The hands of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) are tied as the confidentiality law restricts the agency from making public the drug test results of the political bets in the local or national elections. In a telephone interview on Thursday, Nov. 25, PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold...
Presidential aspirant and Manila mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Wednesday, Nov. 24, said he does not mind being called a "political butterfly" as long as it serves the interest of the people. Mayor Isko Moreno ( MANILA BULLETIN FILE) "Ako sanay ako, basta makakasundo sa trabaho,...
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...
President Duterte assured members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) that he will not abandon the ruling party, saying his decision to run under a different party is a strategic political move. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during one of his events in Oriental Mindoro...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Nov. 16, acknowledged how the political climate in the country during the past few years has torn apart friends and family members alike, with many of them cutting ties with each other over opposing political beliefs. Vice President Leni...
EDITORIAL Pending any “acts of God” that may happen before the Commission on Election (COMELEC) closes its door today, Nov. 15, 2021, we would finally (“finally” is the operative word here) have our official list of candidates for the 2022 national election. All doors and windows close for...
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...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta President Rodrigo Duterte seems to have a visceral conviction that political dynasties can be good and bad at the same time. When his third term as Davao City mayor was about to end, he asked barangay captains and other local officials about whom they thought should...
Poverty and underdevelopment exist in areas where "fat" political dynasties thrive, according to the dean of the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) School of Government (ASOG). (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines Tuesday night, Nov. 9, ASOG Dean Ronald Mendoza defined "fat"...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has acknowledged the statement of President Duterte that they should give the candidates the "space" to conduct political campaigns. Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Sang-ayon po kami diyan at katulad ng...
TACLOBAN CITY - Political clans and leaders in Eastern Visayas expressed their support for presidential aspirant Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. who visited here Monday (November 8) for the 8th anniversary of Supertyphoon 'Yolanda' (Haiyan).In a gathering headed by Marcos' cousin Majority Floor...
It is the responsibility of the local government units (LGUs) to strictly enforce all health protocols especially with the start of the ‘meet and greet’ ploys of the political bets and parties that attract huge crowds all over the country, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP)...
