President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. believes that a political party should not merely be used for elections purposes but must stand for an ideology. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. shares a conversation with members of his political party—Partido Federal ng Pilipinas in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has extended the deadline for submission of Sworn Information and Updated Statement (SIUS) for 2023 until Sept. 30. MB file photo Comelec said that this includes all registered political parties or coalition of political parties, national, regional, or sectoral...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday, May 17, the deadline for filing the petition for registration of political parties, party-lists on Dec. 29 for the 2025 polls. In a statement sent by Comelec spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, he stated that all groups intending to register a...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We see our shared task as that of spreading awareness on the threat of climate change and of generating preventive action against global warming. The battle against climate change - and its cause by human activity - is certainly growing...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As part of our continuing effort to promote dialogue, understanding and cooperation in Asia and the international community, we in the International Conference of Asian Political Parties will conduct this year special conferences...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Leaders of political parties and parliaments from Asia and Europe will convene in Prague two weeks from now for the fourth summit of the Asia Europe Political Forum or AEPF. The political parties under our International Conference of Asian...
Senatorial candidate Gibo Teodoro wants to strengthen the structure of the political party system in the Philippines as he believes it that would help voters choose their next leaders. Gibo Teodoro FB page For Teodoro, political parties "should go beyond a gathering of personalities". That was why...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We have spent these last two decades bringing together Asia’s political groupings into the ICAPP; and our national legislatures into the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), both of which have grown rapidly into advanced organizations....
THE LEGAL FRONT Justice Arturo D. Brion As a voter wishing to wisely exercise my right of vote, I have been trying hard to understand our political parties and candidates. I finally gave up after the Comelec’s Nov. 15, 2021 candidate substitution deadline and simply decided to do my own...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. (PART I) (Remarks on Nov. 8, 2021 at the 20th founding anniversary celebration of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which is composed of some 350 ruling, opposition and independent political parties from...
