The camp of Bongbong Marcos has thanked ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) for its endorsement of the Ilocano presidential candidate less than two months to go before the May 9, 2022 polls. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD Media) “We appreciate...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay backed the scrapping of the tax on the honorarium of teachers and other poll workers in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Binay made the statement on Monday, March 21, following the petition filed by a group for the removal of the...
73085 The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) remitted P4.08 billion dividend payment to the Department of Finance, announced General Manager Jay Daniel R. Santiago. The amount remitted Monday, March 21, represents 60 percent of PPA’s P6.79 billion net income for 2021 and is 8.5 percent higher than...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Sunday vouched for his decades-long experience in public service as he urged voters to choose him during the ending of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) first vice presidential debates. Sotto, who is running in tandem with...
Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan got into a heated argument with former Congressman and academic Walden Bello as he defended his move to abstain during the vote for the Rice Tariffication Act (RTA), saying he pushed for alternative measures because he knew exactly the impact of the RTA. Former Congressman...
Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte and Buhay Party-list Rep. Jose “Lito” L. Atienza were the only vice-presidential candidates absent during the PiliPinas Debates 2022 held on Sunday, March 20. (Photo courtesy of Office of Chair. Pangarungan) Atienza, who underwent knee surgery in February, said...
Vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Sunday rejected insinuations he has forged an alliance with the Duterte administration. Sotto insisted that he has remained independent in his stand on issues, and has always been neutral, as far as he is concerned. Sotto...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said he would not touch the 1987 Constitution to give the vice president more power or responsibility even though the post is considered a spare tire if something happens to the sitting president. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan...
Lawyer Carlos “Kuya Charlie” G. Serapio was the first vice-presidential candidate who arrived four hours early at Sofitel for the PiliPinas Debates 2022 on Sunday, March 20. (Photo courtesy of Comelec) Serapio of Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi-Katipunan Party arrived at the venue around 3...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will review the policy on withdrawal and substitution of candidates after the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "After this elections, what we really need to review is the issue of nuisance candidates, substitution, and withdrawal," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia...
Kabalikat Patungo sa Umuunlad na Sistematiko at Organisadong Pangkabuhayan Movement (KAPUSO-PM) Party-list has endorsed Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero’s 2022 senatorial re-election bid. Sorsogon Gov. Francis "Chiz" Escudero (File Photo) KAPUSO-PM is a sectoral party-list representing...
Reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is "on the right direction" towards better informed electorate after the poll body's move to lift the campaign permit requirement for all candidates. (Photo courtesy of Sen. Leila De Lima Facebook Page) "The lifting of...
