UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo The last few days were anxiety-filled as the campaign season drew to a close. Everyone I spoke to had sleepless nights and so did I. Our fears were well-founded. The future is at stake. But we have done everything we could: organized Viber groups, raised...
Candidates for the 2022 polls were urged by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to help local government units (LGUs) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) rid the streets of campaign materials. Comelec Commissioner Rey E. Bulay (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) Poll Commissioner...
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte revealed an important lesson she learned during the grueling 90-day campaign period. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Lakas-CMD Media) During the UniTeam's third and final "...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The voice of the people is the voice of God. So the saying goes. Today, it is time once again for the voice of the people to be heard through the ballot. As we go to the polls, here are some points to ponder. One. Let us not take our privilege to vote for granted. In...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said he has been honored to fight alongside the people in what he called a campaign that has turned into a movement. (Photo courtesy of Team Kiko Pangilinan) In his speech during his and Vice President Leni Robredo's miting de avance in...
Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night flexed his muscle for the last time amid the election period as he attracted a huge crowd of supporters during his miting de avance in General Santos City, where he promised to run after corrupt government officials if elected. Pacquiao,...
DAVAO CITY – Congressman Paolo ‘Pulong’ Duterte, who is seeking re-election in Davao City’s first district, held a rosary during a recent campaign rally in Barangay Matina Pangi. Pulong said the challenges he went through in life made him realize the importance of the rosary. “Lisod ning...
There is now a long queue of supporters and fans of the UniTeam that is slowly filling up the open grounds in front of Solaire Hotel in Parañaque City. (Ellson A. Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) (Ellson A. Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Composed of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and vice...
CEBU CITY -- A 33-year-old man driving a campaign vehicle is now in critical condition after he was shot by still unidentified gunmen on Friday afternoon. Police identified the victim as Rad Andrade, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds in the body. The victim was rushed to a hospital in Cebu...
As the grueling political campaign for the May 9, 2022 elections ends tonight, independent presidential bet Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson is hoping that the bitterness and animosity of the last 90 days would come to an end as well. In a post on his Twitter account Saturday, May 7, Lacson voiced...
At exactly 12:01 a.m., May 8, 2022, all forms and semblance of campaigning must stop. The miting de avance today of various candidates for national and local posts must also end at that time, formally concluding the 150-day election period that started in Jan. 9. How time flies! And what a ride it...
Some candidates think that they've already won the elections, while others like to believe that they can still change their bleak fortunes up to the very last day of the campaign. (Lakas-CMD Media) That last day of the campaign takes place on Saturday May 7, when both frontrunning and lagging...
