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In Monday's hearing, he downplayed Duterte's latest remarks, saying they should be taken as a joke. The Philippine war on drugs is also the subject of an International Criminal Court (ICC ...
The Marcos-Duterte fallout has since descended into public tirades and name-calling – a hallmark of Rodrigo Duterte’s years as a straight-talking, filter-free president.
In a September 2024 hearing by the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability as chaired by Rep. Joel Chua, former undersecretary Gloria J. Mercado of the Department of Education (DepEd) alleged that Lopez was responsible in instructing her to resign in late October 2023 based on Secretary Duterte's request for Mercado's ...
Rodrigo Duterte accused Marcos of being a drug addict, claiming that Marcos' name was on the list of drug personalities published by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during his tenure as mayor of Davao, and also alleged that those in government and the AFP has knowledge of Marcos' drug addiction.
Meanwhile, in March, Quiboloy was ordered arrested by the Senate for his refusal to attend the hearings, [26] [27] and went into hiding thereafter. [29] Former president Rodrigo Duterte, Quiboloy's close ally which would be the KOJC property administrator, [29] advised him to "just get yourself arrested" or risk facing arrest. [30]
[133] [134] In September 2023, during a budget hearing, Hontiveros grilled the ₱ 500 million confidential fund sought by Vice President Sara Duterte for her office operations. [135] On the same month, a separate investigation in the House found that Duterte spent ₱ 125 million pesos in confidential funds from her previous budget in only 11 ...
The Davao Death Squad (DDS), a Davao City–based vigilante group linked to Rodrigo Duterte, is estimated to have killed at least a thousand people since the 1990s. [1] According to Human Rights Watch , the group mostly targeted alleged drug dealers, petty criminals, and street children and was involved in forced disappearances , summary ...
President Rodrigo Duterte's adviser Michael Yang was also among those whose role was probed. However, Duterte later barred Cabinet officials from participating in the hearings. The issue led to a word war between President Duterte and Senator Richard Gordon. [1]