Following reports that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong (HK) were terminated from their employment after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Party-list Rep. Rowena Niña Taduran called on the...
Actor Robin Padilla is among the silverscreen stars attempting to win a Senate seat in the May 2022 elections. If you're wondering what he intends to do if and when he lands that lofty position in government, you're in luck, as he these are some of the platform details he discussed in an interview...
Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday, Feb. 21 cautioned Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso from seeking the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan's (PDP-Laban) endorsement for the presidency, saying that such support is already...
PROMDI Party standard-bearer Senator Manny Pacquiao has accepted the conditions set by House Deputy Speaker and CIBAC Party-list Rep. Bro. Eddie Villanueva for the latter to become the anti-corruption czar under a Pacquiao government. Senator Manny Pacquiao in a community forum in Taytay But first,...
So critical is the issue on skyrocketing pump fuel prices that Congress should be allowed to hold special sessions in order to help remedy the situation. House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero made this pitch to...
Senatorial aspirant Salvador Panelo has called out Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez for his remark relating to persons with special needs to ridicule his political rival. In a statement, Panelo, father of the late Salvador Panelo III who had down syndrome, said he was "saddened"...
There is nothing wrong with presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s refusal to shake a supporter's hand. Presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos greets supporters during his Caloocan City caravan/NOEL PABALATE/MANILA BULLETIN For Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.'s spokesman, pulling...
The camp of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has rejected calls for her to pair up with another presidential bet. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (left) and presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos...
The camp of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday, Feb. 21 ​denied a supposed security threat against the survey-leading presidential aspirant. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and his supporters This, even rumors of such spread after his Manila caravan was cut short over the...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, Feb. 21 said contractors and proponents of road projects that degrade easily should be held accountable and penalized, as billions of pesos in Filipino taxpayers’ funds are wasted on preventive maintenance for roads that are hindering,...
A video showing presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. shunning a supporter from shaking his hand in Caloocan City went viral on social media over the weekend. Marcos Jr.'s camp said the incident was not intentional. In a statement Sunday, Feb. 20, Marcos Jr.'s spokesman Vic...
Anakalusugan Party-list Representative and Quezon City mayoralty candidate Mike Defensor siad that he intends to improve public access to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, testing, and treatment services. (Enrique Guzman Egas/ Unsplash) “We will increase the number of HIV treatment...