Karen Lema

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Philippines Bureau Chief at Reuters

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Top Philippine senator to seek dismissal of Duterte impeachment case

3 weeks ago | reuters.com | Karen Lema |Mikhail Flores

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a statement following her impeachment by the lower house of the Congress, in her office at Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 7, 2025.
Philippines' Marcos asks cabinet secretaries to resign in government reset

1 month ago | msn.com | Karen Lema

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Philippines' Marcos asks cabinet secretaries to resign in government reset

1 month ago | marketscreener.com | Karen Lema

Published on 05/21/2025 at 20:28, updated on 05/21/2025 at 21:23 MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has asked all cabinet secretaries to submit their resignations, a move his office described on Thursday as a "bold reset" that will enable him to overhaul his government to better meet public expectations. The sweeping directive comes just over a week after a disappointing midterm election for the administration, widely seen as a referendum on Marcos' leadership.
Philippines' Marcos asks cabinet secretaries to resign in government reset

1 month ago | uk.marketscreener.com | Karen Lema

Published on 22/05/2025 at 01:28, updated on 22/05/2025 at 02:23 MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has asked all cabinet secretaries to submit their resignations, a move his office described on Thursday as a "bold reset" that will enable him to overhaul his government to better meet public expectations. The sweeping directive comes just over a week after a disappointing midterm election for the administration, widely seen as a referendum on Marcos' leadership.
Philippines' Marcos asks cabinet secretaries to resign in government reset

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Karen Lema

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr sought the resignation of all his cabinet secretaries on Thursday, in a move seen as an attempt to reset the political agenda and assert his authority over the second half of his single six-year term.
ဖိလစ်ပိုင်ရွေးကောက်ပွဲက ဒူတာတေး နိုင်ငံရေးဆက်ရှင်သန်ရန် အခွင့်အလမ်းပေး

1 month ago | burma.irrawaddy.com | Karen Lema

ဖိလစ်ပိုင် ကြားကာလရွေးကောက်ပွဲတွင် သမ္မတ ဖာဒီနန်မားကို့စ် ဂျူနီယာဘက်သို့ ယိမ်းနိုင်သော်လည်း သမ္မတနှင့် အဆင်မပြေသော ပြိုင်ဘက်ဒုသမ္မတ ဆာရာဒူတာတေးအတွက် မျှော်လင့်ထားသည်ထက် ပိုမိုကောင်းမွန်သော သတင်းတခုက သမ္မတအတွက် တုန်လှုပ်စရာဖြစ်စေနိုင်ပြီး ရာထူးသက်တမ်း လက်ကျန်ကာလတွင် အာဏာချိန်ခွင်လျှာ အပြောင်းအလဲ ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေရှိကြောင်း ရိုက်တာသတင်းက ဆိုသည်။ အထက်လွှတ်တော်ရွေးကောက်ပွဲများတွင် သမ္မတ၏ မဟာမိတ်များ သိမ်းကျုံးအနိုင်ရမည်ဟု စစ်တမ်းများက ကြိုတင် ဟောကိန်းထုတ်နေသော်လည်း ဒူတာတေးကို စွဲချက်တင်ခြင်းဖြင့်...
Dutertes resurgent in Philippines midterm elections battle

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Karen Lema

With a two-thirds majority needed to convict her and ban her from office for life, Duterte would need only nine votes to be exonerated. “If that happens, she will come out strong and that’s a boost for her presidential bid,” said Aries Argugay, a political science professor at the University of the Philippines.
Down, but not out: Philippines election gifts Duterte a shot at political survival

1 month ago | bilyonaryo.com | Karen Lema

SOURCE: Reuters Marcos extends unity message after political setback Duterte family’s influence persists despite turmoil Sara Duterte tipped to run for 2028 presidency Another Duterte presidency could have implications for U.S. alliance By Karen Lema MANILA, May 13 (Reuters) – A Philippine midterm election may have leaned in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s favour but the stronger-than-expected showing for estranged vice president and bitter rival Sara Duterte may have given him a jolt, with...
Down, but Not Out: Philippines Election Gifts Duterte a Shot at Political Survival

1 month ago | usnews.com | Karen Lema

By Karen LemaMANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine midterm election may have leaned in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's favour but the stronger-than-expected showing for estranged vice president and bitter rival Sara Duterte may have given him a jolt, with the possibility of a shift in the balance of power in the rest of his term.
'Duterte Harry' wins vote despite international trial

1 month ago | sconeadvocate.com.au | Karen Lema |Mikhail Flores

Former president Rodrigo Duterte is set to be elected as a mayor despite an international trial. Photo: AP PHOTOFormer Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is almost certain to be elected mayor of his home city by a landslide, unimpeded by his detention at the International Criminal Court on charges of murder as a crime against humanity. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

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