Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he respects Vice President Leni Robredo’s decision to reject his offer of a “sure unification formula” for the May 2022 elections which he offered selflessly. “It was a selfless move on my part to offer the unification formula to VP Leni Robredo since...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has confirmed that he has plans to run for vice president in the May 2022 national elections. Gatchalian, a member of the Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC) headed by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, admitted his vice-presidential bid in a televised interview...
Senate Minority Leader and Liberal Party vice chairman Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, August 3 rejected assumptions that Vice President Leni Robredo has given up a possible presidential bid in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. Drilon reiterated that the Liberal Party’s objective is for the...
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) will put on hold all political talks related to the upcoming May 2022 national and local elections, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make a negative impact into the lives of many Filipinos, Senator Nancy Binay said on Tuesday. “As the Covid-19 pandemic...
House Majority Leader Representative Martin Romualdez on Monday said the final State of the Nation Address (SONA) is but a capsule of what he was able to achieve for the country and for the Filipino people in the last five years. "Clearly, three hours were not enough to spell out all the relevant...
(Pagkatápos ni Walt Whitman) A timely, timeless poem from National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario or Rio Alma. O, Kapitan! Kapitan ko! Tapos na ang k’warentena! Tapos na ang pinatagal at laganap na K’waresma! Tinanggal na’ng mga tsekpoynt, pinayagan ang pasada, Babalik na ang...
Despite Vice President Leni Robredo’s personal doubts about her own viability as a presidential candidate in the upcoming May 2022 elections, she is still the opposition’s symbolic leader who is considered a strong presidential contender, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday, July 22....
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, July 21, confirmed that she would seek reelection in the upcoming May, 2022 national elections. Senator Leila de Lima (Senate of the Philippines) De Lima, a staunch critic of the Duterte administration, said the "political persecution" she is currently...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Monday called on critics of embattled Senator Manny Pacquiao to give him some peace of mind as he prepares for his fight against American boxer Errol Spence Jr. on August 21. Rodriguez said Pacquiao's critics and allies...
Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino -Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) executive vice president Karlo Nograles on Monday urged the camp of Senator Manny Pacquiao to heed the call of the party leadership and cooperate with them as they prepare for the upcoming May 2022 national and local elections. Nograles...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks that the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)- Laban had been asleep for 100 years and only woke up when he ran for president in 2016 is but an exaggeration, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Sunday. “We know what it meant, that’s just a...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, July 18 maintained that Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi is still an expelled member of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) even though it was President Duterte himself who swore him as the party’s president. Pimentel,...