House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez is not discounting the possibility of him running in tandem with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte in the 2022 elections. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez Romualdez said he and his party would be open to running with...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday, June 17, prodded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to finally allow the online filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for next year's elections. Commission on Elections During an inquiry of the House Committee on...
An international public health expert has urged Filipino voters to remember in next year's national elections the positive improvements in the United States government's handling of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis after last year’s presidential elections. Public health and...
Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao should declare his intent to run for the presidency in the May 2022 elections in the coming months, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel, his partymate in the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban), said on Thursday. But Pimentel said it would be best...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez on Thursday, June 17, thanked President Duterte for assuring his support should the former run for vice president in the 2022 elections. House majority leader and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) “I...
In the event that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio runs for the presidency or vice presidency in the upcoming May 2022 national elections, such move is clearly within the definition of a political dynasty. Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, a stalwart at the ruling Partido Demokratikong...
Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) stalwart Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday said the party members who choose to support possible 2022 presidential bets that are not endorsed by the ruling political party itself are free to “follow their idol” but they should...
President Duterte said that he will support House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Representative Martin Romualdez should he decide to run for vice president in the 2022 elections. President Duterte and House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez Duterte made the statement amid calls for him to...
Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) chairman and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno will run again in the 2022 elections but he did not confirm which elective post he will seek. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Albert Garcia/Manila Bulletin) Diokno, 60, made the announcement in a...
A group of volunteers are coming together again, this time, to support Vice President Leni Robredo’s initiatives in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Members of a group called Team Leni Robredo will hold a community feeding program nationwide on Saturday, June 19. (Team Leni...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Robredo/Trillanes/Poe/Villanueva/Diokno/Santos-Recto. No Pacquiao. A let-down! 1Sambayan’s list of nominees for the presidential and senatorial elections next year is, to put it kindly, totally unexciting. Pacman, the most famous Filipino in the world, hurt by his...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina In every election campaign, we see many kinds of candidates – from the competent and God-fearing politicians who really have the country’s interests at heart, to the grossly incompetent who seem clueless on what it takes to be an excellent public...
