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LOOK: Duterte registers for national ID

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 11:07 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has registered to the national ID system, photos from Malacañang showed, even as some officials face a graft complaint for the project. 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 signs law to fast-track permits, licenses

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Updated as of Jan 05 12:38 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a law that gives him special powers to fast-track the issuance of permits, licenses and certifications in times of national emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

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

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

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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 welcomes new Vatican, Japan envoys to Philippines

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Posted at Dec 14 09:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday welcomed the new envoys to the country of the Vatican and Japan.  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 »

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 attend virtual United Nations session on COVID-19 this week

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 11:47 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte will attend on Thursday and Friday a virtual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the COVID-19 pandemic, his office said. Read more »

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

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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 »

Palace congratulates new doctors including VP Robredo's daughter

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 05:21 PM

Malacañang on Thursday congratulated the daughter of Vice President Leni Robredo, Tricia, and her fellow new doctors who passed the Physician Licensure Examination for this month, as the coronavirus pandemic raged.  Read more »

Duterte taps Gloria Arroyo as adviser on Clark programs

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 09:13 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as his adviser, his former aide said Thursday.   Read more »

Duterte can't change, Palace says after CHR flags 'sexist, misogynistic' jokes

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 03:19 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte cannot change, Malacañang said Thursday, after the Commission on Human Rights warned that his recent "sexist and misogynistic" jokes are "forms of violence against women."  Read more »