There has been an attempt to oust Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III for announcing his plan to run for vice president, Senator Panfilo Lacson bared on Saturday, July 24. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen. Sotto/https://vicentesotto.com) Lacson said a draft resolution penned...
Leaders of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) have started talks in preparation for the 2022 national and local elections. (Seated, from left) Former House Speaker and Davao de Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senator Panfilo...
Former Vice President Jejomar "Jojo" Binay will be joining next year's senatorial race, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Saturday, July 24. Former Vice President Jejomar 'Jojo' Binay (Jojo Binay Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) Sotto told reporters that he and Binay were in talks about...
TV host Willie Revillame recently revealed news reporters have been asking to interview him relating to his alleged plan to join politics. On a recent episode of his show "Wowowin-Tutok To Win," Willie said he won't grant any interviews until a final decision has been settled. "So wala muna ho...
For the upcoming School Year (SY) 2021-2022, the Department of Education’s (DepEd) School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) is expected to benefit 3.1 million learners. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones expressed the agency’s commitment to continue implementing the...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan announced that it will reveal its candidates for the 2022 elections in September, its lead convener said. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (1Sambayan/Facebook) In a virtual presser, Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio...
Vice President Leni Robredo said she was still undecided about her plans for the 2022 elections, saying running for President was not as easy as it seemed. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) In an interview with reporters in Naga on Friday, July 23, Robredo said reiterated that she was yet to...
The P68.2-billion Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) is 60.93 percent complete and will partially operate in April 2022, over two decades after the project's unsolicited proposal was submitted. The 22-kilometer railway running from North Avenue in Quezon City to San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan will be...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has assured that he and his colleagues will not abandon their duties in the upper chamber when campaigns for the 2022 national and local elections have started. Senate of the Philippines (Senate PRIB) Sotto was asked in an online press briefing on Thursday, July...
President Duterte is unlikely to quit his post if ever he decides to run for vice president in next year's elections. President Duterte delivers a public address on July 19, 2021. (Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, there is no rule mandating the President to resign if...
Even as he worked in the entertainment industry before entering politics, Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III agrees that election campaigns should be focused on issues gripping the Philippines, and not on entertaining the crowd. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday expressed certainty that China will carry out cyberespionage activities in the Philippines ahead of the country’s May 2022 elections. Hontiveros said she believes that a number of Philippine government "actors" are already part or are the target of these...
