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President Rodrigo Duterte(Presidential Photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has encouraged the country's next leader to make an initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution as soon as he assumes the presidency on June 30. He made the call as he reiterated the need to make changes in the country's charter, be it a shift into a federal form of government or not. Duterte, in a prerecorded Talk to the People delivered Wednesday night but aired Thursday morning, said there is "really a...

LEADING THE RACE. Incumbent Dinagat Islands Vice Governor Nilo Demerey Jr. is leading the race for governor in the province based on the 98 percent of partial, unofficial election returns counted as of 2 p.m. Tuesday (May 10, 2022). Demerey, who obtained 33,993 votes, is set to displace the incumbent governor, Arlene 'Kaka' Bag-ao, who is on her last term and who only received 25,552 votes. (Photo grabbed from Vice Gov. Nilo Demerey's Facebook Page) BUTUAN CITY - Some of Caraga Regio...

MORE JABS. National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr. (right), and US Embassy Charge d' Affaires Heather Variava (left) place a Resbakuna sticker on the box containing a portion of a total of 2,098,980 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 on Sunday evening (Oct. 31, 2021). The latest shipment of the American-made jabs is expected to beef up the country's vaccination effor...

National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., (PNA photo) MANILA - The Philippines will soon reach its targeted threshold for population protection as the average daily vaccination rate continues to increase with more deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines arriving, National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said Thursday. Galvez, who is also the vaccine czar, cited the average vaccination rate has slightly slowed ...