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Duterte rejects cut in PAO forensic lab budget

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 12:22 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a provision in the 2021 national budget that would have slashed the funds of the forensics laboratory of the Public Attorney's Office (PAO), which a lawmaker earlier said was unauthorized and a duplication.  Read more »

Duterte bars gov't agencies from directly using income

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 04:27 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed provisions in the 2021 national budget that would have allowed government agencies to directly use their income, Malacañang said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Duterte to spend Christmas in hometown

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 02:46 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will spend the Christmas holidays in his hometown Davao City, his spokesman said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Duterte says pandemic, disasters show need for 'unyielding' AFP modernization

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 07:28 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Monday his "unyielding commitment" to modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), which he said was key to the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent spate of calamities. Read more »

Duterte OKs up to P10,000 'service recognition' perk for state workers

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 03:13 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a one-time incentive of up to P10,000 to recognize the performance of government employees this year, according to a document released on Monday.    Read more »

Duterte, aides OK additional P3.5-billion budget for national ID registration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 12:21 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet have approved additional budget to register 20 million more people to the national ID system next year, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    Read more »

Duterte seeks speedy extension of validity of 2020 budget, Bayanihan 2

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 06:00 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is asking lawmakers to fast-track the extension of the validity of two spending laws to ensure that delayed COVID-19 response projects would still be rolled out.  Read more »

Palace denies Duterte realized importance of COVID-19 testing too late

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 03:06 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has long known that testing for the novel coronavirus is important, Malacañang said Tuesday, denying that the Chief Executive had realized this too late, nearly 9 months into the pandemic. Read more »

Duterte to law enforcers: 'Never waver' in drug war despite COVID-19

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 07:41 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday told law enforcers and prosecutors to "never waver" in the fight against the narcotics trade despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has dragged the economy into recession, sickened 432,000 and spawned 8 months of lockdown.  Read more »

'Nasaan ang Pangulo?' Duterte says his day starts at 2 p.m.

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 04:04 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that his day typically "starts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon" because he is a "night person."   Read more »

Duterte thanks 'close partner' Australia for 'upholding law' in S. China Sea

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 08:59 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday thanked Australia, Manila's "close partner", for "upholding international law" following its rejection of Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea. Read more »

Duterte, Robredo urge Filipinos to emulate Bonifacio's courage in COVID-19 fight

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 12:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday urged Filipinos to emulate the courage of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio, as the country wrestled with the coronavirus pandemic and a series of destructive storms. Read more »

Duterte backs longer Bangsamoro transition in light of pandemic - Roque

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 03:45 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will help Bangsamoro authorities seek an extension of the transition period for the region, which has won new political and economic powers in a push for peace, his spokesman said Thursday.   Read more »

Duterte signs 7 hospital bills as COVID-19 pandemic persists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 06:48 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved 7 laws that would upgrade hospitals and establish a provincial medical facility, as the country sought to contain the novel coronavirus.  Read more »

Palace denies Duterte protecting allies with silence on corrupt lawmakers

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 03:18 PM

Malacañang denied Tuesday that President Rodrigo Duterte's refusal to name allegedly corrupt lawmakers was meant to protect his allies.  Read more »

Will Duterte run for VP as daughter's running mate in 2022?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 02:06 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is unlikely to run for vice president in 2022 alongside his daughter should the latter seek to replace him, Malacañang said Monday, disagreeing with a statement from another aide. Read more »

Panelo sorry for 'opinion' based on 'inaccurate' information about Robredo relief operations

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 03:44 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's legal counsel on Wednesday said he had apologized to Vice President Leni Robredo for claiming that she was free-riding on the government's relief effort for survivors of typhoon Ulysses.  Read more »

PCOO says netizens back President after #DuterteMeltdown trends

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 01:22 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has the backing of social media users, his communications office claimed Wednesday, after hashtags criticizing his tirades against Vice President Leni Robredo gained online traction.    Read more »

Defund UP? Duterte 'somehow confused' state university with Ateneo, after call for #AcademicStrike

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 11:55 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to defund the University of the Philippines because he "somehow confused" it with the Ateneo De Manila University, where some students recently called for an academic strike over the "criminally neglectful" government response to recent typhoons and the COVID-19 pandemic.    Read more »

Duterte misinformed? Spox says 'not sure,' insists Robredo asked #NasaanAngPangulo

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 11:49 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte spewed tirades against Vice President Leni Robredo because she allegedly asked where he was during the onslaught of this year's most destructive typhoon, his spokesman said Wednesday, even as he admitted he was "not sure" where the Chief Executive got his information.    Read more »