Namatay na sa gutom!

Vice President Sara Duterte did not attend the second day of the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s preliminary investigation on the charges of inciting to sedition and grave threats filed against her by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), which stemmed from her controversial remark about contracting someone to kill President Marcos, the First Lady and the House Speaker.

The term “obstructionists” was not directed at allies of former president Rodrigo Duterte but to those who do nothing but attack and hinder government programs, Malacañang clarified yesterday, following criticism from reelectionist Sen. Ronald dela Rosa. 

Retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio pointed out a “dissonance” among Filipinos who still support former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is known to be “very close” to China, despite wanting to defend the Philippines’ sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea.

The campaign manager of the administration-backed Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas yesterday blamed the initiators of the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte for the poor showing of the alliance’s senatorial candidates in Mindanao.

The president of the Philippines holds immense power, wielding even the ultimate power of the purse (with the executive being the fund disbursing authority), which often renders the House of Representatives a rubberstamp of Malacañang.