Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday vowed to oppose next year’s budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), reiterating his belief the budget would be used as a huge “campaign kitty” of the Duterte administration for the 2022 elections....
The Quezon City councilor, who organized a food pantry which eventually led to violation of health protocols, said Wednesday he is not doing early campaigning in leading the said activity. Majority Floor Leader Franz Pumaren said that as an elected official, he is mandated to help his constituents...
Two drug suspects were killed while 5 others were arrested in different buy-bust operations conducted by the Bulacan police on May 19-20. Brig. Gen. Valeriano T. De Leon, Central Luzon police regional director,had earlier instructed the members of the regional police to remain vigilant and...
Candidates do not need to be bothered by money when campaigning during elections, as donations or contributions will come to them if they are really set to win. This was Senator Cynthia Villar's two cents as the Senate discussed Wednesday, May 19, the bill seeking to increase the allowable campaign...
President Duterte is using a "new script" as a damage control after calling his jet ski campaign promise a joke, Senator Leila de Lima said on Saturday, May 15. Senator Leila de Lima (Senate of the Philippines) The detained opposition senator accussed Duterte of "trying to fool again" the public...
A few more days before the big pageant, and Miss Universe's official hair and makeup team MUBA Cosmetics has been busy getting all the ladies ready. It is no question that our very own Rabiya Mateo can light up any room she enters, and she was handpicked by MUBA Cosmetics for their campaign shoot....
Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, May 11 said she is not at all surprised at President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission his promise to ride a jet ski to the Spratly islands to defend the Philippine’s rights to the territory against China was a joke, saying he waged his 2016 presidential campaign on...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Tuesday, May 11, that he knew President Duterte was only joking when the latter said he would ride a jet ski to assert the Philippines' sovereignty. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) Duterte addressed on Monday, May 10,...
While President Rodrigo Duterte may consider his statements about the West Philippine Sea issue during the May 2016 elections a joke, Senator Panfilo Lacson said such pronouncements are no laughing matter. Duterte, on Monday night, admitted that his promise to ride a jet ski to Spratly Island, one...
With only less than a year before the 2022 presidential elections, young Filipino voters were urged to be cautious with political candidates making jokes regarding serious national issues. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. made the...
Amid the renewed tension with China, President Duterte said he never promised to take back the West Philippine Sea when he ran during the 2016 presidential campaign. RODRIGUEZ_05042021-1 The President claimed that he avoided discussing the territorial dispute during the past campaign, recognizing...
Filipinos should embrace the opportunity to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to help save lives and livelihoods, according to Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. A man receives a coronavirus vaccine shot from a health worker in Taguig City on April 29,...