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'Neutral' Duterte leaves Bangsamoro transition extension up to lawmakers: Palace

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Updated as of Jun 28 05:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is now "neutral" on calls to extend the Bangsamoro government's transition period, his spokesman said Monday. Read more »

Don't just yap, Palace tells CHR after report on 'intent to kill' in drug war

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Updated as of Mar 25 08:44 PM

Malacañang on Thursday told the Commission on Human Rights to refrain from yapping and instead file complaints over its report that police had "intent to kill" in leading President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-narcotics drive.  Read more »

Palace asks ICC: Stop probe into Duterte drug war

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 03:22 PM

Malacañang on Thursday asked the International Criminal Court to drop its inquiry into the alleged crimes against humanity under President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, after the Philippine Supreme Court junked appeals against his withdrawal from ICC.    Read more »

Duterte says 'pristine clean' government 'impossible'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 08:17 AM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that while he would continue to fight corruption up to the last year of his stay in Malacañang, a "pristine clean" bureaucracy would be "impossible."    Read more »

#WalangPasok: Duterte declares special non-working days in 3 areas

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Posted at Feb 24 07:53 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared special, non-working days in 3 areas for late February and early March, according to documents released by his office on Thursday.  Read more »

Duterte OKs deferring child car seat law; PMVIS no longer mandatory - Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 09:06 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has deferred the implementation of the child car seat law following public criticism, Malacañang said on Thursday, adding that the private motor vehicle inspection system (MVIS) is no longer mandatory.  Read more »

Duterte OKs acquiring 15 new military choppers after deadly crash: aide

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Updated as of Feb 04 01:46 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the acquisition of 15 Black Hawk helicopters for the military after an aircraft of a different model crashed in a southern province last month and killed several soldiers, an official said on Thursday.. Read more »

Duterte eyes buying more military helicopters after Bukidnon crash

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 05:11 PM

The President admitted he was "hurt" when he heard about the helicopter crash in Bukidnon that killed 7, and he would look for funds to replace the air assets.   Read more »

Duterte sends ‘warmest greetings’ to new US President Biden

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Posted at Jan 21 02:23 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte “sends his warmest greetings” to US President Joe Biden on his inauguration, Malacañang said on Thursday. Read more »

'Democracy has prevailed': Palace congratulates incoming US President Biden

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Posted at Jan 20 02:01 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday congratulated American leader Joe Biden, ahead of his inauguration as 46th President of the United States, the Philippines' longtime ally.    Read more »

#WalangPasok: Jan 23, Saturday is special non-working day in Bulacan

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Posted at Jan 19 03:54 PM

Malacañang has declared Jan. 23, 2021, Saturday, as a special non-working holiday in Bulacan province to mark the founding anniversary of the First Philippine Republic.  Read more »

Palace: Baseless to surmise Biden will go tough on Duterte drug war

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 06:37 PM

Malacañang on Monday said there was no basis for assuming that incoming US President Joe Biden would be tough on killings in the Philippines' anti-narcotics drive. Read more »

Duterte bars gov't agencies from directly using income

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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 signs P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 07:17 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed the country’s P4.506-trillion spending plan for 2021 which seeks to revive the economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and improve the country’s response to the crisis. Read more »

Duterte aides accuse ICC prosecutor of 'playing politics' with drug war inquiry

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 01:49 PM

A prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is supposedly playing politics with her inquiry into the killings under the Philippine anti-narcotics drive, 2 aides of President Rodrigo Duterte alleged on Wednesday.  Read more »

Palace: Waste of time, money if ICC pursues probe vs Duterte drug war

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 04:06 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) will waste its time and money if it pursues an investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang said on Tuesday, after a prosecutor of the tribunal found "reasonable basis" for alleged crimes against humanity in the Philippine war on drugs. 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 says work 'far from over' in boosting human rights

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Posted at Dec 07 10:36 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that the work was "far from over" in boosting human rights, just days after his latest tirade against rights defenders.    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 »