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Japan boxer, former three-division world champion, trains in Cebu

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former three-division world champion Kosei Tanaka returned to Cebu for some top-notch boxing training.  The 28-year-old Japanese is the former World Boxing Organization (WBO) world minimum, world flyweight, and former world light flyweight champion. He will spend three weeks in Cebu at the ZIP Sanman Boxing gym in Banawa, Barangay Guadalupe. .....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsJan 18th, 2024

Former first lady Imelda Marcos scheduled for discharge

Former first lady Imelda Marcos scheduled for discharge.....»»

Category: newsSource:  sunstarRelated NewsMar 14th, 2024

Marcos, Romualdez lash out at Dutertes for ‘drug addict’ accusation

In a first, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has rebuked former President Rodrigo Duterte for publicly accusing him of taking illegal drugs, saying that the former leader is suffering from his use of the “highly addictive” Fentanyl drug......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 29th, 2024

ICC can t probe Philippines drug war, Marcos tells Germany s Scholz

MANILA, The Philippines: This week, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no authority to probe the bloody war against drugs conducted by his predecessor. Marcos discussed the Hague-based ICC's probe during a bilateral meeting with Scholz while visiting Germany. Former President Rodrigo Duterte officially withdrew from the i.....»»

Category: newsSource:  manilanewsRelated NewsMar 21st, 2024

Back from Australia, Marcos visits mom in hospital

Arriving from a four-day official visit to Australia late Wednesday, President Marcos went straight to his mother, former first lady Imelda Marcos, who is confined in a hospital due to “slight pneumonia.”.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 7th, 2024

Rama ‘worried’ about Duterte-Marcos dispute

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama expressed concern about the ongoing political dispute in the country between former President Rodrigo Duterte and the incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The issue has become a matter of concern for Rama, given his personal relationship with both Duterte and Marcos, whom he considers “friends.” He.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsJan 30th, 2024

PDEA denies Bongbong Marcos was on drug list despite Duterte’s allegations 

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was never listed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for illegal drugs, the agency said on Monday. Former president Rodrigo Duterte, however, asserted last Sunday at a prayer rally in Davao that Marcos had been on the narcotics list, citing evidence shown to him by PDEA during.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsJan 29th, 2024

Sandigan junks forfeiture vs Marcos crony-owned telco

The Sandiganbayan has dismissed a forfeiture case against several alleged cronies of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his widow, former first lady Imelda Marcos, seeking to recover in favor of the government shares of stocks in Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc., allegedly illegally acquired during martial law......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 12th, 2024

Sitoy-Cho’s lawyer says judge handling her case ‘biased’

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The legal counsel of former Cordova Mayor Therese Sitoy-Cho described Mandaue City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 55 Judge Ferdinand Tapado Rafanan as biased in handling the case of his client. Lawyer Edgar Gica also denied the allegation that his client ignored the invitation to attend an arraignment on April 23......»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Honoring a Philippine Human Rights Icon

The Philippines on April 23 lost a human rights stalwart. Rene Saguisag, a human rights lawyer and former senator, defended victims of abuses during the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship and was an ardent human rights advocate in the ensuing years. He died of undisclosed causes at the age of 84.Saguisag, along with Jose Diokno, Lore.....»»

Category: newsSource:  manilanewsRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024

Quiboloy told to face Senate probe on sex raps

A lawyer for televangelist Apollo Quiboloy has received the copy of a subpoena requiring him to appear in the next Senate hearing on the allegations that he had repeatedly raped several of his former followers, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said on Friday. A copy of the document that Hontiveros shared with Senate reporters showed that the summon was received.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsFeb 24th, 2024

Former senator Rene Saguisag dies

Following the EDSA Revolution in 1986, Saguisag became the spokesperson of former President Corazon Aquino......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

Defunct ARMM ex-directorate staff dies in Cotabato ambush

A former senior official of a disaster and calamity response outfit of the now defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was killed in an ambush at a busy thoroughfare in Cotabato City on Sunday night......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 29th, 2024

Palace adviser calls for political Charter amendments

A disbarred lawyer and adviser of President Marcos is pushing for “political amendments” in the 1987 Constitution, with eight suggested political reforms that include extending the term limits of all elected government officials......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 4th, 2024

Palace adviser calls for political Charter amendments

A disbarred lawyer and adviser of President Marcos is pushing for “political amendments” in the 1987 Constitution, with eight suggested political reforms that include extending the term limits of all elected government officials......»»

Category: CCCCCCSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 4th, 2024

Constitutional authoritarianism

The elder Ferdinand Marcos, brilliant lawyer that he was, projected himself as a law-abiding person......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 5th, 2024

‘Toxic relationship’ is why Mindanao should secede from sinking PH – former lawmaker

MANILA, Philippines — A  “toxic relationship” between Mindanao and the Philippines was the reason why the former should break up with the latter. Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, a former House speaker, said this on why Mindanao should break up with the Philippines. The country was now a “sinking ship” due to.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsFeb 9th, 2024

Retired general, former CA justice among new Palace appointees

President Marcos has appointed a retired police general and a former associate justice of the appellate court to key government posts......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 14th, 2024

Old Colleagues

Former President Rodrigo Duterte is welcomed by his former colleagues in the City Government of Davao—(L-R): Tonying Llamas, Wendell Avisado, and Verner Monsanto—at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City Tuesday evening (30 January 2024). Duterte faced the press anew for his squabble with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. MindaNews photo.....»»

Category: newsSource:  mindanewsRelated NewsFeb 4th, 2024

Duterte has stopped taking fentanyl before becoming President — Panelo

MANILA, Philippines —  Former President Rodrigo Duterte stopped taking Fentanyl even before his election as the chief executive of the country in 2016, according to his then chief legal counsel, Salvador Panelo. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday alleged that the former president is taking fentanyl. In a text message to INQUIRER.net, Panelo reiterated.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsJan 29th, 2024