(Bloomberg) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. traded accusations of drug use with his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte in his first public rebuke of the former leader as the rift between the country’s two most powerful political clans deepens. Most Read from Bloomberg “I think it’s the fentanyl,” Marcos told reporters on Monday, when asked to […]
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. struck back on Monday at his firebrand predecessor Rodrigo Duterte who called him a “drug addict”, saying the former leader’s fentanyl use could have affected his judgment. “I think it’s the fentanyl,” Marcos told reporters shortly before leaving for Vietnam in response to claims made by Duterte […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is throwing allegations at his successor, Fernando Marcos Jr., and even raising the prospect of removing him from office, bringing into the open a long-rumored split between the two. In an expletive-laden speech late Sunday, the former populist leader alleged Marcos’ legislative allies are plotting to […]
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte‘s son urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to resign on Sunday, calling him lazy and uncompassionate in a deepening rift between the two politically powerful families. Marcos teamed up with Duterte’s daughter Sara to make her vice-president in their 2022 election win. But cracks in […]
(Bloomberg) — Thousands of people gathered at separate rallies by Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte amid indications of a widening rift between the two camps that formed an alliance to win the 2022 elections. Most Read from Bloomberg “We face a complex and changing world. It calls for a united […]
Early Sunday morning, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash at the Fort Parking lot. SJSO and St. Augustine Police Department received reports of a crash in the area of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. According to witnesses, a car was traveling northbound on Avenida Menendez at a high rate […]
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, but remains healthy enough to hold online meetings, his office said on Tuesday. The Presidential Communications Office said on its Facebook page Marcos will isolate for five days. The statement did not indicate when he tested positive for the virus. “The President […]