By CNN Philippines Staff Updated 20:26 PM PHT Sun, December 4, 2016 A busy Wednesday for Vice President Leni Robredo today, as she started her day… Read more “VP Leni Robredo resigns as Housing Secretary”
Don’t take Duterte kill threat literally – Palace
MANILA – Malacañang maintained Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte was only “using a figure of speech” when “frustration” prompted his pronouncement that he would also kill human… Read more “Don’t take Duterte kill threat literally – Palace”
Duterte says he’s not keen on imposing martial law

Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte gestures a clenched fist as he visit soldiers in Butig, Lanao del Sur, southern Philippines November 30, 2016. Photo by Reuters
MANILA (UPDATED) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday doused speculations that he will soon declare martial law in the country amid the continued firefight in Mindanao and security threats in the metro.
Duterte said there is no point in declaring martial law in Mindanao as it will only deepen the wounds of conflict. (more…)
Anti-Marcos groups hold protests on Bonifacio Day

Updated 02:03 AM PHT Thu, December 1, 2016
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The mass action at the People Power Monument against the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayanicontinued well into the night on Wednesday although the crowd had begun to thin out late in the evening. (more…)
