"The best man for the job is a woman." This was how Vice President Leni Robredo, the lone female presidential candidate in this year’s elections, made her closing statement during the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-organized debate on Saturday, March 19. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media...
Vice President Leni Robredo has a reputation for pitching data-driven policies and strategies, and she proved that during the first round of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) presidential debate on Saturday, March 19, when she started rattling off data to back up her claims and plans. Vice...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacaon said he wants to continue serving the country. ‘’Among all the Presidential aspirants —narito man o laging absent — walang sinuman kundi ako ang sadya at aktwal na nagsugal ng sariling buhay sa pagligtas sa panganib ng sinuman (--be it present...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, March 19, emphasized the need for the country to learn from the lessons of the past to prepare for a possible Covid-19 surge in the future. Vice President Leni Robredo joins the Comelec presidential debate on Saturday, March 19, 2022. (VPLR Media Bureau) If...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson has sought an accelerated transition from the current Covid-19 pandemic state to an endemic. Thus said Lacson during the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-organized presidential debate Friday night, March 19, where the Palace bets were asked what they...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo backed the proposal for a four-day work week in the country amid the rising fuel prices, but stressed the need to ensure that workers will not be shortchanged. Vice President Leni Robredo during the Comelec presidential debate on Saturday, March...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, March 19 said the Philippines should always be ready for the next pandemic. "That’s why as early as May 2020 nag-file ako ng bill yung pag-establish (I filed bill creating) a Virology Science and Technology Institute,’’ Lacson said in response to a query...
Former Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueño, who backed President Duterte during the 2016 presidential elections, has thrown his support to Vice President Leni Robredo. Sueño was present in the campaign sortie of Robredo in Koronadal City in South...
A total of 300 urban poor indigenous people (IPs) residing in Barangay San Manuel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan have benefited from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor’s (PCUP) Disaster Resilience Caravan, the Commission announced on Friday, March 18. The Disaster Resilience Caravan...
For promotional purposes, social networking site Twitter will release a special emoji for Pilipinas Debates 2022, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez said on Friday, March 18. Screenshot from Comelec's Twitter account "Naglabas sila ng special emoji para sa lahat ng gagamit ng...
Doing selfies and kisses and other close contact activities are still not allowed under the reintegrated in-person campaign guidelines of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo In a press briefing on Thursday, March 17, Commissioner George Irwin Garcia said this...
A promise may already be considered as vote-buying according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) George Irwin Garcia. Comelec/MB In a press briefing on Thursday, March 17, Garcia said that promising something even without giving anything is already punishable by the law. "Kahit simpleng promise...
