Nagoya, Japan – If Japan’s energy giant JERA Co. Inc. wants to make one truth unmistakably clear, it’s that the energy transition isn’t some one-size-fits-all crusade. Other than the spotlight-grabbing renewables, the hard reality is that repurposing existing coal fleets through ammonia...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The bill that sought to get rid of an election candidate substitution method used in the past by the Dutertes has been approved on third and final reading in the House of...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN) There will be no more "drama" in the elections thanks to the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) decision to finally do away with the practice...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is eyeing to limit the period for substitution of candidates in case of withdrawal. Garcia said this during a press conference at the Guimaras State University on Friday, May, 3, where he also announced that the filing of the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has joined other senators in seeking to amend the law governing the substitution of candidates for the national and local elections to prevent abuses in the country’s election processes. In filing Senate Bill No. 2461, De Lima said substitution due to withdrawal...
Human rights lawyer and aspiring senator Chel Diokno is open to a public debate with President Duterte and other fellow senatorial candidates in the May 2022 elections. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Kailan ang debate (When is the debate)? I would love...
The Dutertes are well within their rights to run in the 2022 elections, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said, adding that her camp is unaffected by the whirlwind of election-related events that led to the father-and-daughter seeking national posts. Vice President Leni Robredo...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque suggested cutting short the period between the last day of the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) and the start of the election period if people really want to do away with the substitution of election candidates. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque...
Saying that it was “frustrating” to watch the whirlwind of election-related withdrawals and substitutions at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, Nov. 13, the camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo stressed that this signified the importance of electing the...
Is Vice President Leni Robredo a Swiftie? She is or she may be not. The presidential aspirant showed her fun side as she danced to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “22” in Cebu City as administration bets scrambled for last-minute candidacy withdrawals and substitutions at the Commission on...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not discounting the possibility of having an unprecedented number of withdrawals and substitutions in the May 2022 polls especially for national positions. Comelec/MB "I think at the national level, that is a very distinct possibility," Comelec Spokesperson...
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s recent withdrawal from the Davao City’s mayoral race really “sounds familiar.” Hontiveros said she finds it similar to what President Duterte—then Davao City mayor—pulled off during the May 2016 national...
