The Department of Education (DepEd) vowed Monday, June 28, to assist its more than 900,000 public school teachers in securing their Philippine National Public Key Infrastructure (PNPKI) digital signatures as part of its commitment to ensure “secure and peaceful” May 2022 elections. (Photo from...
Vice President Leni Robredo has called on Filipinos to register to vote in the May 2022 polls and to “remind one another of what is at stake” in the next elections. She also highlighted the invaluable contributions of women in governance and the challenges they face in achieving gender...
As the election fever starts to heat up, policemen across the country were warned on Monday, June 28, not to involve themselves in partisan politics and focus instead in their mandate of maintaining peace and order. “Policemen have no business in politics unless they resign and run for public...
There are already 4.3 million new voter registrants for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Commission on Elections (Comelec) Spokesperson James Jimenez said the number already exceeded their expectation of 4 million. "Thus far we have around 4.3 million new voters who have already registered which...
Militant fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) adds to the growing opposition against President Duterte’s suggestion of arming civilian volunteers to help in the government’s anti-criminality drive. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement on...
The counsel of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the family of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos will be sought by House Majority Leader and Lakas-CMD president Martin Romualdez in helping him reach a decision on whether or not to gun for the vice presidency next year. Romualdez...
Is the Philippines better off than when President Duterte stepped into power in 2016? Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said this is what he wants to find out when the Chief Executive delivers his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) this July. “After five years, where are we now, or what is...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, June 27, praised Manila Mayor Isko Moreno for collaborating with her on her newest initiative, Vaccine Express, that inoculated about 4,500 tricycle drivers and delivery riders in Manila last week. Vice President Leni Robredo and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno...
The Commission on Elections Special Bids and Awards Committee (Comelec-SBAC) has allocated P55 million for the procurement of Automated Election System (AES) Certification Services by an International Certification Entity for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "The Comelec intends to apply the sum of...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has confirmed she will seek re-election in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Hontiveros, however, declined to make any further details about her political plans saying she has to wait for her political party coalition to make the necessary announcement. She also withheld...
Senator Nancy Binay admitted she is more inclined to consider forming an alliance with the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) than she is with the Liberal Party in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Binay explained she already had experienced working before with the NPC led by Senate President...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza A proliferation of candidates for vice president in 2022. And not a single brave soul other than Antonio Trillanes IV proclaiming his readiness for the presidency (though also for VP). A political analyst says it’s the smart thing to do, for a probable candidate not to...
