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Tag: gloria macapagal-arroyo

Gilbert Teodoro 2022 elections
The Philippines 
May 25, 2021May 25, 2021

Election 2022: Will we see the return of Gibo Teodoro?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1139 Views 1Sambayanan, 2022 philippine presidential elections, featured, gilbert teodoro, gloria macapagal-arroyo, Lakas-Kampi CMD, rodrigo duterte

Less than twelve months before the 2022 presidential elections, potential candidates are shaping up. If the polls were to be taken seriously, the Duterte

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Rodrigo Duterte Janet Napoles pork barrel
The Philippines 
September 28, 2019September 30, 2019

The pork barrel lives on under the Duterte regime

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2062 Views alan peter cayetano, featured, gloria macapagal-arroyo, janet lim napoles, ping lacson, pork barrel, rodrigo duterte

In August 2013, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos marched along the streets of Metropolitan Manila to express their outrage at the revelations of the

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Gloria Arroyo and Rodrigo Duterte montage
The Philippines 
January 25, 2019January 28, 2019

The Administration is now pointing fingers on lowering the age of criminal responsibility

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1057 Views featured, gloria arroyo, gloria macapagal-arroyo, juvenile crime act, penal reform, rodrigo duterte, victor yap

Drawing the ire of the nation, the House of Representatives’ Justice Committee approved a bill amending the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 (JJWA)

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Marlene Esperat and Jocjoc Bolante
The Philippines 
March 24, 2017March 23, 2019

Remembering Marlene Esperat

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1848 Views fertilizer fund scam, gloria macapagal-arroyo, jocjoc bolante, marlene esperat

Being a whistleblower for government corruption should reward you as a hero, unfortunately in the Philippines exposing injustice in the bureaucracy would devastate your

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