Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) welcomed on Thursday, Aug. 24 the entry of Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos in the fold of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP). "Lakas-CMD...
PHILADELPHIA, United States -- President Joe Biden was welcomed at a conference of his Democratic Party on Friday with chants of "four more years," as the Philadelphia crowd voiced strong support for his yet-unannounced reelection bid. "Let me ask you a simple question: Are you with me?" the...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Democratic lawmakers called Thursday on President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the United States should not offer refuge to anyone involved in riots against Brazil's newly elected government. Bolsonaro, a close ally...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Republicans on Wednesday took control of the US House of Representatives from Democrats, networks said, narrowly securing a legislative base to oppose President Joe Biden's agenda for the final two years of his term –- and leaving power in Congress split. In this file...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, one of the few grizzled veteran-lawmakers of the incoming 19th Congress, has expressed his desire to become the next House Majority Leader. (Photo from Robert Ace Barbers's Facebook) Barbers did so before Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin...
The lone senatorial aspirant of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) withdrew his certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, Nov. 13. media Marianito Roque, former Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary, will reportedly be replaced by...
As the approach of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio into the national election scene looms, it begs the question: can the presidential daughter substitute for the aforementioned "placeholders" of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who filed...
Speculations on what Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio's next move would be circulated after her withdrawal of her reelection bid on Tuesday, November 9, one of which was the possibility of a substitution so that she could run for a national post. As such, substitution has become a popular and...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Democratic US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi withdrew a promised vote on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill late Thursday after failing to win enough support from her own lawmakers, in a stark illustration of the deep internal divisions threatening President Joe Biden's...
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Germany braced for a period of political unpredictability Monday after the Social Democrats narrowly won a general election but faced a rival claim to power from outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative camp. A close election result in Germany means that the question...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, August 9 said he is unperturbed with the emerging number of political parties that have pledged their support to Hugpong ng Pagbabago’s Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Sotto, Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) chairman, and who is expected...
Eleven United States Senate Democrats led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, have called the attention of the Biden administration over their concerns about the human rights situation in the Philippines under...
