A group of Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters will be launched formally on Saturday, June 12 in preparation for the May 2022 polls. The online event, entitled “United for 2022,” will coincide with opposition coalition 1Sambayan’s announcement of the final list of candidates for...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV maintained that the opposition still considers Vice President Leni Robredo as its possible standard-bearer in next year’s presidential elections. Vice President Leni Robredo and former senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin/Trillanes...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s recent remark that she is still open to run as president next year is a “welcome development,” opposition coalition 1Sambayan said on Sunday, June 6. As this developed, 1Sambayan convenor and lawyer Howard Calleja said during an interview on DZMM TeleRadyo that...
Vice President Leni Robredo is setting the record straight on her political plans, insisting that she has not made a decision yet to run as president or Camarines Sur governor in 2022. During her Sunday radio show, the vice president disclosed that she personally met with former Camarines Sur 1st...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan asserted that President Duterte’s purported plan to run for vice president is different from former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo holding the speakership in the House of Representatives or deposed former President Joseph Estrada’s presidential bid in 2010 and...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan doesn’t believe that the “Davao formula” will work in the national arena, saying that Filipinos will reject a Duterte-Duterte administration come 2022. Lawyer Howard Calleja, one of the convenors of 1Sambayan, said the Duterte-Duterte tandem will be rejected by...
Ako Bicol Party List Representative Alfredo Garbin, Jr. on Wednesday, June 2, expressed his belief President Duterte is allowed to seek the vice presidency in the May, 2022 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Garbin, chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional...
Vice President Leni Robredo said on Tuesday, June 1, she will have “no regrets” even if she does not run as president in 2022 because of the work she has done in the past five years. “Whether I run or not, I’m sure that at the end of our term in 2022, I can honestly say na I did the best...
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) President Ramon Ang will accomplish more as a private individual than if he becomes president of the country, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Saturday, May 22. SMC President Ramon Ang and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/...
Senator Richard Gordon on Friday expressed the belief that he is qualified to be the next president of the Philippines but is still pondering whether or not to pursue this possibility for the upcoming May 2022 national elections. Gordon said he believes it is imperative that those gunning for the...