Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday urged the opposition coalition 1Sambayan to go beyond criticizing President Duterte’s policies and present a platform for the May 2022 elections that would highlight they can do better than the current administration. “The opposition must go...
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, June 15, appealed to supporters to give her time in deciding if she will run as president in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Vice presidential spokesperson Barry Gutierrez said on ANC’s Dateline Philippines that...
Though he is not the favorite to win opposition coalition 1Sambayan’s blessing as its lone candidate for president, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he fully supports the group even it requires him not to run in any elective post in the 2022 polls. Former senator and 1Sambayan nominee...
Truth and history are on the side of the opposition and these will be the best weapon against the administration’s bet in the May 2022 polls, opposition coalition 1Sambayan nominee and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, June 14. Former senator and 1Sambayan nominee Antonio...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo called on her supporters to be inclusive of others to achieve true unity amid the polarizing politics of the past five years. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) During her weekly radio show with radioman Ely Saludar, Robredo...
There are “no expectations” from its nominees to make “firm decisions” to run for national posts, opposition coalition 1Sambayan said on Sunday, June 13, after four of its nominees declined the offer to join its ticket for the 2022 polls. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares)...
Although she is grateful for opposition coalition 1Sambayan’s efforts to unite the opposition for the May 2022 polls, Vice President Leni Robredo called on her supporters to better understand different political views and beliefs. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN)...
House deputy speaker and Batangas Representative Vilma Santos-Recto on Saturday, June 12, turned down an offer of the 1Sambayan Coalition to be one of its six nominees for the presidential and vice presidential slots in the 2022 national elections. House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th District...
Senator Joel Villanueva denied on Saturday, June 12, that his father, House deputy speaker and CIBAC Partylist representative and evangelist Eddie Villanueva has plans to run for higher posts in the 2022 elections. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate...
Senator Grace Poe declined on Saturday, June 12, the nomination of the 1Sambayan opposition coalition as a potential presidential candidate for the 2022 elections, saying she will not run for president. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Grace Poe/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) In a statement, Poe...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects more than half a million Filipinos overseas to actually cast their votes in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "Our estimated total number of voter turnout is we are looking at about 580,212. But we still hope it will be higher," Philip Luis Marin of the...
As far as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is concerned, there is no reason to postpone the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "Postponement of the elections is simply not in the cards," Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez said in virtual press briefing Friday, June 11. "It will be in everybody's best...
