Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay continues to rise in the ranks of preferred "senatoriables" in the recent national survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). Binay ranked 6-7 in the survey conducted by SWS for the month of October, a huge jump from rank 17...
Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara on Friday said it is still too early to say whether or not the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) should be abolished. “I think it’s way too early to make that judgment for the NTF-ELCAC. (It) only started to...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, Nov, 12 said the Duterte administration should see to it that the P5.024 trillion national budget will be a massive “job generation” investment, with every spending leveraged to create as many employment opportunities possible, At the plenary deliberations...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday urged newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Lt. Gen. Dionardo Carlos to review the PNP’s use of its anti-insurgency funds. Drilon challenged the incoming PNP leadership as he finds it suspicious that the PNP conducted about 13...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson on Thursday Nov. 12 questions the seeming harassment of his and Senate President Vicente "Tito" C. Sotto III's supporters by policemen in the City of Manila. Lacson cited information that Manila Police District (MPD) personnel told tricycle drivers and residents...
As the approach of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio into the national election scene looms, it begs the question: can the presidential daughter substitute for the aforementioned "placeholders" of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who filed...
Malacañang confirmed on Thursday night, Nov. 11 the nomination of lawyer Rey Bulay as Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner. Malacañang Palace (Photo from PNA) "We confirm that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed the nomination of Atty. Rey E. Bulay as commissioner of the Commission...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, Nov. 11 rejected insinuations made by a colleague that the Senate could be seen as a supporter of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) if the funding for the government’s anti-insurgency task force would suffer drastic cuts. Angara, during the continuation of the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to hold a "primary" debate among presidential bets in January next year. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez answers questions from the media during a press briefing at the Comelec office at Intramuros, Manila.(photo by Ali Vicoy) In a press briefing,...
As far as the administrative process of the petition seeking the cancellation of the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is concerned, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, Nov. 11 it will take two or three weeks to be handled....
The final list of candidates for the May 2022 polls may be known by December. 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) Spokesperson James Jimenez...
Less than a week after withdrawing her candidacy as re-electionist mayor of Davao City, Mayor Sara Duterte tendered her resignation from the Hugpong ng Pagbabago, a regional political party in Mindanao which she formed in 2018. 50B3404E-BB7A-4E14-B32F-F0F7E874583D In a handwritten resignation...
