Vice President Leni Robredo said she was surprised at the significant number of people who turned out and participated during the nationwide motorcade for her and her running mate Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan over the weekend. MEET “PINKY"--Supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo...
The Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG) raised alarm over unrelenting violations and impunity that could possibly pose threat to a "clean and democratic" 2022 polls. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) CPDG cited the Sagay massacre where nine sugar workers were killed in...
Although Vice President Leni Robredo is reportedly a bottom-dweller in election surveys, her spokesman Barry Gutierrez, is perplexed that rival presidential candidates are attacking her as early as now. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) The spokesman noted that many of Robredo’s rivals in the...
A civic group decried the administration's counter-insurgency program which has been "sowing terror and repression" among peasant and Indigenous communities. (Unsplash) According to the Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG), Duterte's counterinsurgency program has taken the lives...
Volunteers from Vice President Leni Robredo’s home region of Bicol held a “pink caravan” on Saturday, Oct.16, to show their support for the opposition leader's 2022 presidential bid. The "pink caravan" in Bicol (Photo from Vice President Leni Robredo’s Facebook page) The caravan was...
Facing the difficulty of lack of machinery and resources, Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo needs all the help she can get. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Unlike other presidential bets who had been preparing for years, it seems she had none at all for her campaign. In...
Actual construction of the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam, pegged by the Duterte administration as its top solution to Metro Manila's water woes, may have to wait until next year because of delays in meeting some conditions, including consent from the affected indigenous peoples, according to the new...
In the first decade of the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) Program, the Department of Education (DepEd) was able to reach and serve 2.529 million IP learners in 42,176 public schools nationwide. (Photo from DepEd) In 2011, the agency -- through DepEd Order 62 series of 2011 or the National...
Is there something cooking within the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s political party, the People’s Reform Party (PRP)? Jun Evasco sworn in as PRP member (Photo credit: Chinky C. Fuentes) Barely 24 hours after Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte issued a statement reiterating her decision not...
Traditions and cultures of members of indigenous communities will take the spotlight in the programs of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) this October in time with the celebration of the National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month. (Photo from National Commission for Culture and...
Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda was the earliest bird to file the certificate of candidacy for a national position, hoping to return to the Senate after a three-year hibernation in the House of Representatives. Antique Rep. Loren Legarda readies filing of COC at Comelec tent Legarda...
Top Filipino dignitaries led by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were among the attendees at the virtual celebration of the 72 nd year anniversary of the National Day of the People’s Republic of China. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian during the National day virtual...
