If President Duterte would have his way, he wants the senators to be replaced with "ordinary Filipinos" in the May 2022 national elections. REPLACE THE SENATORS--President Rodrigo Duterte advises voters during his "Talk to the People" public briefing on Oct. 4, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook live)...
An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said the One Godly Vote campaign is not about endorsing a politician. Fr.Jerome Secillano (Screenshot/Radio Veritas) "This campaign will not focus on personalities... it's not about endorsing a politician," Fr. Jerome...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso topped the list of probable presidential bets for the 2022 national elections, according to a survey conducted by Pulse Asia Research. Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In its subscriber's data, only four candidates...
Lawmakers vote to avert a possible government shutdown. (AFP/File) WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Senate announced it would vote on a stopgap funding bill Thursday to prevent a government shutdown with just hours to spare, as lawmakers stare down a number of deadlines with massive stakes for...
WASHINGTON, United States – US medical experts will meet Friday to debate and vote on the controversial question of giving out booster doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to the general population. Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine President Joe Biden's administration announced in August a plan to...
A first-time voter registers at the Commission on Election (Comelec) office in Pasay City. (Philippine News Agency) Filipino voters were encouraged by Church groups to prepare for the upcoming national and local elections by being more discerning in choosing candidates. This was the message of both...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV--the staunchest critic of President Duterte--is motivating Filipinos to register and vote by showing them in a 50-second video clip what the present administration has done in "silencing" the media and its critics. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA...
Go vote for your own president, and good luck. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque's message Tuesday, Sept. 7 to what he described as a "small" group of health workers that criticized the Duterte administration's...
As in previous polls, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) will not endorse candidates in the May 2022 polls. Father Jerome Secillano (Screenshot/Radio Veritas) "Based on history, the CBCP has never endorsed candidates. And for this 2022, I don't think they will do otherwise,"...
Warning to those who will try vote buying via the electronic payment system in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said this can be traced. "I heard about this sort of a Gcash system, and I talked about this with the UP school economics alumni, and I...
A few months before the official filing of candidacy for the national polls in 2022, different political factions have made their presence felt. This early, some would-be candidates have already started to unfurl their tarpaulins or have their “public service messages” aired on television or...
Kontra Daya on Monday, July 19, said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should call out President Duterte for disregarding election rules with his statement that he will bring “sackloads of cash” to support the bets of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) in the May...
