Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday expressed his support to proposals removing withdrawal as one of the grounds for the substitution of a candidate. Pacquiao, who is running for president under the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) faction of Sen. Aquilino...
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...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque doesn't think Congress--in particular, the Senate--would allow a reenacted national budget to be signed for 2022, an election year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Roque was the sole guest of the Kapihan sa Manila Bay...
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...
Vice President Leni Robredo was slightly preferred over former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos to become the country's next President in an online survey conducted by the Manila Bulletin from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17, 2021. Robredo was picked by 41.8 percent of those who participated in the survey...
Faculty unions, associations, and educators from the private education sector on Saturday, Oct. 16, called on the next leaders of the country to pay attention to the plight of private schools especially amidst the pandemic. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers -...
The Makabayan bloc underscored the urgency of enacting a bill that would prohibit the substitution of candidates due to withdrawal as its members filed its own legislative proposal on Friday, Oct. 15. Makabayan bloc2 The six-man progressive bloc in the Lower House assailed reported plans of certain...
Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso is open to being investigated by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for his campaign rally, Domagoso said during the Ikaw Muna (IM) convention in Batangas on Friday, Oct. 15. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso was asked by...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be coordinating with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the protection of its employees and officials especially in the province after an election officer of Maluso, Basilan was shot and wounded in an ambush in Isabela City on Momday. PNP chief Gen....
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno This had been an eventful week for yours truly, as I filed my certificate of candidacy (COC) for the highest post in the land, with Doc Willie Ong as my running...
Malayang Quezon City mayoral candidate Representative Mike Defensor unveiled on Sunday his party's three-way economic recovery plan against the COVID-19 pandemic. Defensor said that the plan would cost at least P17 billion which includes three components. (Malayang Quezon City Facebook page/MANILA...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Taguig released the complete list of candidates running for local positions in the May 9, 2022 elections. From Oct. 1 to 8, 46 candidates filed their Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) with Comelec-Taguig. Two are running for mayor, two for vice mayor, and 42 for...
