Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo has no intention to run for a Senate seat in the May 2022 polls. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) In an interview on ANC’s Headstart, Robredo was asked if she is open to running for senator in the upcoming elections. “No, I’m not,” the...
Students who enrolled for the school year 2021-2022 have reached 17.9 million, the Department of Education (DepEd) said Monday, Sept. 6. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) Education Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan bared during a televised briefing that the 17.9 million enrollees translate to 68.5 percent...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) assured on Monday, Sept. 6, of its continued commitment to meet its June 2022 deadline of clearing as many barangays from the influence of illegal drugs. PDEA Director General Wilkins M Villanueva said the goal of clearing more barangays was reinforced...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Sept. 6, said that she might throw her support behind either Manila Mayor Isko Moreno or Senator Manny Pacquiao if they have the “broadest coalition possible” to defeat the administration candidate in the 2022 polls. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno and Senator...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday vowed to pursue the realignment of the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) which she sees as potential source of funds for the country’s Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), cancer treatment...
Why did the Department of Health (DOH) take a budget cut while the Department of Public Work and Highways (DPWH) had a budget increase in the proposed P5-trillion budget for 2022? This was the question in Vice President Leni Robredo's mind as she pointed out the “disconnect” during her radio...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. While Filipinos still suffer from the adverse effects of the pandemic, some politicians are already mounting their election campaigns. Their advertisements (‘paid for by friends’) clutter the airwaves, television, and the social media. They know...
The Commission on Elections will allow persons with fever to vote in the 2022 elections, thus, raising the possibility that voters suffering from COVID-19 will not be denied their right to suffrage. voting image This was gathered from Comelec officials present during the recent hearing conducted by...
A total of 65 members of Private Armed Groups (PAGs) have been so far accounted as the Philippine National Police (PNP) stepped up the campaign against criminal elements who could be tapped as armed goons of erring politicians for the 2022 presidential and local elections. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo...
Vice President Leni Robredo has assured fellow administration critic, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that she didn't sell out in her "exploratory talks" with Senator Panfilo Lacson, who is gunning for a higher position in the May 2022 national elections. Vice President Leni Robredo and former...
Comelec/MB Repatriated Filipinos who intend to participate in the May 2022 general elections have until Sept. 30 to file for transfer of their voter registration records from overseas to the Philippines, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Saturday, Sept. 4. "The Commission en Banc...
Vice President Leni Robredo does not fear the thought of running for public office while having low survey numbers. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) This was the takeaway from Robredo's remarks during an online interview Friday afternoon, Sept. 3 wherein she talked about her decision-making...
