Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan are still deciding on the senatorial slate it will endorse for the 2022 polls, targeting to come up with a final line-up after November 15, the last day for substituting of candidates who withdraw. Bro. Armin Luistro, one of the 1Sambayan convenors,...
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) standard bearer Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s stand he could be substituted by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte- Carpio is not the party’s position. In an interview on CNN Philippines, Cusi clarified the matter...
President Duterte reiterated his call to voters to remove Senate old-timers who supposedly have done nothing, saying he will release a cheat sheet of candidates people should vote for in May next year. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement as he slammed the...
Presidential aspirant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday, Oct. 25 met with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as the deadline for the substitution for political candidates for the upcoming May 2022 elections is fast approaching. In his Facebook post, Dela Rosa shared a photo of him and...
Reelectionist Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, Oct. 25 said he and some senators will be filing a bill that would amend the Omnibus Election Code to remove withdrawal as one of the criteria for the substitution of candidates. In an interview on ANC Headstart, Gatchalian said the substitution...
It is not yet campaign season but it surely feels like one. Pages are now devoted to election related news. Social media is filled with information that are true, partly true, or utterly false disguising as truth. Surveys, whether credible or not, are now done to feel the pulse of the nation. And...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz There’s no doubt that social media would play a key role both as political arena and mass media for the 2022 elections. But candidates, parties, government, media and voters have to be warned about pernicious dangers that they have not been able to recognize or address. Whether...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) stressed Tuesday night, Oct. 19, that it will not hesitate to file charges against political aspirants in the 2022 national and local elections found providing any form of assistance to rebel groups specifically the Communist Party of the...
Presidential aspirant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday said he agrees to proposals that seek to amend the substitution rule under the country’s electoral law. Dela Rosa, who earlier said he is willing to give way to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, should she decide to run for...
President Duterte assured local candidates of PDP-LABAN that the party will support them throughout the campaign but asked them to ensure the integrity of the upcoming elections in 2022. resident Duterte leads the PDP-Laban oath-taking rites for its new members and proclamation of local candidates...
Political parties and candidates for president and vice president have started releasing their respective senatorial slate for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections -- lists that mostly include familiar names in politics. Senators gather in the Senate plenary in the opening of the 18th...
A senior House of Representatives official has filed bills that will prohibit substitution of candidacy after the deadline for filing and make mandatory the resignation of an incumbent elective official who is running for another position. 2C6CC7A3-D67C-43CD-B308-23B74134B2BA Deputy Speaker and...
