Senate President Vicente Sotto III raised concern on Monday, June 21, about the proliferation of so-called "troll farms" on social media ahead of the 2022 national and local elections. (Brett Jordan/UNSPLASH) Sotto said social media giant Facebook should shut down such operations at least until...
"Magparehistro ka na. Kasi kung hindi, mumultuhin ka namin (Register now or we will haunt you)." (Screenshot from the site) The Philippines' national heroes come to life in an interactive website -- magparehistroka.com -- to urge qualified voters to register for the 2022 elections. Heroes Jose...
Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Luis "Chavit" Singson has joined the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) in preparation for the 2022 national and local elections. Singson took his oath as a member of the NPC on Saturday morning, June 19, before NPC chairman and Senate President Vicente Sotto III....
With the May 2022 polls less than a year away, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has asked voters not to sell their vote. Comelec/MB "Don’t sell your vote. No matter how big you will receive in exchange for your votes, it is guaranteed that you will pay them more once they are...
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez is not discounting the possibility of him running in tandem with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte in the 2022 elections. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez Romualdez said he and his party would be open to running with...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday, June 17, prodded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to finally allow the online filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for next year's elections. Commission on Elections During an inquiry of the House Committee on...
Government leaders, including President Duterte, still have not agreed on whether or not to push through with the elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) This was disclosed by Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on...
Senator Grace Poe will make a “good” vice president in the May 2022 polls if she doesn’t want to consider running as president, opposition coalition 1Sambayan said. Senator Grace Poe and 1Sambayan convenor Armin Luistro (Senate/Armin Luistro Facebook) “The names that were floated were both...
Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) chairman and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno will run again in the 2022 elections but he did not confirm which elective post he will seek. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Albert Garcia/Manila Bulletin) Diokno, 60, made the announcement in a...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday urged the opposition coalition 1Sambayan to go beyond criticizing President Duterte’s policies and present a platform for the May 2022 elections that would highlight they can do better than the current administration. “The opposition must go...
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, June 15, appealed to supporters to give her time in deciding if she will run as president in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Vice presidential spokesperson Barry Gutierrez said on ANC’s Dateline Philippines that...
Though he is not the favorite to win opposition coalition 1Sambayan’s blessing as its lone candidate for president, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he fully supports the group even it requires him not to run in any elective post in the 2022 polls. Former senator and 1Sambayan nominee...
