PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid The flurry of activities in preparation for the forthcoming national and local elections may be a welcome distraction to many of us who have been focused on meeting the challenges of COVID-19. In a week or two, we shall see a final listing of candidates, and...
EDITORS DESK Robert Requintina Expect some star power as some movie and television personalities join the race in the national elections 2022. These celebrities are vying for positions ranging from congressman to mayoral, senatorial and gubernatorial posts, to party-list representatives. It's not a...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (at the podium and on the screens) addresses the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 21, 2021. (Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS -- The General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a political declaration on the fight against racism at a...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he will set aside his political plans for now until the National Capital Region (NCR) achieves population protection which is the vaccination of those who are susceptible to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and are likely to show severe symptoms....
Vice President Leni Robredo continues to deal with requests from various people to have her 33-year-old daughter Aika Robredo run for public office. (From left) Tricia, Jillian, Leni, and Aika Robredo (OVP photo) The elder Robredo made this revelation during an online interview Friday, Sept. 3,...
Senators on Wednesday, August 25, dismissed as another “presidential pakulo”, or gimmick, the statement of President Duterte that he would not fire Health Secretary Francisco Duque III but would accept the latter’s voluntary resignation. President Duterte and Health Secretary Francisco Duque...
Going around the country to distribute land titles to landless farmers has nothing to do with political gimmicky, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John Castriciones said on Wednesday, Aug. 18. DAR Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) This, as the agrarian...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, August 9 said he is unperturbed with the emerging number of political parties that have pledged their support to Hugpong ng Pagbabago’s Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Sotto, Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) chairman, and who is expected...
A science–savvy consumer advocacy group has defended OCTA Research from the House of Representatives' move to investigate the entity, delivering a sick burn to the legislators in the process. (Photo by Fusion Medical Animation/ Unsplash) "I appeal to our sensible lawmakers, to let our scientists...
Politics played no part in the issuance of the show cause-order (SCO) to Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso regarding the city’s supposed failed 2018 anti-drug campaign, an executive officer of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) insisted on Friday, Aug. 6. (DILG...
Malacañang said President Duterte will not be discussing his plans for the 2022 elections during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, reiterating that the President's speech will focus on telling the people what was in store in his last year in office. President Rodrigo Duterte...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he wishes that detained Senator Leila de Lima will not get convicted for her drug charges before the election season or else her plans to seek reelection will be foiled. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Senator Leila de Lima (Manila Bulletin File...
