Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Thursday, July 1, all police units across the country to intensify the operations against private armed groups as part of the early police preparations for the 2022 national and local elections. At the same...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has allocated nearly P205 million for the procurement of ballot paper and marking pens to be used in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "The Comelec, through the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2021, intends to apply the sum of P204,921,062.37 being the...
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio believes that the country’s weak economy will be the reason why presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will lose if she runs as president in the May 2022 polls. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said he plans to retire from public service when he finishes his term in the Senate after the May 2022 elections. Drilon, who will finish his second consecutive six-year term in the Upper Chamber, said he has no plans to run for a higher post in...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said he hopes that debates during the May 2022 national and local elections would be “more enlightened” following the death of former President Benigno Aquino III. In a virtual press forum, Drilon highlighted the need to address the problem of...
June 30, 2016. The day the country welcomed former Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as its 16th president. Duterte's victory in the 2016 polls came as a surprise to many, being the first local official to be catapulted to the presidency. He anchored his candidacy on making the Philippines a safer...
The infighting between officials and members of the ruling Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) might benefit the opposition in the 2022 elections, after all. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Facebook) Senate Minority Leader and Liberal Party...
Unless Vice President Leni Robredo decides to run as president next year, the opposition may have to kiss its dream of a united ticket goodbye as former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV balked at the two pro-Duterte names being floated by the Liberal Party as possible standard-bearers. Former Senator...
Light-hearted, relaxed, and free—these are the exact words embodying Hermès latest collection. For spring-summer 2022, designer Véronique Nichanian draws inspiration from sailing. “The collection exudes an air of relaxed light-heartedness and freedom. It is a response to...
Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao on Tuesday, June 29 accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s dare and declared the Department of Health (DOH) as one of the government agencies that reeks of corruption in the current administration. Pacquiao disclosed this in a statement after absorbing...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, June 29, declared it is “not a good decision” to seek the vice presidency if it would mean running against President Rodrigo Duterte, who appeared to have a change of heart about sliding one rung below in 2022....
They may hit a rough patch in their friendship but it seems there may be a chance President Duterte and Senator Manny Pacquiao can still mend ties. President Rodrigo Duterte attends Senator Manny Pacquiao’s 38th birthday celebration at the KCC Mall Events & Convention Center in General Santos...
