Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque hoped that God will finally allow him to run for senator in the 2022 elections, saying God told him that someone from Central Luzon might be needed in the Senate. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Roque made the statement as he attended...
An official of the National Unity Party appeared to be balking on the idea of popular Manila Mayor Isko Moreno running for president. However, the former actor running for vice president in tandem with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte is clearly more than welcome based on a media interview with NUP...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the People's Reform Party (PRP) will support the candidates of Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) in the 2022 elections but insisted that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio should run for the presidency. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque speaks at the 'Run Sara...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes that local politics in Camarines Sur and the personal agenda of politicians are at play as various personalities from her home provincing are wrongly predicting her 2022 plans. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) During her Sunday radio show with broadcaster...
Instead of the online voting portal, opposition coalition 1Sambayan will hire the services of a pollster that will conduct a preferential survey on its presidential and vice-presidential nominees for the May 2022 polls. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) In a statement, the pro-democracy...
In order to avoid crowding, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing to increase the number of clustered precincts in the May 2022 national and local polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez said from 84,000, they are planning to increase the polling precincts to 100,000 or more....
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Has the political pot started to boil?” A colleague in the local government sector asked me that question last week when we met at the inauguration of the LRT Line 2 extension project. He said he felt that politics in the country “has started heating up,”...
Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao is confident that he will not be ousted as the legitimate president of the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). Senator Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao (Screen grab from May 25, 2021 Senate plenary session/Senate PRIB) In an online press...
A voter applicant fills up a registration form at the Commission of Elections (Comelec) (PNA photo) The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) encouraged eligible young people to register as voters to be able to participate in the national and local elections in May 2022. CBCP Vice...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said voters can vote with confidence in the May 2022 polls as voting centers are designed to be coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safe. Comelec/MB "We have designed our polling precincts precisely to be COVID safe which means we wil be prioritizing the use of...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday, July 2, that it had seized a cache of firearms and 11 kilos of suspected marijuana worth P2,240,800 from a suspected crime syndicate leader during a search operation in Malolos, Bulacan. The operation was part of the larger crackdown on private...
It seemed like President Duterte was not yet over with his beef with broadcast media giant ABS-CBN after he asked its reporter if the network will be campaigning against him if he runs in the 2022 elections. President Duterte and ABS-CBN reporter Joyce Balancio (Malacañang photo, RTVM screenshot)...
