'Panata Sa Bayan' The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas announced today, Feb. 3, that five of the top candidates in the 2022 presidential election have agreed to participate in the KBP Presidential Candidates Forum on Feb. 4, Friday, from 9 AM to 12 noon. It will be the first time for the...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said President Duterte has not yet shared with anyone the information that he holds about the people aiming to be his successor in Malacañang. He urged the public to be patient as the Chief Executive himself will make his revelations in due time. President...
Candidates seeking office should not be afraid to answer tough questions and face public scrutiny, aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo said Monday, Jan. 24. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) "Mahalaga na kung kami ay naghahangad ng suporta ng taumbayan, kailangan handa kaming...
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Friday, Jan. 7, commended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for its decision to declare two other individuals with the same surname who filed a certificate for candidate for presidency just nuisance candidates. Lawyer Vic...
The camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo believes the 2022 elections is a head-to-head fight between her and former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo (FILE PHOTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) Robredo’s spokesman Barry...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Leni Robredo is in a unique position among all presidential candidates. She is not just a candidate. She is the incumbent vice president. The Constitution provides that if the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice president takes over the presidency and its...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz For Elmer Labog, chairperson of the labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno and one of the two Makabayan senatorial candidates, human rights should be a top issue in the 2022 presidential race. Labog knows human rights. He was one of the many young Filipinos of the late 1960s and 1970s...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has joined other senators in seeking to amend the law governing the substitution of candidates for the national and local elections to prevent abuses in the country’s election processes. In filing Senate Bill No. 2461, De Lima said substitution due to withdrawal...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said that the issue in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should be part of the top five platforms of presidential and senatorial candidates in the 2022 elections. The senator mentioned that this would prove their priority to protect national interests over their own....
Amid President Duterte’s blind item that a presidential candidate is using cocaine, Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Nov. 24, said she is willing to undergo a “random” and “unannounced” drug test anytime. Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo attends the Pulilan...
It's up to the election hopefuls whether or not they want to undergo drug testing. (Clockwise) Former Senator Bongbong Marcos, Senator Tito Sotto, Senator Ping Lacson (MANILA BULLETIN) This was basically Malacañang's reaction Tuesday, Nov. 23, even as it acknowledged that several aspiring...
THE LEGAL FRONT Justice Arturo D. Brion As a voter wishing to wisely exercise my right of vote, I have been trying hard to understand our political parties and candidates. I finally gave up after the Comelec’s Nov. 15, 2021 candidate substitution deadline and simply decided to do my own...
