Doctor Willie Ong, who has over 16 million Facebook followers and 6.5 million subscribers on YouTube, filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for vice president on Monday, Oct. 4, at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tents in Pasay City. Dr. Willie Ong (Comelec Facebook Live Screenshot) He is running...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president in the 2022 national elections on Monday, Oct. 4. MANILA MAYOR ISKO MORENO/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Domagoso arrived at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) filling venue at Sofitel Harbor...
If a "Tondo tandem" can vie for the top two positions in government, why can't a "Davao duo" do the same? Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN/ Malacañang) Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo raised this question in...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday,Sept. 29 slammed the lawyer of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation director Linconn Ong for accusing her of bribing the company’s former warehouse staff who testified on the alleged substandard face shields the firm delivered to the government. Hontiveros,...
The tandem of Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso" and Doc Willie Ong is final, Aksyon Demokratiko's campaign manager Lito Banayo said on Wednesday, Sept 29. Isko Moreno -Willie Ong (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) "Nung nagdeklara siya nung Miyerkules, 'yun na yon. All systems go na 'yun silang...
Senators on Tuesday, Sept. 28 rejected President Duterte’s claim that the detention of resource person from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation by the Senate was akin to martial law. Senate President Vicente Sotto III told reporters the President’s statement was “obviously a mislay.”...
For President Duterte, the way the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has been treating its resource persons is worse than being arrested during martial law. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Akala ko ba ayaw ng mga taong Pilipinas ng martial law? Eh tignan mo yung ginagawa ng Senado ngayon...
Before criticizing the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee as a "kangaroo court", lawyer Ferdinand Topacio had reached out to Senator Richard Gordon to lobby for his wife's appointment to the Court of Appeals (CA). Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Gordon made the disclosure as the...
The House Committee on Good Government on Monday, Sept. 27 voted unanimously to subpoena Krizle Mago, regulatory affairs chief of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation, after failing to testify during its inquiry into the reported overpricing of personal protective gears and other anti-COVID-19...
Senators have taken exception to lawyer Ferdinand Topacio calling the chamber's Blue Ribbon Committee a "kangaroo forum" in investigating the government's deals with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Senate President Vicente Sotto III bangs the gavel signifying the start of the plenary session...
Duterte administration ally Lakas-CMD quickly filled up the post vacated by Aksyon Demokratiko vice presidential nominee Dr. Willie Ong by appointing La Union 2nd District Rep. Sandra Eriquel as party vice president for heath services. Eriguel recently resigned from PDP-Laban and was sworn in...
Cardiologist and social media personality Dr. Willie Ong took his oath as member of Aksyon Demokratiko before Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso at the Manila City Hall on Saturday. (Photo by Isko Moreno Domagoso campaign team / MANILA BULLETIN) Present during the oath-taking ceremony were...
