The Senate on Monday, September 27, approved on third and final reading the bill that is expected to compel the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend deadline of voter registration for the 2022 national and local elections. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Senators, voting 23-0-0,...
Broadcaster Raffy Tulfo said on Monday, September 27, he would not seek the vice presidency in the 2022 elections. (Raffy Tulfo/Facebook) Tulfo warned of a misinformation campaign alleging that he’s running for vice president next year against President Duterte. The Chief Executive has formally...
Fifty-four local officials from different provinces and 17 lawyers took their oath as new members of Aksyon Demokratiko party on Monday, Sept. 27. Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso leads the oath taking ceremony of new members of Aksyon Demokratiko at the Hidden Garden located in...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, September 27, it will be “naive” for Vice President Leni Robredo to think that either Senators Panfilo Lacson, Manny Pacquiao, or Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso will withdraw their pronouncements because of her insistence to...
Iloilo Representative Janette Garin on Monday, Sept. 27 questioned the P1-billion worth of funds proposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) supposedly for the government’s solar panel irrigation system (SPIS) project, saying she finds the program “untimely” and “impractical” at this...
Malacañang told administration critic former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that he is free to do whatever he wants to do with his political career. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (File Photos/MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s seeming lack of decisiveness to run for president in 2022 is dampening the process of the opposition as many members, particularly those from the once-ruling Liberal Party (LP), are unable to move as they await her decision. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and...
The Aksyon Demokratiko party has named its first two senatorial candidates for the 2022 national elections. Civic leader Samira Gutoc (left) and radio program host Carl Balita (right) (Photo courtesy of Gutoc's Facebook and Balita's Facebook) Civic leader Samira Gutoc and radio program host Carl...
More and more celebrities are trying their hand at politics. Actor Ejay Falcon confirmed in an ABS-CBN News interview that he will be running for vice governor in his hometown of Oriental Mindoro in the coming 2022 elections. The former “Pinoy Big Brother” winner said: “Ako po ay tinawag ng...
If you think this week's filing of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of potential candidates in the May 2022 polls is already the start of the Election Period, you are wrong. Comelec/MB Based on the calendar of activities for the May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections released by the Commission...
The Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives (PROMDI) has officially endorsed Senator Manny Pacquiao’s presidential bid for the upcoming May 2022 national elections. The political party founded by the late Cebu Gov. Emilio Mario “Lito” Osmeña, officially nominated him as the...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso appealed to Filipino voters to accept his “humble application” for president in the May national and local elections. (Manila PIO/ File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) “I humbly ask my dear fellow Filipinos: In May next year, please accept my humble...
