Supporters of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo are organizing lugaw-feeding initiatives and free medical and legal consultations to raise awareness about her presidential bid. Christian Basa, 34, is different. He got Robredo’s face tattooed on his lower left leg. Christian Basa,...
Ignacio “Toting” Bunye, former mayor and congressman of Muntinlupa, has endorsed the candidacy of Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon for mayor in the May 9, 2022 elections. Biazon posted a photo on his Facebook account on Dec. 6 showing Bunye, also a former member of the Monetary Board of the Banko...
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday made it clear that he did not support then Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for president when the latter ran for the country’s top government post in the May 2016 elections. In fact, Gordon said, he voted for Sen. Grace Poe, who was also running for president at...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Tuesday, Dec. 7 that while it agrees with the recent pronouncement of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on the prohibition on the conduct of political rallies, the problem lies with who will be enforcing it. (AFP FILE / MANILA...
How can a candidate even be accosted for premature campaigning if it's already the campaign period? Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez answers questions from the media during a press briefing at the Comelec office at Intramuros, Manila.(photo by Ali Vicoy) Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo believes that her volunteers’ fervent expression of support for her done through groundwork campaigning will be the game changer in the 2022 elections. Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters attend the People’s Council event held in the...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Monday, Dec. 6, reckoned that the continued rise in the Philippines’ outstanding debt stock is a cause for concern. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno Diokno noted that the government debt of almost P12 trillion is 10 times higher than the...
Balanga, Bataan Bishop Ruperto C. Santos has released a diocesan reflection on the coming elections with the hope of guiding voters to vote responsibly. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (Manila Bulletin file) The diocesan reflection in the form of a dialogue between a priest and a voter seeks to guide the...
Presidential aspirant and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. said that bringing unity to the nation is the greatest gift that the Filipino people can give this Christmas. “Only together as a unified nation shall Filipinos be victorious during and after the pandemic. Ito na siguro...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday, Dec. 5, claimed that the endorsement by President Duterte of any presidential candidate has no political capital anymore and is merely about the money. President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Malacañang/ Antonio Trillanes...
Vice President Leni Robredo shared what she thought her late husband and former Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo would tell her now that she is running for president. Vice President Leni Robredo shares what she misses about her late husband former Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo (Screenshot from...
Petitioners of the case seeking the cancellation of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. 's certificate of candidacy (COC) said on Friday, Dec. 3 that he "has not satisfied" the judgment stated in his 1995 tax evasion case. MB Bongbong Marcos COC In a statement provided by...
