Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has suggested that presidential candidates invited to the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-sponsored debates should be required to wear earmuffs to avoid copying of ideas or answers. This would make presidential debates more exciting with all...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Over 50 percent of Filipino voters prefer the new administration to “partially continue,” rather than change or fully continue, President Duterte’s policies, according to a survey conducted by public opinion research firm WR Numero Research (WRN). The results of...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija- Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson on Tuesday, March 22 emphasized that he and running mate Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ C. Sotto III would stay in contention for the next president and vice president of the Philippines as he refuted anew fresh disinformation...
Malacañang said it is not yet clear if President Duterte is supporting the decision of his party, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), to endorse the candidacy of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. President Duterte and Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Presidential Photo and...
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...
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...
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...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday admitted that their camp is still hopeful that President Duterte would one day finally agree to endorse the candidacy of her brother former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. The senator said that while Marcos, Jr. is leading the presidential surveys for the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said she would continue the Build, Build, Build, infrastructure program of the Duterte administration but will put more emphasis on public-private partnerships (PPPs) instead of loans. Vice President Leni Robredo (Screenshot from the Commission on...
For the first time in this year’s elections, all presidential aspirants will participate in the same series of broadcast interviews. (Photo courtesy of Go Negosyo Facebook Page) Go Negosyo's “Kandidatalks: Negosyo, Trabaho at Kalusugan” series, which will begin this Monday, March 21, has...
Another group declared their support for presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Senator Kiko Pangilinan, this time it’s the country’s actuaries backing their tandem. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan (VPLR Media Bureau) Some 60 Filipino...