As the 45-day campaign period for local candidates kicks off, Malacañang reminded the public not to engage in buying and selling of votes for the upcoming May 2022 elections. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual Palace briefing on Friday, March 25, Communications Undersecretary Kris Ablan said...
Following presidential bet Senator Panfilo Lacson’s claim that Alvarez’ chief of staff asked for P800-million in funding, Davao Del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez explained his side of the million peso story, citing poll watcher costs. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon...
Candidates of the Makabayan bloc filed a case against National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, as well as its other officials in relation to the statements made by the agency pointed out their supposed ties to the Communist Party of...
All political parties participating in the May 2022 polls have until April 11 to file their petition for accreditation for the determination of the Dominant Majority Party and the Dominant Minority Party. Comelec/MB "A political party duly registered with the Commission may file a verified petition...
Silliman University (SU) will officially hold face-to-face classes in selected courses and subjects beginning May 2022, it announced on Friday, March 25. In an advisory, SU said that the face-to-face classes for college level will start on May 2, 2022. (Image courtesy of Silliman University)...
Incumbent Marikina City 1st District congressman and mayoral candidate Bayani Fernando and the rest of Team BF kicked off the local elective period with a house-to-house campaign on Friday, March 25. Zif Ancheta, Team BF’s vice mayoral candidate, and councilors in the team’s slate, joined him...
Current Pasig City Vice Mayor and mayoral candidate Iyo Bernardo kicked off his campaign by going house-to-house with members of Team PasigueñIYO in Barangay Kapasigan, Pasig City on Friday, March 25. Bernardo said he chose to campaign house-to-house instead of holding a proclamation rally in...
Quezon City Vice Mayor Gian Sotto on Friday, March 25, said that his, Mayor Joy Belmonte, and the local government’s priority for the city is still good governance and servant leadership. He made the statement during Serbisyo sa Bayan Party’s (SBP) grand proclamation rally that kicked off the...
ILOILO CITY -- Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province and Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City expressed their support to presidential candidate Leni Robredo despite the endorsement of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas' standard bearer Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. by their very own party,...
A testament to the unending hope of the Filipino people in the face of tragedy The UPLIFT 2022 Awardees The Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards honors and celebrates individuals and institutions whose efforts to unite, perform, lead, and inspire put focus on particular issues that trended and were of...
Team Marcy led by current Marikina City Mayor and re-electionist Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro held a motorcade on Friday, March 25, to kick off the campaign period for local elective posts. (Photo courtesy of Kate De Guzman's FB page / MANILA BULLETIN) The motorcade went around Barangay Sto. Niño...
By Terence L. Ranis Manila Vice Mayor Ma. Sheilah “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan and John Marvin “Yul Servo” Nieto kicked off their local campaign for mayor and vice mayor, respectively, in Manila on Friday, March 25. (Photo courtesy of the official Facebook page of Dra. Honey Lacuna / MANILA...