Malacañang left it to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) if it deemed it necessary to extend the voter registration period due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / MB FILE PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Senator Francis Pangilinan urged...
Malacañang was still mum about President Duterte's recent blind item about an unnamed mayor, saying it was up to the latter if he wanted to identify the local chief executive or not. President Duterte and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno (Malacañang, Manila PIO file photos) Presidential Spokesman...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has suspended the voter registration and issuance of voter's certification in a number of towns and cities in Cebu starting August 11. Comelec/MB In an advisory, the poll body cited the implementation of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) as...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), assured the public of his efforts to continuously isolate the police organization from partisan politics amid the concerns raised by Sen. Panfilo Lacson that the census being done by some policemen in some parts of the...
The ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party has yet to finalize a presidential tandem that will be fielded in the 2022 elections. President Duterte attends the national assembly of PDP-Laban at a hotel in Clark, Pampanga on July 17, 2021. Also shown in the photo is...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go running in tandem with President Rodrigo Duterte in the upcoming May 2022 national elections is inevitable, a party official of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) said on Tuesday. But the choice of the party’s standard-bearers would still...
For President Duterte, a politician who received "call boy" training has no business seeking the presidency. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque explained the President was questioning the "moral ascendancy" of such a person to lead the country when...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has urged state economic managers to reconsider allocating huge funds for the security sector for next year amid the “skyrocketing” national debt and a growing budget deficit. Drilon said he is dismayed at the negative growth in the social services sector...
Vice President Leni Robredo has always remained mum about any moves she’s doing in the run-up to the 2022 polls, but she revealed on Tuesday, August 10, that she talked with Senator Manny Pacquiao twice already to talk about how they feel about the upcoming elections as well as their stand on...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be leasing additional 10,000 voting machines for the May 2022 general elections. The Comelec will be conducting a public bidding for the lease of precinct-based Optical Mark Reader (OMR) or Optical Scan (OPSCAN) System or Voting/Counting Machine...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Monday, August 9, said he blocked around 200 troll accounts who attacked and insulted him on social media following his meeting with Vice President Leni Robredo. In an interview with ABS-CBN's Teleradyo, Lacson said he started getting insults after Robredo rejected...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, August 9 said he is unperturbed with the emerging number of political parties that have pledged their support to Hugpong ng Pagbabago’s Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Sotto, Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) chairman, and who is expected...
