Guvernul filipinez are în plan să emită un ordim pentru a înregistra câți oameni s-au vaccinat și câți nu. Președintele Duterte i-a avertizat pe cei nevaccinați că vor fi arestați. Cei care ies din casă pentru lucruri neesențiale pot fi amendați sau închiși. Ordinul vine ca urmare a amenințării președintelui Duterte de a-i aresta pe […]
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Preşedintele filipinez Duterte ordonă arestarea nevaccinaţilor
Duterte a emis ordinul joi seara, la o întâlnire cu grupul operativ împotriva COVID-19, a declarat purtătorul său de cuvânt, Karlo Nograles. „Ordon acum conducătorilor (de sate – n. red.) să îi caute pe cei nevaccinaţi şi să le ceară pur şi simplu sau să le ordone să nu iasă. Iar dacă refuză, dacă iese […]
Duterte reacts to China blocking Philippines ships
President Duterte has condemned recent events in the South China Sea in which Philippines vessels were confronted by the Chinese Coast Guard, saying it speaks poorly of relations between the two nations. Speaking on Monday, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte responded to last week’s flare-up in which Philippines boats were fired upon by Chinese Coast Guard […]
Duterte makes decision on his future in politics
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will run for senator in the general election of May 9. The decision was announced hours before the candidates’ registration deadline and follows months of media speculation. Earlier, Duterte, who is not eligible for reelection to the presidency of the Philippines, said that he would take part in the election but […]
Philippines’ Duterte vows to punish local officials unless Covid-19 vaccine rollout improves
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to punish government officials if they fail to meet targets for the country’s Covid vaccine rollout. Only a little over a third of the population is fully inoculated at present. In a recorded message aired on Wednesday, Duterte challenged government officials to ramp up daily Covid-19 vaccinations to at […]
‘Jab ‘em in their sleep’: Philippines’ Duterte proposes new way of tackling vaccine hesitancy
Filipino ninja doctors may soon be sneaking into the homes of Covid-19 vaccine refuseniks to inject them in their sleep. At least that’s the idea proposed by the country’s trigger-happy president. The unorthodox approach to boosting vaccination rates was touted by Rodrigo Duterte during his latest ‘Talk to the People’ address on Monday. “I know […]
‘Retiring’ Duterte seems to confirm daughter’s run for Philippines presidency – if she can be convinced to join ticket
The daughter of Rodrigo Duterte may seek to succeed her father as the Phillipines president instead of pursuing reelection as mayor, the controversial leader implied shortly after announcing his plans to retire from politics. Duterte, 76, is barred from serving a second six-year term as president under the constitution. For some time, he was reportedly […]
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announces retirement from politics
The Philippines’ controversial leader Rodrigo Duterte has said that he will not run for vice-president of the country in the 2022 election, but will instead retire from politics altogether. Duterte, who has been president since 2016, is ineligible to seek another term in the next year’s presidential vote. His ruling PDP-Laban party instead nominated the […]
President Rodrigo Duterte declares ICC ‘no longer has jurisdiction’ over Philippines after it launches probe into his war on drugs
Speaking via his lawyer, President Rodrigo Duterte rejected the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe into his war on drugs, claiming his country has “left the Rome statute” and the tribunal “no longer has jurisdiction.” The ICC gave its prosecutor the green light on Wednesday to investigate allegations of crimes committed in the Philippines between 2011 […]
Philippines’ Duterte orders officials to get his consent before attending senate probes, accused of trying to ward off scrutiny
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered that members of his cabinet are required to get his consent to appear at Senate investigations, with some critics calling the move an attempt to avert scrutiny. Duterte issued the orders in a recorded televised address on Tuesday, declaring: “I will require every cabinet member to clear with me […]








