Student councils from eight schools from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) is calling on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend voter registration until year-end. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, student councils from the University...
The enforcement of the Alert Level System in Metro Manila has been orderly so far and has been receiving good feedback, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Sunday, Sept. 19. “Maganda ang feedback at maayos naman ang pagpapatupad ng Alert Level System...
The Philippines has renewed its commitment to the international community to adopt anticipatory action to prevent or mitigate potential disaster impacts even before such crises happen. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. delivering his remarks during the virtual high-level humanitarian...
The construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension, the Philippines’ first airport-bound highspeed railway, will create 10,000 jobs and cut down travel time between Metro Manila and Clark to only about an hour, Japanese Ambassador to Manila Koshikawa Kazuhiko said over the...
The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has started releasing Certificates of Nomination and Acceptance (CONAs) to its candidates for the 2022 national and local elections. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from Department of...
Senator Francis Pangilinan has questioned the supposed reduction of funds for government hospitals under the P4.5-trillion 2022 proposed national budget. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) "Nasa pandemya tayo. Mag-iisang buwan na rin tayong nasa mga 20,000 ang new cases...
Some polling firms have reportedly been excluding Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson in the choices for possible presidential bets preferred by voters in the 2022 elections, the senator disclosed on Saturday, September 18. Senator Panfilo Lacson announces his bid for presidency in the 2022 elections on...
Despite recognizing the great influence of social media "trolls", Vice President Leni Robredo still won't stoop to the level of using them for her own communications strategy. (Photos from OVP, Unsplash) Robredo made this clear on Friday, Sept. 17 even as she contemplates whether or not to run for...
The faction of Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III in the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) laughed off the estafa and qualified theft complaints filed by the group of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi against a former officer of the ruling party. President Rodrigo Duterte...
Vice President Leni Robredo is still holding out hope that she could have a simultaneous meeting with fellow administration critics Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Senator Manny Pacquiao before Oct. 8. (From left) Vice President Leni Robredo, Mayor Isko Moreno, Senator Manny...
Vice President Leni Robredo has yet to make a decision--even on a personal level--on what position she would run for, if at all, in the May 2022 national elections. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo made this clarification in a chance interview with reporters Friday, Sept. 17 during...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday, Sept. 17, that the isolation polling places (IPPs) being prepared are only for voters who exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 upon their arrival in the polling centers and not for those who are already confirmed positive for the said...