The intensifying conflict between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio may deter foreign capital and funds from flowing to the Philippines, according to Dutch financial giant ING. In a Feb. 14 report, ING cited the Marcos-Duterte rift as a key investor concern as...
Reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, February 18 clarified that she is still an independent senatorial candidate for the upcoming May 2025 elections. This, despite her appearance at two of the major events of the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas held in Laoag City and in Iloilo City...
Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Anton Lagdameo on Tuesday, Feb. 18, defended the weekend proclamation rally of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas in Carmen, Davao del Norte that kicked off its campaign for the May elections in Mindanao. SECURITY is tight at the Alyansa para sa...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, Feb. 18, that the poll body has so far printed nearly half of the required number of ballots for the May 2025 elections. Verifiers of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) carefully inspect printed ballots for the May...
A petition for disqualification from seeking public office has been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against the Tulfo brothers namely senatorial candidates ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo and Ben Tulfo as well as three of their relatives. (MB file photo) The petition, filed...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Rizal Province has intensified its "Operation Baklas" or the removal of campaign materials in non-designated areas. Comelec-Rizal’s Provincial Election Supervisor (PES) Atty. Arnulfo Pioquinto told the Manila Bulletin that campaign posters, tarpaulins, and...
Film director-producer Lino Cayetano Director and producer Lino Cayetano is back in politics, running as Taguig's representative in Congress in the May 2025 elections. Director Lino likened his election run to a telenovela, as his brother, Senator Alan Cayetano, supports a different candidate. The...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (left), lawyer Jimmy Bondoc (PPAB, Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is demanding a public apology from Duterte family ally, senarorial cadidate Jimmy Bondoc over his alleged...
"Torre is a tower of ignorance and an edifice of nonsense." Former presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo (file) This was how former presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo described Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief PBGen. Nicolas Torre III after the latter filed a complaint...
Police have arrested almost 1,000 people, including soldiers and policemen, amid the continuous gun ban implementation across the country for the May 12 midterm elections, an official disclosed on Monday, Feb. 17. Police Col. Randulf Tuaño, chief information officer of the Philippine National...
CEBU CITY – Dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes clarified that he remains loyal to One Cebu, an influential political party headed by Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia. FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte endorses the reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes. (FB) Cortes issued the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (BBM Media Bureau) President Marcos' fiery speeches wherein he has underscored the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate's pro-Filipino stance can't be considered smear campaigning. Thus,...
