The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino -Laban (PDP-Laban) faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Tuesday, Sept. 7 filed a petition before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) asking the poll body to declare Senators Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Manny Pacquiao as illegitimate...
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s group on Tuesday, Sept. 7 said the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) has not yet considered Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as a potential alternative presidential candidate in the May 2022 elections. Cusi said the group is standing pat on...
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) will follow strict health protocols to ensure that its National Convention, which would be held on September 8, Wednesday, will not be a “super spreader” event. The camp of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, who heads a faction in the...
While Vice President Leni Robredo is giving “serious thought” on her possible 2022 presidential bid, her supporters on Tuesday, Sept. 7, said they would give the needed space for her to decide. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) Joseph Quesada, one of the convenors of...
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) led by the camp of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi will field senatorial candidates who are all members of the ruling political party. However, Cusi refused to disclose the names of the senatorial candidates they will field in the upcoming May...
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) faction headed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has excluded Senator Manny Pacquiao from its list of senatorial candidates for the May 2022 national elections. Cusi said this is because Pacquiao has already “burned the bridges” with the...
Several lawmakers questioned the low budget utilization of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), which is seeking higher funding for 2022. DSWD Wayne Belizar (top); Rep. Stella Quimbo (bottom) (HoR) Duin the House Committee on Appropriations budget deliberations on Monday,...
Senator Emmanuel ‘’Manny’’ D. Pacquiao on Monday, September 6, said he is thankful to Vice- President Leni Robredo for trusting him. Sen. Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao during the Senate's plenary session on June 1, 2021. (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Pacquiao issued this statement after...
The Senate passed on third and final reading Monday, September 6, the bill that would reset the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from May, 2022 to May, 2025. Senate of the Philippines' plenary hall (Senate PRIB) A total of 15 senators...
House Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza on Monday called for the filing of a resolution that would eventually stop the OCTA Research Group from making pronouncements related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the May 2022 national elections. Rep. Lito ATienza Atienza said he doubts that the OCTA Research Group...
President Duterte received a stinging rebuke from Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, September 6, for his recent claim that the opposition “will not win” in the May 2022 polls. President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo. (Marcelino Pascua/PPD Malacañang/MANILA BULLETIN)...
"Guni-guni lang po 'yan (That's an illusion)." This was how Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque described a lawmaker's observation that a supposed "new variant" of the illegal pork barrel fund was included in the government's proposed P5.024-trillion budget for 2022. Presidential spokesperson Harry...
