House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Friday called on President Dutete to immediately fill the still empty seats of the seven-member Commission on Elections (Comelec). In a statement, Rodriguez said the May 9 elections are "fast approaching" and the poll body now needs all the help it can get,...
South Built Esports defeated Team Secret with a 2-1 reverse sweep victory in their upper bracket round 1 clash in the VCT 2022 Challengers PH playoffs on Thursday, Feb. 24. SBE completed the stunning come-from-behind win over TS to advance to the second round of the upper bracket against Naos...
Youth-led organizations in the Philippines coacted and launched a 10-point electoral agenda for children and young women in the country through a campaign called HIJAlalan 2022: Tungo sa Pamahalaang Makabata’t Makababae on Thursday, Feb. 24. Among the youth organizations who participated were the...
Despite being behind bars for five years, detained Senator Leila de Lima said she does not regret standing up to President Duterte's "inhumane policies" which she said had kept her in unjust detention for the past five years. Senator Leila De Lima (Screengrab from VP Leni Robredo Facebook Page) In...
TALISAY CITY, Cebu — Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday, Feb. 24, were joined by his wife, megastar Sharon Cuneta-Pangilinan here as they addressed their pink-clad supporters to campaign for their bid to the country’s top two...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, Feb. 24 that it will ask first for a written consent before entering private properties to remove unlawful election materials in relation to "Operation Baklas" that it's implementing. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) removes unlawful...
The National Press Club (NPC) has protested the partnership forged by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and news website Rappler, saying it is “unacceptable to most Filipinos.” On Thursday, Feb. 24, the poll body inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Rappler in a bid to fight...
BACOLOD CITY - Twenty-eight out of 31 local chief executives in Negros Occidental expressed their support to the bid of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who’s running for vice president in the May 2022 elections. Presidential aspirant...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is introduced as the “Bantay ng Bayan (Guard of the Nation)” in his new campaign ad released on Thursday, Feb. 24 for his 2022 senatorial bid. (Screenshot from Sen. Trillanes’ Facebook page) During his 12-year term in Senate from 2007 to 2018, the former...
Acting Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Socorro Inting said on Thursday, Feb. 24 that voter registration would be for nothing if the public would not vote in the 2022 national and local elections on May 9. (MB file photo) Inting made the statement on the official signing of the poll body's...
Expect to see all the presidential candidates in the May 2022 polls in the debate that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is organizing next month. Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez on Thursday, Feb. 24, said "all of the candidates have signified their commitment to attend the first...
Oscars statue (AFP) LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The Oscars next month will pre-tape the announcements of eight winners in an attempt to make the televised ceremony "tighter and more electric," organizers said Tuesday. The decision, made to "prioritize the television audience," will free up more time for...
