House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Friday called on President Dutete to immediately fill the still empty seats of the seven-member Commission on Elections (Comelec). In a statement, Rodriguez said the May 9 elections are "fast approaching" and the poll body now needs all the help it can get,...
Despite being behind bars for five years, detained Senator Leila de Lima said she does not regret standing up to President Duterte's "inhumane policies" which she said had kept her in unjust detention for the past five years. Senator Leila De Lima (Screengrab from VP Leni Robredo Facebook Page) In...
President Duterte has endorsed the senatorial bid of Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda under the UniTeam Alliance. Duterte said that even before she entered politics, Legarda had shown great involvement in public service. “When she became senator, she was able to help many...
TALISAY CITY, Cebu — Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday, Feb. 24, were joined by his wife, megastar Sharon Cuneta-Pangilinan here as they addressed their pink-clad supporters to campaign for their bid to the country’s top two...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, Feb. 24 that it will ask first for a written consent before entering private properties to remove unlawful election materials in relation to "Operation Baklas" that it's implementing. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) removes unlawful...
BACOLOD CITY - Twenty-eight out of 31 local chief executives in Negros Occidental expressed their support to the bid of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who’s running for vice president in the May 2022 elections. Presidential aspirant...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is introduced as the “Bantay ng Bayan (Guard of the Nation)” in his new campaign ad released on Thursday, Feb. 24 for his 2022 senatorial bid. (Screenshot from Sen. Trillanes’ Facebook page) During his 12-year term in Senate from 2007 to 2018, the former...
Acting Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Socorro Inting said on Thursday, Feb. 24 that voter registration would be for nothing if the public would not vote in the 2022 national and local elections on May 9. (MB file photo) Inting made the statement on the official signing of the poll body's...
Expect to see all the presidential candidates in the May 2022 polls in the debate that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is organizing next month. Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez on Thursday, Feb. 24, said "all of the candidates have signified their commitment to attend the first...
Presidential candidate and Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday disclosed that a supporter of a fellow presidential candidate has asked him to stop “attacking” after he and running mate Senate President Vicente Sotto III maintained their campaign against “thieves” in government....
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday said the Philippine government should join other “peace-loving” countries in condemning Russia over the escalating tension in Ukraine’s borders. Lacson warned the prices of oil in the country could surge should all nations...
The Ang Kabuhayan Partylist on Wednesday declared its “unequivocal” support for the senatorial bid of Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero in the coming May 9, 2022 national elections. In a statement, the partylist said it shares the veteran lawmaker’s advocacy to advance people...
