

Duterte’s 11 senatorial bets

Rey Baniquet, Presidential Photo
Posted at Feb 15 05:00 PM

President Duterte raises the hands of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) senatorial bets during the party's Proclamation and kick-off rally held in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan on Thursday. Duterte endorsed 11 senatorial bets including 6 non-PDP Laban members completing his preferred candidates list. Read more »

Duterte excludes ‘pork’-tagged ex-senators Estrada, Revilla in own lineup

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 04:11 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte did not include in his own senatorial lineup Jinggoy Estrrada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., two former senators linked to the pork barrel scam. Read more »

'Nagdala siya ng pera sa bag': Duterte vows support if Villar runs for president anew

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 06:52 PM

BULACAN - If former Sen. Manny Villar runs for president in 2022, he has the support of President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Skilled worker shortage delays 'Build' program, Duterte says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 04:23 AM

"Itong 'Build, Build, Build' medyo atrasado. Walang trabahante," the President said Thursday in a speech during the proclamation rally of ruling party PDP-Laban. Read more »

Duterte threatens to slap Tatad over kidney transplant claim

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 03:11 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday lashed out at former senator Francisco “Kit” Tatad for claiming in a newspaper column that he recently had a kidney transplant. Read more »

'Pagka lumaban, patayin mo': Duterte tells people to rob, kill Catholic bishops

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 02:51 AM

BULACAN - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday pilloried Catholic Church leaders again, saying they are better off dead. Read more »

Pag-aresto kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, kinondena

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 01:25 AM

Giit nila, paraan ito ng panggigipit ng administrasyong Duterte at pag-atake sa malayang pamamahayag sa bansa. Read more »

Duterte, pinangunahan ang proclamation rally ng PDP-Laban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 01:19 AM

Umarangkada na ang kampanya ng mga kandidato sa pagkasenador ng PDP-Laban. Read more »

11 kandidato, inendorso ni Duterte sa pagka-senador

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 10:00 PM

Dumalo sa PDP-Laban kickoff rally si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte para personal na ikampanya ang mga kandidato ng partido at ilan pa para sa pagkasenador. Read more »

Mga tumatakbong senador patuloy sa panunuyo sa mga botante

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 11:22 PM

Kanya-kanyang paraan ng pangangampanya ang mga kumakandidato sa pagkasenador. Read more »

Duterte formally endorses 11 senatorial bets

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 05:17 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday formally endorsed 11 of his preferred senatorial candidates for the upcoming May elections. Read more »