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Lower House suspends national budget hearings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 11:25 PM

Congressmen suspend hearings on next year's General Appropriations Act over a disagreement with the budgeting system of the executive branch.  Read more »

Duterte: I’m a lame duck president

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 07:36 PM

Even with four years more left in his term, President Rodrigo Duterte has described himself as a “lame duck” leader. Read more »

Duterte administration maintains 'very good' rating for 2nd quarter: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 05:28 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's administration maintained its "very good" net satisfaction rating for the second quarter of 2018, according to a survey conducted in June by the Social Weather Stations Sunday. Read more »

Palace still ‘grateful’ despite drop in admin’s rating

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 07:09 PM

Malacañang on Friday said it remains “grateful” despite a 12-point drop in the administration’s net satisfaction rating, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Read more »

Public concern up for pay hike, OFWs: survey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 10:32 AM

Filipinos have become more concerned about increasing the pay of workers and ensuring the welfare of overseas Filipino workers, but less so for safeguarding the rule of law and curbing government corruption, according to a Pulse Asia survey released Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte admin gets record-high satisfaction rating: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 05:51 PM

Public satisfaction with the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has risen to a record high that surpassed the record of his predecessor, according to an opinion survey released Wednesday.  Read more »

Palace: No gov’t fund being used for online trolls

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 11:26 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday denied that government is funding alleged online trolls, which critics say are being used by the Duterte administration to intimidate dissenters online. Read more »

SWS: Duterte admin’s net satisfaction rating still 'very good' but drops in Luzon, Class E

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 05:20 PM

The net satisfaction rating of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration remains "very good" but declined in Luzon and among the country’s poorest, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.  Read more »

Foreign investors jittery on the Philippines

Jose Galang - Your Business
Posted at Sep 30 12:51 AM

Despite the healthy economic fundamentals that the Duterte regime inherited from past administrations, as well as the strong political capital it enjoys, the economic managers seem to be having difficulty in converting these into equivalent foreign investment inflows. Read more »

Aiza, Liza in mass oath-taking of Duterte appointees

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 05:53 PM

Celebrity couple Aiza Seguerra and Liza Diño joined other appointees of the Duterte administration in a mass oath-taking ceremony held at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang on Monday.  Read more »

CPP: Duterte's drug war is 'anti-people, anti-democratic'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:22 AM

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has withdrawn its support for President Duterte's war on illegal drugs, saying it has "clearly become anti-people and anti-democratic." Read more »

'Marcos not a hero': Hundreds join anti-burial assembly

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 06:20 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Hundreds of people braved heavy rains on Sunday to join an assembly against the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Read more »

Duterte urged to junk 'rhetoric of brutality'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 01:35 PM

MANILA - President Duterte should abandon his "rhetoric of brutality" and prioritize resolving the country's persistent human rights problems, an official of Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Read more »

'Paninira lang': Bulacan mayor, itinanggi ang pagkakadawit sa droga

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 10:56 AM

Mariing pinabulaanan ni San Rafael, Bulacan Mayor Cipriano 'Goto' Violago na sangkot siya sa iligal na droga, matapos mapasama sa mga listahan ng mga umano'y tiwaling opisyal na inilabas ni Pangulong Duterte. Read more »

DUTERTE'S LIST: 'Narco' politicos, lawmen, judges

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 11:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday revealed the names of sitting and retired local government officials, policemen and lawmen who are allegedly involved in the drug trade. Read more »

Pulis na nakapatay ng holdaper, pinarangalan ni 'Bato'

Dennis Datu, DZMM
Updated as of Aug 05 02:51 AM

Kinilala ni Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa ngayong Huwebes ang kagitingan ng isang pulis-Maynila na napatay ang isa sa tatlong hinihinalang holdaper na nakabarilan nito. Read more »

UN exec: Drug killings don't serve cause of justice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 03:33 PM

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday condemned the rampant extrajudicial killings of drug suspects in the Philippines, saying these do not serve the cause of justice nor better the lives of the public. Read more »

911 hotline gets 65,000 calls in 2 days

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 05:48 PM

President Duterte's desire to bolster the direct links between government and the public can be credited for the initial success of a new emergency hotline. Read more »

Bise alkaldeng idinadawit sa droga, kumuha ng 3 drug test

Elaine Fulgencio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 10:03 PM

Sumalang nang kusa sa tatlong drug test ang isang bise alkalde sa La Union na idinadawit sa kalakaran ng bawal na gamot. Read more »

Dial 8888, 911: Gov't opens complaints, emergency hotlines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 01 09:53 PM

Malacañang and the national police on Monday launched their respective hotlines for receiving public complaints and emergency calls. Read more »