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A Thousand Cuts is a 2020 Philippine-American documentary film about Maria Ressa, the founder of the online news site Rappler. [2] Directed by Ramona Diaz, it explores the conflicts between the press and the Filipino government under President Rodrigo Duterte. [3] The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020.
Rodrigo Duterte assumed office as President of the Philippines on June 30, 2016, and his term ended on June 30, 2022. On May 31, 2016, a few weeks before his presidential inauguration, Duterte named his Cabinet members, [8] which comprised a diverse selection of former military generals, childhood friends, classmates, and leftists. [9]
Yang Hongming (Chinese: 杨鸿明), [1] more commonly known as Michael Yang in the Philippines, is a Chinese businessman and is an associate of 16th Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Yang was linked in the Pharmally scandal which allegedly overpriced procurement contracts for medical supplies to be used by the Philippine government during ...
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte resigned on Wednesday from the cabinet of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and another key post, not a surprise move given that her alliance ...
2022–2023 Philippine sugar crisis – involving president Bongbong Marcos, former executive secretary Vic Rodriguez and several other officials from the Sugar Regulatory Administration and the Department of Agriculture for the release of Sugar Order No. 4, which directed the importation of 300,000 MT of sugar to the Philippines in August 2022 ...
The Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office is the head of the Presidential Communications Office of the Philippines.Formerly known as the Minister of Public Information (1969–February 25, 1996), Press Secretary (1965–1969; April 28, 1986 – August 9, 2010; June 30–December 29, 2022), and Secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (August 9, 2010 – June ...
The Executive Secretary, since from the time of the first officeholder, Jorge B. Vargas has served a dual role of presidential spokesperson and de facto press secretary. [ 1 ] President Elpidio Quirino was the first chief executive to institutionalize the presidential communications functions in a team, by establishing the Philippine ...
The Marcos and Duterte clans joined together opportunistically in 2022, sweeping the president and vice president into office despite stark differences between the two patriarchs in style as well ...