Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Keith Bacongco / Manila Bulletin file photo) Former President Rodrigo Duterte remains the top voter preference for the 2025 senatorial elections, based on Tangere’s survey conducted between March 7 and 10. In the survey results released on Thursday, March 21,...
DAVAO CITY – Eight political parties expected to participate in the first 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) convened here on March 18 in a forum organized by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), with the support of the United...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, March 18 questioned the almost P18-billion contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and South Korean firm Miru Systems Co. Ltd. (Miru Systems), saying that Miru, “is no stranger to controversy.” In a privilege speech during Monday’s...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas announced in a press conference on Friday, March 15, that daughter Raisa Treñas-Chu is running for Congress representing this city's lone district in next year's local elections. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (center) with his daughter Raisa Treñas-Chu (left) and Rep....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The congressman-members of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms could not hide their growing concerns over poll contractor Miru Systems Co. Ltd.'s ability to carry...
CEBU CITY — Leyte fourth district Rep. Richard Gomez was unfazed over the decision of former Court of Appeals Associate Justice Vicente “Ching” Veloso III to challenge him in the 2025 midterm elections. GOMEZ (FB) Gomez said Veloso’s decision to run against him will not distract him from...
CEBU CITY – The next local elections are still more than a year away but the political pot in Leyte is already boiling. SUPPORTERS of former Leyte third district Rep. Ching Veloso gather at the Isabel Sports Complex in Isabel, Leyte after he transferred his voter’s registration on Monday, March...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas said nobody from the immediate family of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is running for an elective post in the 2025 midterm elections here. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos attends the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in January 2023 with Mayor Jerry Treñas...
CEBU CITY – Another known personality here is willing to throw his hat in next year’s mayoral race. DALUZ (FB) Former city Councilor Joey Daluz, chairman of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District, said that if he is going to vie for a position in the city government, it should be for mayor. “If...
Following the decision of the Department of Education (DepEd) to revert to the old school calendar, an advocacy group urged the agency to “ensure continuity and conduciveness of learning environment.” JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “Our students need a fixed...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte assured stakeholders that the quality of learning in public schools will not be affected by the gradual return to the old school calendar. Junior High School (JHS) students inside the classroom (Rio Deluvio/File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN)...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Pro-Charter change (Cha-cha) congressmen took in stride on Wednesday, Feb. 28 President Marcos' statement that he was "carefully studying" the proposal to hold the plebiscite for the constitutional revision alongside the 2025...
