Julie M. Aurelio

1 month ago | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Dempsey Reyes |Julie M. Aurelio |Krixia Zhienelle Subingsubing

Ending a 34-year practice of naming graduates of the Philippine Military Academy as the nation’s top cop, President Marcos appointed Police Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III – who led the arrests of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte and evangelist Apollo Quiboloy – as the new chief of the 228,000-strong Philippine National Police. Torre, 54, will be the first alumnus of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) to take over the PNP once its current chief, Police Gen.

1 month ago | plus.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio

Ending a 34-year practice of naming graduates of the Philippine Military Academy as the nation’s top cop, President Marcos appointed Police Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III – who led the arrests of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte and evangelist Apollo Quiboloy – as the new chief of the 228,000-strong Philippine National Police. Torre, 54, will be the first alumnus of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) to take over the PNP once its current chief, Police Gen.

1 month ago | plus.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio

President Marcos has appointed two women to his Cabinet—Solicitor General Darlene Marie Berberabe and Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Chair Shirley Agrupis—and retained the Remulla brothers as well as Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. in his official family. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced the latest movements in the Cabinet in a Palace press briefing on Thursday.

1 month ago | plus.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio

Kuala Lumpur—President Marcos on Tuesday pledged to sustain his administration’s affordable rice program until the end of his term as he directly addressed for the first time his naysayers who have been saying the P20 per kilo rice initiative will not be sustainable in the long run. “There are those who are saying it’s just for show, it’s just a cosmetic solution. Well, they are fair to have that opinion that it’s unsustainable.

1 month ago | plus.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio

President Marcos and some House members played down the significance of three recent Pulse Asia surveys where the findings proved unflattering to the administration and favorable to the Dutertes. Speaking to reporters covering his trip to Kuala Lumpur, the President dismissed a Pulse survey showing his trust rating at 32 percent, way lower than former President Rodrigo Duterte’s 63 percent and Vice President Sara Duterte’s 50 percent. “There are many other survey firms.