COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri Lanka's new president in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, with the backing of the disgraced former leader's party. Official results gave the veteran politician 134 votes, an absolute majority in the...
It must have been hard for Vice President-elect Sara Duterte to be her father’s daughter. As perhaps the country’s most popular president in modern times, outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte has enjoyed immense support but also unimaginable criticism from the people. Vice President-elect Sara...
Senate Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri may well be the next Senate President after he announced on Wednesday, June 1 several chairmen of committees in the forthcoming 19th Congress. He also said that multiple-term Senator Senator Loren Legarda is set to serve as the Senate President...
As speculations rise on who should be the Senate President in the 19th Congress, returning Senator Loren Legarda’s name has also cropped up. Legarda is one of the frontrunners in the May 2022 senatorial elections, ranking second in the race, based on partial and unofficial count from the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo paid tribute to her supporters and volunteers by releasing a music video of her campaign rallies in the past 90 days, saying it was an honor for her to fight with them. Vice President Leni Robredo poses for a photo with supporters during a campaign...
Win or lose, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Thursday, May 5, that the fight doesn’t end on Election Day because she needs the Filipino people alongside her to fulfill her promise of good governance, transparency, and accountability. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks to...
On the last remaining days of the campaign season, Vice President Leni Robredo got the support of Lanao del Norte Mayor Mohammad Daud Nabil “Ayran” Dimaporo Lantud after he endorsed her during the People’s Rally at Pantao Ragat Central School on Wednesday, May 4. Lanao del Norte Mayor...
Vice President Leni Robredo reminisced about her 2013 congressional win in her hometown Camarines Sur as she told a crowd of supporters in Bago, Negros Occidental, that the 2022 election was as tough as her victory nine years ago. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks to supporters from a parked truck...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan does not think it is to Vice President Leni Robredo’s best interest to have a vice president other than him, warning of a probable “danger” should she win and he loses in next week’s polls. Vice President Leni Robredo ans Senator Kiko Pangilinan (Photo...
Vice President Leni Robredo took time out from her busy schedule last February to meet with employees of a garments factory, where 80 percent of the employees were supporters of her main rival for the presidency, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Vice President Leni Robredo meets supporters of...
BAGUIO CITY—Aside from winning the presidency on May 9, Vice President Leni Robredo has one other goal: to make Filipinos proud to be one again. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks before supporters and volunteers at the Pastoral Center in Tabuk City, Kalinga on Monday, May 2. (Photo from VPLR...
Vice President Leni Robredo won with a little over 200,000 votes against main rival former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the 2016 vice-presidential race. Some would say Batangas almost single-handedly delivered that win since Robredo got 253,109 votes more than the former senator in the...
