Tag: President Rodrigo Duterte

The 1987 Constitution is clear on who must succeed the President on the occasion that he is rendered indisposed to fulfill his duties.

The church leaders warned that the country’s economic and health situation will get worse because of “mishandling” and “misplaced priorities”

The president's near-total domination of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government runs counter to the principle of checks and balances inherent in a truly democratic system

The Catholic Church has been right all along and consistent in its stand: the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime at all.

The president again tried to deflect blame by equating criticism with a conspiracy to overthrow the government.

If there's one thing that characterizes Duterte's four years in office, it's his determination to concentrate all political power in his hands

President Duterte's off-the-cuff remarks during his SONA traced a roadmap to full-blown dictatorship, according to journalist Vergel Santos

Bishop Broderick Pabillo of the Archdiocese of Manila described the president’s speech as “full of motherhood statements”

The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care rejected the proposal of President Duterte to revive the death penalty in the country

Capital punishment is obviously a brutal relic of colonial cruelty. But as history has shown, it was never a deterrent.