Aspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan did not mince his words when he criticized the decision of the government to import sugar amid milling season, saying "this is not right." (Photo courtesy of LENI-KIKO 2022) Addressing the crowd during his visit in Balayan, Batangas with...
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday night, Feb. 10 commended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 1st Division for its decision to dismiss the disqualification petition filed against the former senator's candidacy. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.’s...
Some 16,000 units of antigen test kits were donated by the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel to the Philippines to help in its pandemic response. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Israel in Manila) According to the Israeli Embassy in Manila, Israeli diplomats Ambassador Ilan Fluss and...
Former AGHAM Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones finds the continued pump fuel price hikes in the early part of 2022 very concerning as it shows the vulnerability of Filipino consumers to the volatile international oil market. (MANILA BULLETIN) “Fuel prices are continuously increasing and consumers...
A loan agreement amounting to 253.307 billion yen between the Philippines and Japan to fund the construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project (Phase 1) has been signed. (Photo courtesy of Japan Embassy in the Philippines) Japanese Embassy in the Philippines said the official development...
Senatorial aspirant and SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta on Thursday, Feb. 10 justified his rejection of ABS-CBN's franchise renewal, saying it was the network's own fault why it was shut down. In his campaign speech in Valenzuela City, Marcoleta first defended former ABS-CBN actress and...
Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Thursday, Feb. 10 that he will not change his principles just to woo more voters or supporters to his side. Senator Panfilo Lacson Stressing that he would stand his ground on his principles despite the pressures of...
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is not the "common enemy" of other Palace bets, his camp said Thursday, Feb. 10. This came after Lito Banayo, the campaign manager of Manila Mayor Franciso "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, who is also an aspiring president, said that the common enemy of...
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) member and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says he did not betray his party by endorsing Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential candidacy. “Hindi ako bumaliktad (I didn’t switch sides),” insisted Salceda in a virtual press...
More than 200 distressed overseas Filipinos recently came back home from Qatar through the government's repatriation efforts, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, Feb. 10. (Photo courtesy of POLO-Qatar) "The Philippine Embassy in Doha mounted another chartered flight on 07...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has advised opposition standard-bearer Vice President Leni Robredo to drop one of her most famous and identifiable catchwords in order to sound "more presidential". Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) raises the hand of presidential candidate Vice...
Believing that the upcoming elections is about young people, opposition coalition 1Sambayan is banking on the youth supporters of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo to reach out to their fellow young voters to get more support for the vice president in the May polls. (Photo courtesy...
