Have you noticed something different lately with the social media posts of Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters? Team Leni Robredo’s (TLR) official Facebook page has been using the flex muscle emoji and while for some, this could just be a coincidence, the group admitted to using it to...
Instead of the online voting portal, opposition coalition 1Sambayan will hire the services of a pollster that will conduct a preferential survey on its presidential and vice-presidential nominees for the May 2022 polls. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) In a statement, the pro-democracy...
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio believes that the country’s weak economy will be the reason why presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will lose if she runs as president in the May 2022 polls. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice...
Arming civilians in the government’s anti-crime drive could legitimize “vigilantes and private armies” and it’s a “reincarnation of the Davao Death Squad,” opposition coalition 1Sambayan said on Wednesday, June 30. (1Sambayan/Facebook) In a statement, the pro-democracy group criticized...
Unless Vice President Leni Robredo decides to run as president next year, the opposition may have to kiss its dream of a united ticket goodbye as former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV balked at the two pro-Duterte names being floated by the Liberal Party as possible standard-bearers. Former Senator...
Economist and professor Solita “Winnie” Monsod said on Wednesday, June 23, that the Filipinos need better leaders for the economy to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic and for the country to be competitive again on the world stage. Economist Solita “Winnie” Monsod...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Saturday, June 19, the Philippines has to work hard to strengthen the community of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Manila is a member, for regional peace and stability. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV attends 1Sambayan’s...
President Duterte’s national security and foreign policy strategies have violated the Philippine Constitution as they failed to “defend our sovereignty and national territory from foreign threats and invasion,” retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice and opposition coalition 1Sambayan...
Thinking Pinoy RJ Nieto The IT provider for 1Sambayan’s 1Sama app has, for its president, a member of the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) National Council. On June 12, 2021, Manila Bulletin tech editor Art Samaniego Jr. showed that 1Sambayan’s app 1Sama has a critical...
Senator Grace Poe will make a “good” vice president in the May 2022 polls if she doesn’t want to consider running as president, opposition coalition 1Sambayan said. Senator Grace Poe and 1Sambayan convenor Armin Luistro (Senate/Armin Luistro Facebook) “The names that were floated were both...
Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) chairman and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno will run again in the 2022 elections but he did not confirm which elective post he will seek. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Albert Garcia/Manila Bulletin) Diokno, 60, made the announcement in a...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday urged the opposition coalition 1Sambayan to go beyond criticizing President Duterte’s policies and present a platform for the May 2022 elections that would highlight they can do better than the current administration. “The opposition must go...
