The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has issued a reminder of the personnel restrictions imposed during the 2025 election period, in line with the guidelines outlined in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 10999. These restrictions are implemented to ensure a fair and impartial...
Pulse Asia A significant majority of the electorate (79 percent) reported awareness of the party-list system, based on the results of the Pulse Asia non-commissioned survey released on Monday, Feb. 10. Awareness levels across geographic areas range from 68 percent in the Visayas to 98 percent in...
A commissioned survey released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Friday, Jan. 31, revealed the key factors shaping Filipino voters' decisions in the 2025 elections. Workers carry out their duties at a construction site along Commonwealth Avenue. (SANTI SAN JUAN / MANILA BULLETIN) The...
Senators Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday, January 31 expressed elation over their ranking in the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey released on January 28. Both re-electionist senators are known allies of former president Rodrigo Duterte. ...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero and House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, December 31 called on the public to remember to carry “the spirit of hope and solidarity” as the country welcomes the New Year 2025. “Although 2024 presented many challenges for Filipinos, we...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Thursday, May 9 said he has no plans to run for president in the May 2028 elections. "Wala sa utak ko ang pagtakbo as president sa 2028. Naka-focus ako ngayon sa Senado, (Running for president is not on my mind. I am now focused on the Senate)," Tulfo said in an interview on...
ILOILO Gov. Arthur ‘Toto’ Defensor Jr. and Iloilo Rep. Lorenz ‘Noy’ Defensor, with their mother Cosette, after they were proclaimed winners by the Commission on Elections last May 11. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Reelected Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. was the highest spender in Iloilo...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia spent over P1 M in her successful campaign in last month’s elections. The reelected governor’s challenger, former Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, also shelled out over P1 million. Based on her Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) filed before the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) should give lawmakers their proposals on how poll workers, including public school teachers, can receive the full amount of their honoraria, allowances, and other benefits, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday. Gatchalian,...
A spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday, March 14, accused presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo of conniving with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to disrupt the upcoming May 9 elections but this was...
Negrenses were urged by no less than their governor to make their own decision in the upcoming May elections, saying they no longer need to listen to their elders. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio 'Bong' Lacson with Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Media Bureau) “The...
PNP photo CAMP TIRSO H. GADOR, Tuguegarao City -- Members of the Cagayan police led by Provincial Director Col. Renell R Sabaldica launched KASIMBAYANAN (Kapulisan, Simbahan, at Pamayanan) for the conduct of safe, accurate, free and fair elections (SAFE) in the country this May. The launch, held on...
