In much of the country, the trend was toward a significant reduction of firecracker-related injuries during the raucous New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to health officials.
Mayor Sara Duterte has defied her father’s wishes and withdrawn from the race for congressman against a key Duterte political rival in a move that is raising more questions than answers here.
Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is officially seeking a return to the city’s highest post, currently held by his daughter Sara.
A year after Mayor Sara Duterte punched a court sheriff for refusing a two-hour stay on a demolition in Barangay Soliman here, residents continue to live onsite, fighting for their rights in court and refusing the relocation sites offered to them by the city government.
Even after Mayor Sara Duterte vetoed the city council’s land reclassification ordinance that will pave the way for a 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the city, the controversial proposal is still alive. Her father, Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, said the veto has not yet killed the project.
The communist New People’s Army (NPA) called as stupid Mayor Sara Duterte’s appeal to local rebel leaders Kumander Parago and Ka Oda to surrender following the November 29 landmine explosion that killed three soldiers in Sitio Guinobatan, Paradise Embac in Paquibato district.
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo explained on Wednesday why his office decided not to pursue a case against Mayor Sara Duterte for physically attacking a court sheriff in July.
Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he was not keen on answering the Ombudsman yet when the antigraft agency asked him to explain why he flashed a dirty finger on TV last month.
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo on Friday said he would not be recommending sanctions against Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte whose public beating of a court sheriff was caught by television cameras and beamed nationwide. Since no formal complaint has been filed against Duterte, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), which has jurisdiction over [...]
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said Friday his department’s recommendations to Malacañang on the case of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte who repeatedly punched a sheriff early this month would not include sanctions.
Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, whose daughter Mayor Sara Duterte is under fire for punching a sheriff implementing a court demolition order, has found an ally in Regional Trial Court (RTC) Executive Judge Isaac Robillo.
Despite being made a virtual punching bag, Court sheriff Abe Andres has apologized to Mayor Sara Duterte.
“Hindi makatao”[Inhumane]. This was how Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Etta Rosales described Davao Mayor Sara Duterte’s assault on a court sheriff who was trying to issue a court order that would have led to the demolition of houses in a contested property in Barangay (village) Soliman, district of Agdao in Davao City. The lady mayor had requested for a two-hour deferment of the demolition.
