(The Manila Times) President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the public can consider him as a candidate for vice president in the 2022 elections. However, in the same breath, the President said he will run only if there is space for him. He will beg off if House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez decides to run for the vice presidency, he said. Duterte recounted that he promised to back Romualdez if he runs for vice president in 2022.
President Rodrigo Duterte is still waiting for Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao to submit his list of corrupt government agencies. Duterte had challenged the senator to name the graft-tainted state agencies after Pacquiao accused the Duterte administration of being more corrupt than its predecessor. The President’s spokesman, Harry Roque Jr., said on Thursday he hopes the senator could provide the list before he leaves the country to train for his coming boxing match with Errol Spence.
Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Wednesday said it should be the Filipino people who should judge the legacy of President Rodrigo Duterte after he delivers his final State of the Nation Address or SONA on July 26. Go, a long-time aide of the President, shared some of the policies and accomplishments of the Duterte administration that improved the country’s efforts toward providing a more comfortable life for all Filipinos… Read More
