The Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC) will throw its support to incumbent House Majority Leader Rep. Martin Romualdez as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Sunday, May 15. Sotto, who ran for vice president...
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo gained the last-minute endorsement of El Shaddai over the weekend. Salvador Panelo (Photo from PCOO) El Shaddai, the biggest Catholic charismatic group in the country with eight million members, announced...
Questions about the declaration of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s faction as the legitimate members of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban), as well as Smartmatic’s data breach, the reshuffling of some election officers in Mindanao would be “hanging over the heads” of...
Former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo can accept the possibility of him not winning a Senate seat in the upcoming May 9 polls. Salvador Panelo What he won't be able to accept is for the country's children with disability (CWDs) to not have a champion for their cause in the Senate...
Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao on Friday shrugged off the Commission on Elections (Comelec)'s ruling that recognizes the PDP-Laban Cusi faction as "true and official." Senator Manny Pacquiao FB page Pacquiao, a member of PDP-Laban's Pimentel wing, said he is now more focused on wooing...
The Pacquiao-Pimentel faction of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)-Lakas ng Bayan (Laban) on Friday (May 6) will contest a decision of the special second division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) recognizing the faction headed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi as the true and official...
The Special Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruled in favor of the faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi recognizing them as true and official members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE...
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo has guaranteed a "surprise" on May 9, election day. Former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo (center) helps former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo blow her birthday cake during a UniTeam...
President Duterte said on Tuesday night, May 3, he once threatened to kill senatorial aspirant Harry Roque, who used to be a human rights defender, if he would continue speaking against the government's war against drugs. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte speaks before the crowd during the...
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos believes that President Duterte was just "playing politics" when the latter called him unsavory names not too long ago. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Photos from Lakas-CMD Media,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping to resolve the issue regarding the two factions of PDP-Laban before coming out with the resolution on the dominant majority and minority parties. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said this on Tuesday, April 26, the day when the poll body...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the hearing for the majority, minority parties and 10 major political parties on Tuesday, April 26. Comelec/MB On Monday, the poll body released the list of those that applied for accreditation. On the list are the following: National Unity Party,...
