Rodrigo Dutertethe Philippine president has for some time threatened to move away from the Philippine’s long term relationship as a strong ally of the US and turn more towards China. The visiting forces agreement (VFA)_ was signed in 1998. The VFA accords legal status to thousands of ...
"Appreciation for presidential performance eases during the period from June to September 2019 in the country as a whole," the survey said. Duterte assumed the presidency in 2016. His single six-year term will end in 2022.
The comment was a reference to phone calls Milley made to his counterpart in China toward the end of Trump’s term, including after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, that were meant to give “reassurance” to the U.S.'s chief adversary. Trump described the calls as a “treasonous...
By far, the greatest legacy of the Duterte administration is infrastructure development as Wallace highlights. Big-ticket and small-ticket projects alike were completed within six years. Some of these were awarded during the tail end of the Aquino administration. What th...
Without Duterte-Carpio in the running, five presidential contenders, including Vice President Leni Robredo, son of later dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and former boxing champion Manny Pacquio, will face off in next year's polls. Duterte had wanted his daughter to run alongside his lo...
Duterte did not immediately issue any response to the impeachment bid, which accused her of about two dozen alleged crimes. “We're hoping that with this complaint, we can end the nightmare that our vice president has brought to the people,” said Rep. ...
As it stands, there is no mention of a wage increase as President Duterte’s term comes to an end. There is also no update on the failed campaign promise of ending contractualization. In a statement, labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno said that “as the election draws near, let us make sur...
On May 25, the Philippine Congress proclaimed Marcos winner of the May 9 presidential election, with over 31 million votes or more than 58 percent of the votes cast. He succeeded Duterte who has finished his six-year term. The Philippine constitution permits the president to serve a single si...
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At first, the president’s West Wing advisers fashioned an onslaught of executive action to set the tone for this term, with the centerpiece of that first-week blitz being Mr. Trump’stravel ban. But that hastily drawn ban was rejected by the courts. A second replacement order also remains...