Duterte Legacy News Today

On April 2, 2024, renowned Filipino expert Richard Heydarian published an article in the Philippine media outlet Inquirer, titled "Second Thomas Shoal Crisis: A Duterte Legacy," stating that a "gentlemen's agreement" between the former Duterte administration and China not to fortify Philippine position in the Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Ayungin Shoal and Ren'ai Jiao in

The Philippine Postal Corporation (Post Office) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) inked a landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to provide the customers a more efficient, secure, hassle free and reliable online payment system of Philippine customs duties and taxes through the Post Office website.

MANILA - The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently inked a landmark memorandum of agreement to provide clients a more efficient, secure, hassle-free and reliable online payment system of customs duties and taxes. The online payment system through the PHLPost website www.phlpost.gov.ph aims to eliminate fraud in compliance with Republic Act 11032, also known as the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act. The agreement will m...

The start of the Duterte administration on July 1, 2016 proved to be a morale booster as far as pro-environment groups were concerned, particularly with the appointment of the late staunch environmentalist Gina Lopez at the helm of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Buoyed

The alternative Learning System is hope for the future for millions of out-of-school youth.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said F4iday, June 24, that it has launched a new Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) in Trece Martires, Cavite to assist drug dependents and provide immediate interventions towards rehabilitation. DILG logo Located in

(Photo courtesy of JICA Philippines) MANILA - A new five-hectare, 480-bed capacity Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) was inaugurated in Barangay Osorio, Trece Martires City, Cavite last June 14 to help drug dependents and provide immediate interventions toward rehabilitation, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Friday. "Our journey towards bringing our illegal drug dependent kababayans closer to reintegration and recovery is now closer to ...

DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE. Alternative Learning System (ALS) students, from different walks of life, form a small circle inside a classroom in Cavite, in this undated photo. The ALS has been one of the education legacies fulfilled by the Duterte administration, which has been directly felt by over four million out-of-school-youth and adults since 2016. (Photo courtesy: Frendy Tesorero) MANILA - The limiting effect of unplanned circumstances on access to quality education has undoubtedly affected l...

NEWLY RENOVATED. Communications Secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Martin Andanar leads the opening of the newly renovated press briefing room and working area at the New Executive Building (NEB) in Malacanan Palace on Tuesday (June 21, 2022). He expressed hope that the PCOO's stronger relationship with media organizations would continue in the next administration. (Photo by Azer N. Parrocha) MANILA - The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) on Tuesday officially ...

NEW LANDOWNERS. Some of the farmers in Isabela province who benefited from the "Handog Titulo" program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The beneficiaries received the titles of the land that they have been tilling for decades at Piazza Zicarelli in Gamu town on Tuesday (June 14, 2022). (Photo by Villamor Visaya Jr.) GAMU, Isabela - At least 639 farmers in Isabela have received the titles enabling them to call the land that they have been tilling for decades as th...