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(GMA News) Vice presidential aspirant and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Thursday said they are hoping to have the support of her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, for her tandem with presidential aspirant and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

But Sara said they will also respect her father’s decision, citing that he is the President after all.

“’Yan ang gusto naming lahat na makita yung suporta ni Pangulong Duterte para sa UniTeam. But of course, he is the President so he is allowed to do and to say kung ano yung gusto niya and we will respect his decision,” the Davao City mayor responded to a question by GMA News’ Sandra Aguinaldo.

(That is what we all want to see President Duterte’s support for UniTeam. But of course he is the President so he is allowed to do and to say what he wants and we will respect his decision.).. Read More

(SunStar) AFTER nearly a week of being at the 2,000 level, new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases reported by the Department of Health (DOH) has dropped to the 1,000 range on Saturday, February 19, 2022.

Based on the Saturday case bulletin, the DOH said 1,923 new Covid-19 cases were recorded, bringing the total cases in the country to 3,650,748.

The positivity rate in the Philippines stood at 7.9 percent among the 27,761 tested samples on February 17.

The DOH also reported 198 additional deaths, raising the total mortalities to 55,607 or a case fatality rate of 1.52 percent.

The health department also reported 5,158 additional recoveries, bringing the total to 3,532,608 survivors.

The DOH said the recovery rate stood at 96.8 percent.

Less deaths and recoveries, the country recorded 62,533 active Covid-19 cases.

Majority of the active cases, with over 57,000, were mild cases followed by more than 2,800 moderate cases… Read More

(Fox News) Tough-talking Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed rumblings that he will run next year for vice president, in what critics say is an attempt at an end-run around constitutional term limits.

Duterte, who is notorious for his vulgar rhetoric and crackdown on illegal drugs, which has killed thousands of mostly petty suspects, said in comments broadcast Wednesday that he will run for vice president to “continue the crusade.”

“I will run for vice president,” he said. “I’m worried about the drugs, insurgency. Well, number one is insurgency, then criminality, drugs.”

The Philippines has been struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, with rising infections and death rates and a slow vaccination rollout, but Duterte’s popularity ratings have remained high.

Polls suggest that running Duterte in tandem with his daughter, Sara Duterte, currently the mayor of Davao City, as the presidential candidate would be a strong pairing, said Manila-based political analyst Richard Heydarian.

The idea of the two running together has been discussed since 2019, he said, though Duterte advisers have reportedly said that he has suggested he might not run for vice president if his daughter decides to announce a bid for president… Read More

(GMA News) Six Filipinos in Ukraine were repatriated on Friday amid reports of a possible Russian invasion.

In a tweet, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola said the plane carrying the Filipino nationals arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3.

“Four of the six returning Filipinos boarded their flights from Kyiv while the other two took their flight from Lviv,” she said.

Arriola said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Philippine Embassy in Poland assisted the repatriates.

Approximately 380 Filipinos are living in Ukraine, most of whom are in Kyiv and located far from the eastern border near Russia.

The DFA earlier said it was in close coordination with its diplomatic posts in the region regarding repatriation arrangements.

Russia has deployed around 100,000 troops along Ukraine’s northern, eastern and southern borders, with the United States warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin could attack anytime.

In response, the US has poured in military hardware in Ukraine and contributed to the buildup of NATO forces in Eastern Europe in anticipation of a Russian invasion… Read More

(SunStar) FOUR former policemen who were accused in the murder of former Calbayog City mayor Ronaldo Aquino surrendered to police on Tuesday, February 15, 2022.

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Dionardo Carlos said Wednesday, February 16, that Shyrille Tan, Harry Sucayre, Edsel Omega and Neil Cebu surrendered to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Detective Special Operations Unit.

They are now detained at the Detective Special Operations Unit custodial facility.

The surrender came a day after Presiding Judge Cicero Tuazon Lampasa of eight Judicial Region, Regional Trial Court Branch 32 of Calbayog City, Samar issued an arrest warrant against the accused.

They were facing charges for the murder of Aquino, his security escort Rodeo Stario, driver Dennis Abayon and passerby Clint Paul Yauder, as well as frustrated murder of the mayor’s personal security aid Mansfield Labonite during an ambush on March 8, 2021 along Laboyao Bridge in Barangay Lonoy, Calbayog City… Read More

(BusinessWorld) MARTIAL law victims have asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc to reverse a division ruling that allowed the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to run for president this year.

In separate motions, Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party and the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law said former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr.’s conviction for tax evasion in the 1990s disqualified him from running for public office.

“The respondent’s failure to file his income tax returns was not out of sheer ignorance or innocent neglect,” Akbayan said in a 16-page motion. It added that the crimes involved “moral turpitude.”

The First Division last week junked three consolidated lawsuits seeking to disqualify Mr. Marcos from the presidential race, as it ruled that his failure to file his tax returns in the 1980s did not involve wicked, deviant behavior.

Comelec has six members and one chairman. Its two divisions have three members each. Decisions issued by the two divisions are eventually appealed to the seven-member en banc. The election body only has four members now after its chairman and two members retired this month.

Akbayan said the First Division ruling is void because only two commissioners signed it — Aimee P. Ferolino and Marlon S. Casquejo.

The vote of former First Division Presiding Commissioner Maria Rowena V. Guanzon, who had voted to disqualify Mr. Marcos, was not counted because the ruling came out after she retired… Read More

(Pep.ph) Pumanaw ang beteranong broadcaster at dating press secretary na si Ricardo “Dong” Puno, Jr. ngayong araw ng Martes, Pebrero 15, 2022.

Kinumpirma ng kanyang pamilya ang pagpanaw ni Puno bandang 12:15 kaninang tanghali dahil sa isang karamdaman.

Siya ay 76 taong gulang.

Si Dong ay nagsilbing host sa ilang dekalibreng public affairs programs sa GMA-7, ABS-CBN, at TV5.

Nagsimula ang kanyang TV career sa bakuran ng GMA-7, kung saan siya ang host ng Viewpoint (1984-1994) at Business Today (1990-1994).

Kabilang naman sa mga programa niya sa ABS-CBN ang Dong Puno Live (1995-2005), Dong Puno Tonight (2003), at Insider (2005-2006).

Nanungkulan din siyang senior vice president ng ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.

Naging bahagi rin siya ng TV5 at Aksyon TV kung saan napanood siya sa mga programang Kalibre 41 (2011), News5 Debates: Hamon Sa Pagbabago (2011-2013), at Dong Puno De Kalibre (2011-2013).

Pansamantalang nilisan ni Dong ang mundo ng telebisyon nang itinalaga siya ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada bilang press secretary taong 2000… Read More

(GoodnewsPilipinas) Singers Olivia Rodrigo, Bruno Mars, H.E.R., Bella Poarch, Saweetie, and Silk Sonic are the musicians of Filipino descent nominated in this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards.

The five proudly Filipino-American artists are among the nominees of the awards which will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in March 2022.

The ninth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards celebrates this year’s most-played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app.

Fans from eligible locations will be able to vote for the winners in the fan-voted categories of the awards. Voting began on January 27 and will end on March 15, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. (PT) for all categories… Read More