Comelec/MB In preparation for the general elections next year, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted a voting simulation at the San Juan Elementary School in San Juan City on Saturday, Oct. 23. The poll body streamed live on its official Facebook page the voting simulation activity. The...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora expressed his gratitude on Saturday to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for choosing the city as the host for its mock elections in preparation for the 2021 national polls. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) The mock election was held at the San Juan Elementary...
Several organizations urged presidential bets to heed people's demand for land, aid, and justice. (Unsplash) In a joint statement, Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women, Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon Farmers, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, and Anakpawis asked presidential aspirants to...
Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo's senatorial slate for the May 2022 polls is now complete after Federation of Free Workers President Sonny Matula was named as the opposition's 12th candidate. Sonny Matula (Photo courtesy of Sonny Matula Facebook page) Robredo made the...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso plans to create a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR) which will be independent from the existing Department of Agriculture (DA) if he wins as president in 2022. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso...
Sen. Bong Revilla and Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado Revilla's three sons are all seeking government positions in the 2022 elections. (Photo courtesy of Lani M. Revilla / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) On Friday (Oct. 22), Mayor Revilla announced on Facebook that her youngest son, Ram Revilla, will...
Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, Oct. 22 said she has no problem with Senator Richard Gordon being included in Vice President Leni Robredo’s senatorial slate despite the negative perception that he played a huge role in her persecution as a vocal critic of the Duterte administration. De Lima, who...
The 145,000-strong Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was reminded not to be biased or partisan to a particular political group in the upcoming May 22 national and local elections. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) holds its third quarter command conference at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo advised her supporters to “fight smart” instead of engaging in the political game of their opponents ahead of the national elections in 2022. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks to her supporters and volunteers during a virtual meeting on...
The Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG) raised alarm over unrelenting violations and impunity that could possibly pose threat to a "clean and democratic" 2022 polls. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) CPDG cited the Sagay massacre where nine sugar workers were killed in...
Reelectionist Senator Leila De Lima is now seeking a congressional inquiry into the reported sale and use of text blast machines for probable partisan political activities. De Lima said such activity is abusive and dangerous as it hijacks emergency protocol systems to “spam” people with...
Around 1,000 vehicles are expected to join the national proclamation motorcade for the tandem of presidential aspirant, Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Saturday, Oct. 23. Members of the LGBTQ community wrap a vehicle in pink tarpaulin and...
