The country’s leading business groups are calling for sweeping reforms in the national budget process to ensure that long-term economic stability is prioritized amid controversies surrounding this year’s budget. In a joint statement on Wednesday, Feb. 5, published on Makati Business Club’s...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao leadership has lauded lawmakers following the approval of Senate Bill No. 2942 that would reset the first parliamentary elections in the region from May 12 to Oct. 13 this year. In a statement, the Bangsamoro government said...
DAVAO CITY – Police and military personnel arrested a mayor and escorts from a town in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in a checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District here for allegedly violating the election gun ban...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Candidates here on Tuesday, Feb. 4, signed a peace covenant for the May elections. TAYABAS City Mayor Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso signs a peace covenant for the upcoming elections. (Danny Estacio) They vowed to avoid spreading fake information against rivals using...
Malacañang assured the public that the government would be transparent in using the country's coffers amid challenges to the constitutionality of the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (Malacañang photo) In a statement, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Philippine Embassy in Singapore conducted a mock election exercise utilizing the Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS), which will be introduced to overseas voters for the first time in the upcoming elections. Philippine Ambassador to Singapore...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte called on his successor, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., to uphold fairness in the May elections. DUTERTE (FB) “In this upcoming election, I hope that the President (Marcos), if he hears me, will give us a fair shake, ensuring a level playing...
President Marcos said the 59-percent approval rating he got in a recent survey was "encouraging" and may positively affect the administration's bets in the upcoming May elections. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this after the latest Social Weather Stations...
A commissioned survey released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Friday, Jan. 31, revealed the key factors shaping Filipino voters' decisions in the 2025 elections. Workers carry out their duties at a construction site along Commonwealth Avenue. (SANTI SAN JUAN / MANILA BULLETIN) The...
President Marcos believes that the "best people" running for office in the May elections are under his political party. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM) Speaking at the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) Leaders' Convergence Summit at The Manila Hotel on Friday, Jan. 31, Marcos...
Eight candidates endorsed by President Marcos are leading the 2025 senatorial race, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. (SWS) The Stratbase-commissioned SWS survey, conducted from Jan. 17 to 20, showed that eight administration-backed candidates are among the top 12:...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 seized 101 firearms and arrested 103 individuals in Central Luzon from Jan. 12 to 28 for violating the election gun ban. Thirty-eight firearms were confiscated in checkpoints, 21 in police responses, 39 in buy-bust...
