K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE will be embarking on a world tour starting June and Manila is one of the stops. (G)I-DLE, composed of Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi and Shuhua, announced their “2022 (G)I-DLE World Tour: Just Me ( )I-DLE” on their social media channels on May 12. (G)I-DLE (Cube...
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte credits her top standing in the vice presidential race to her campaign team. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) "You know a leader is only good as the best of his or her team, so kung magaling ang team magiging...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza The biggest voter turnout, 88 percent. Fastest vote count. By 6:30 p.m. on May 10, a total of 98 percent of votes counted, unofficially. More peaceful, with fewer election-related crimes reported than in previous exercises. The biggest margin won by a presidential...
Hours after the start of the partial and unofficial tally of votes for last Monday’s national and local elections began, the top two presidential candidates issued their respective statements. Former Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr., who has emerged as the clear frontrunner with a...
ILOILO CITY -- Cong. Raul “Boboy” Tupas has once again defeated his older brother Niel “Junjun” Tupas Jr. to remain the representative of Iloilo province’s Fifth District. Iloilo 5th District Rep. Raul Tupas (right) and brother Niel “Junjun” Tupas Jr. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin)...
BACOLOD CITY -- “Mysterious and unbelievable.” This was how Mayor Evelio Leonardia described the results of the local elections here where his challenger, former Negros Occidental Congressman Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, was proclaimed by the Commission on Elections’ Board of Canvassers as...
CAGAYAN – Governor Manuel Mamba has promised to continue achieving the goals of his administration's Cagayan Development Agenda and good governance after he was reelected for a third term in this province. Photo courtesy of the CPIO via Liezle Inigo Mamba was officially proclaimed on Wednesday...
There has been a popular thing going around social media as soon as the partial and unofficial count of the May 2022 polls was released -- the so-called 68:32 ratio. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and rival, Vice President Leni Robredo (MANILA BULLETIN) Due to this, the Parish...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya believes that Smartmatic should be blacklisted following reports of malfunctioning vote counting machines (VCMs) during the election day last May 9. Kontra Daya Convenor Professor Danilo Arao said they received several reports of glitches in VCMs as well as...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday night, May 11 conveyed the gratitude of the Marcos family to the more than 30 million Filipinos who made possible the victory of her younger brother, former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr., in the May 9, 2022 presidential election. Marcos said she was...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. told Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, May 11, to yield to leading presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and seek other ways to help the country. National Security Adviser Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr. (File photo/ MANILA...
BUTUAN CITY – Incumbent officials of this region’s frontier and capital city of Butuan and Agusan del Norte province are showing the way in the counting of votes. Incumbent City Mayor Engr. Ronnie Vicente C. Lagnada (NP) garnered 97,992 votes against his rival Norbert Pagaspas of the PDP-Laban...
