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Duterte at 73

In a meeting with some friends in Davao City recently, the president was overheard saying in a mix of Bisaya and Tagalog, which is...

Tacloban rises from the Yolanda’s debris

If you’re a frequent traveler and Tacloban City in Leyte is one of the cities in the country you visit regularly, you certainly could...

Will he or won’t he?

Right from the start of his presidency, Rodrigo Roa Duterte every now and then has talked about the imposition of a Revolutionary Government—a one-man...

Duterte’s ratings and reality

Rodrigo Roa Duterte remains hugely popular but the Filipino people’s patience with him has begun to wear thin after 15 months as president. That is...

Duterte’s big heart

The late Ramon Magsaysay (who was president from Dec. 30, 1953 to March 17, 1957) defined what makes for a good president.  “The President...

8 things Duterte is angry about

His second State of the Nation Address, delivered on July 24, was classic Rodrigo Roa Duterte—the President, the mayor of 23 years, the earnest...

‘Somos o no somos?’

That was a sudden twist of events in the Senate last Monday afternoon.  The patchwork coalition which was formed right after the Duterte victory...

Watergate moment for Trump, Duterte

Donald Trump and Rodrigo Roa Duterte have reached what is called their Watergate Moment very early in their presidencies. Watergate is the term that describes...

Du30 doesn’t mean what he says

Santa Banana, will the nation have Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the president-elect for the next six years, for a chief executive who...

Isolating himself from the people

I still cannot understand what President-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte intends to do, and in what direction he is heading. “No more media interviews until the...

The Catholic Church will prevail

IF IT is true that President-elect Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte is suffering from what is called “Buerger’s Disease,” also known as “thromboangitis...

Dividing the nation

IF PRESIDENT-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte, also known as “Du30,” a self-confessed foul-mouthed killer and womanizer, did not self-destruct during the recent May 9 polls...

Will he or won’t he?

SO FAR, presumptive president Rodrigo Roa Duterte has been getting positive responses from the public, especially the business community about what he will do...

Duterte’s mandate

Sixteen million Filipinos elected Rodrigo Roa Duterte to be their leader in the next six years, in a giant leap of fate never experienced...
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