TELLS CONGRESS: Repeal law on state of calamity declaration

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday urged Congress or the next President to repeal a law requiring the assessment of reports on disaster areas before a state of calamity is declared.Duterte was possibly referring to Republic Act No. (RA) 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction… Read More

warns profiteers, hoarders in wake of ‘Odette’

MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte said business owners profiteering from consumer goods in the aftermath of Typhoon Odette may be arrested.In his prerecorded Talk to the People on Monday night, Duterte threatened to order the arrest of business owners involved in the overpricing of basic… Read More