President Duterte lectured his favorite punching bag, Senator Richard Gordon, on the subject of delicadeza in the latest episode of "Talk to the People" on late Monday night, Sept. 27. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) During...
Aspiring presidential candidates are mere days away from filing of their certificates of candidacy (COCs), but Vice President Leni Robredo remains hopeful that the opposition can come up with a "unity ticket" to go against the administration’s bets for the 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo...
(SWS) Six out of 10 Filipinos believe that President Duterte's possible run as vice president in the 2022 national elections would violate the Constitution, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Monday, Sept. 27. The survey found 60 percent of adult Filipinos...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon questioned on Monday, September 27, the legality of the creation of a social media office by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO) At the resumption of the Senate finance...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said the city will be in good hands in case Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan succeeds him as chief executive of the nation's capital. ice Mayor Maria Sheila “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan and Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso (Vice Mayor Honey...
The Senate on Monday, September 27, approved on third and final reading the bill that is expected to compel the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend deadline of voter registration for the 2022 national and local elections. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Senators, voting 23-0-0,...
Broadcaster Raffy Tulfo said on Monday, September 27, he would not seek the vice presidency in the 2022 elections. (Raffy Tulfo/Facebook) Tulfo warned of a misinformation campaign alleging that he’s running for vice president next year against President Duterte. The Chief Executive has formally...
Fifty-four local officials from different provinces and 17 lawyers took their oath as new members of Aksyon Demokratiko party on Monday, Sept. 27. Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso leads the oath taking ceremony of new members of Aksyon Demokratiko at the Hidden Garden located in...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, September 27, it will be “naive” for Vice President Leni Robredo to think that either Senators Panfilo Lacson, Manny Pacquiao, or Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso will withdraw their pronouncements because of her insistence to...
Iloilo Representative Janette Garin on Monday, Sept. 27 questioned the P1-billion worth of funds proposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) supposedly for the government’s solar panel irrigation system (SPIS) project, saying she finds the program “untimely” and “impractical” at this...
Malacañang told administration critic former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that he is free to do whatever he wants to do with his political career. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (File Photos/MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s seeming lack of decisiveness to run for president in 2022 is dampening the process of the opposition as many members, particularly those from the once-ruling Liberal Party (LP), are unable to move as they await her decision. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and...
