True to her promise, former vice president Leni Robredo will be at the official campaign kick-off of senatorial candidates Bam Aquino and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in Dasmariñas, Cavite. Senatorial candidates Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan with former vice president...
Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it is focusing on three “priority actions” this year to further improve the country’s national civil defense and disaster risk reduction and management program. Undersecretary Ariel...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a bill that seeks to establish the National Public Service College (NPSC) as the country’s premier training ground for future government leaders. Legarda says the proposed measure, which will be called the National Public Service College Act of 2025 once enacted,...
Vice President Sara Duterte still has no plans for the upcoming campaign period in the rundown to the 2025 midterm elections. Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference about her impeachment in Mandaluyong City on Feb. 7, 2025. (Santi San Juan/MANILA BULLETIN) In a press...
While President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s allies are likely to retain control of Congress after the midterm polls, a worsening conflict with Vice President Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio and her impeachment, alongside the economic struggles of ordinary Filipinos, may challenge the administration's hold on...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 on Wednesday, Feb. 5, led the signing of a peace covenant and solidarity pact with stakeholders in the Zamboanga Peninsula region for the May elections in Camp Romeo Abendan, Barangay Mercedes, this city. PRO-9 Director Police Brig. Gen. Roel Rodolfo...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez closed plenary session for the next fourth months, but not before giving an important piece of advice to election candidates later this year. "Ahead lies...
AFP Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. (File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is looking to send additional soldiers to Basilan even as the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to move the date of the inaugural parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in...
The country’s leading business groups are calling for sweeping reforms in the national budget process to ensure that long-term economic stability is prioritized amid controversies surrounding this year’s budget. In a joint statement on Wednesday, Feb. 5, published on Makati Business Club’s...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao leadership has lauded lawmakers following the approval of Senate Bill No. 2942 that would reset the first parliamentary elections in the region from May 12 to Oct. 13 this year. In a statement, the Bangsamoro government said...
DAVAO CITY – Police and military personnel arrested a mayor and escorts from a town in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in a checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District here for allegedly violating the election gun ban...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Candidates here on Tuesday, Feb. 4, signed a peace covenant for the May elections. TAYABAS City Mayor Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso signs a peace covenant for the upcoming elections. (Danny Estacio) They vowed to avoid spreading fake information against rivals using...
