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  • PHILIPPINES AND SINGAPORE REAFFIRM ROBUST BILATERAL COOPERATION 

    PHILIPPINES AND SINGAPORE REAFFIRM ROBUST BILATERAL COOPERATION 

    November 23, 2025
  • DRUG ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MARCOS JR. SPARK URGENT CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION

    DRUG ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MARCOS JR. SPARK URGENT CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION

    November 23, 2025
  • REP. PAOLO DUTERTE WARNS AGAINST ALLEGED OLIGARCH PLOT TO “RESET” GOVERNMENT 

    REP. PAOLO DUTERTE WARNS AGAINST ALLEGED OLIGARCH PLOT TO “RESET” GOVERNMENT 

    November 23, 2025
  • DFA CONVENES GLOBAL FORUM ON RULE OF LAW IN THE OCEANS, MARKS UNCLOS ANNIVERSARY 

    DFA CONVENES GLOBAL FORUM ON RULE OF LAW IN THE OCEANS, MARKS UNCLOS ANNIVERSARY 

    November 19, 2025
  • JAPAN, INDONESIA REAFFIRM SECURITY TIES IN THIRD “2+2” MINISTERIAL MEETING 

    JAPAN, INDONESIA REAFFIRM SECURITY TIES IN THIRD “2+2” MINISTERIAL MEETING 

    November 19, 2025
  • PALACE DISMISSES IMEE MARCOS’S DRUG TEST CHALLENGE AS “REHASH

    PALACE DISMISSES IMEE MARCOS’S DRUG TEST CHALLENGE AS “REHASH

    November 19, 2025
  • DFA CHIEF LAZARO APPOINTED AS ASEAN CHAIR’S SPECIAL ENVOY ON MYANMAR 

    DFA CHIEF LAZARO APPOINTED AS ASEAN CHAIR’S SPECIAL ENVOY ON MYANMAR 

    November 16, 2025
  • G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS CONVENE IN CANADA TO ADDRESS GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY

    G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS CONVENE IN CANADA TO ADDRESS GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY

    November 16, 2025
  • PRESIDENT MARCOS LAUDS ASEAN EXTRADITION TREATY, URGES STRONGER LEGAL COOPERATION ON CYBERCRIME AND AI

    PRESIDENT MARCOS LAUDS ASEAN EXTRADITION TREATY, URGES STRONGER LEGAL COOPERATION ON CYBERCRIME AND AI

    November 16, 2025
  • CARDINAL ADVINCULA: LOYALTY MUST BE TO THE NATION AND DEMOCRACY, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS 

    CARDINAL ADVINCULA: LOYALTY MUST BE TO THE NATION AND DEMOCRACY, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS 

    November 16, 2025
  • PHILIPPINES CLINCHES SILVER IN WORLD’S BEST RICE AWARD WITH AROMATIC RC218

    PHILIPPINES CLINCHES SILVER IN WORLD’S BEST RICE AWARD WITH AROMATIC RC218

    November 15, 2025
  • PUNO, NUP LAWMAKERS PUSH FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO MODERNIZE 1987 CHARTER

    PUNO, NUP LAWMAKERS PUSH FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO MODERNIZE 1987 CHARTER

    November 14, 2025
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Sorry na lang. Hindi na kita kaalyado kung ganyan ang ginagawa mo. Ayaw na kitang kaalyado….

Oo, ‘yung pinakamalaking naging problema ‘yung foreign-assisted projects, tinanggal halos lahat nung funding. Kailangan natin ibalik ‘yun dahil importante ‘yung mga foreign-assisted projects. At saka sinisira  pati ‘yan ang reputation natin.

And the worst part of this all, ‘yung napupunta kung minsan ‘yung mga project na hindi maganda, napupunta sa unappropriated. Ano ‘yun, utang ‘yun. Nangungutang tayo para mangurakot itong mga ito.   Sobra na ‘yun. Sobra na ‘yun

President Marcos : Sa likod ng SONA Podcast Episode 3, part 1, 04 August 2025

“Our fundamental law is clear: the end does not justify the means.”

“There is a right way to do the right thing at the right time.  This is what the Rule of Just Law means.  This is what fairness or due process of law means, even for impeachment.” (Leonen, SAJ. Duterte v. House of Representatives)

“It is not our duty to favor any political result. Ours is to ensure that politics are framed within the Rule of Just Law.

We cannot concede the sobriety of fairness inherent in due process of law to the passions of a political moment. Our fundamental law is clear: The end does not justify the means.”

Supreme Court Decision on VP Sara Duterte’s Impeachment complaint read by Atty. Camille Sue L. Ting , SC’s Spokesperson -25 July 2025

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