Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos has renewed his diocese’s opposition to efforts to revive the nuclear plant on Bataan peninsula near Manila. Bishop Ruperto Santos(CBCP/File Photo/MB) “Our pastoral statement of ‘No to BNPP’ rehabilitation stands,” CBCP News quoted the prelate's interview on...
With Quirino grandstand being unavailable, the camp of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has picked the National Museum in Ermita, Manila as the site of his inauguration on June 30, 2022. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Office) This was confirmed Thursday, June 2 by Press...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 17, assured that it will respect the ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) on the petition filed against President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco (Ali Vicoy/MB) “Comelec will always abide...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has defended the implementation of the rice tariffication law (RTL), which allows unrestricted importation of rice at 35 percent tariff, as presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. is poised to suspend the three-year law enacted by outgoing...
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has affirmed its ruling that dismissed a petition against presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. which sought to declare him as a nuisance candidate. Comelec/MB In a four-page resolution dated May 11, the COMELEC en banc denied the Dec. 22...
Short-term political risks associated with government transition in the country following the election are normal, according to a UK-based think tank Pantheon Macroeconomics. Miguel Chanco, Pantheon Macroeconomics chief emerging Asia economist, said uncertainties associated with government...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. told Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, May 11, to yield to leading presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and seek other ways to help the country. National Security Adviser Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr. (File photo/ MANILA...
Leading presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. appeared to get emotional when he visited his father, former President Ferdinand Marcos's grave Tuesday, May 10, at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' Cemetery) in Taguig City. (BBM Media Bureau) These photos provided by the BBM Media...
With 98.31 percent of election returns transmitted, former Senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. retained his lead in the presidential race, according to the partial and unofficial count from the data provided by the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to the Manila...
Just a day after the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released its ruling on Tuesday, May 10 on the motions for reconsideration (MRs) filed by the petitioners seeking the disqualification and the cancellation of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of presidential candidate Ferdinand...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and rival, Vice President Leni Robredo (MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has sustained his “sizable” lead over Vice President Leni Robredo in the final PUBLiCUS Asia pre-election survey results released on...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo will skip the Comelec-KBP Pilipinas Forum 2022 but she challenged fellow presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to a debate. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photp courtesy of VPLR Media Bureau) If Marcos shows up, Robredo said, she will be...
