The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo is confident that it has the “best candidate” but it also recognizes the challenges of launching a presidential campaign amid the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the Guagua Municipal...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said he has not spent the P50 million in excess campaign funds stemming from his failed 2016 senatorial bid. “Naitabi naman natin ng maayos, masinop naman ako sa buhay... mansion, naku wala (I kept the money and has not...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday defended her father, the late Fernando Poe, Jr. from presidential aspirant Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno’s campaign strategist, Lito Banayo after the latter claimed her father’s refusal to attend debates and interviews affected his presidential bid in May 2004. Poe,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned on Monday, Jan, 31, that stiff penalties under Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution 10732 await erring political aspirants and their supporters who would be found breaking the mandated campaign rules for the 2022 national and...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo is hopeful that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will recognize the importance of her COVID-19 response initiatives and grant them exemptions from the ban on publicly-funded programs during the campaign season. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP...
The opposition slate led by presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo is set to hold their proclamation rally in Naga City, Camarines Sur on Feb. 8, the official start of the campaign period. Opposition senatorial slate’s campaign manager Erin Tañada speaks during the radio show of Vice...
"Despite the pandemic, we will campaign hard as we have never campaigned before." (Photo courtesy of the 1Sambayan) 1Sambayan lead convenor Antonio Carpio made this vow during the online proclamation for the opposition coalition's senatorial slate on Friday night, Jan. 28, wherein a donation drive...
All local government units (LGUs) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are compelled to strictly enforce the election-related provisions imposed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) during the campaign period for the national candidates in the 2022 election starting on Feb. 8, Department of...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned candidates of strict sanctions if they violate the guidelines set by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the coming May 9 national and local polls. Sec. Eduardo Ano (DILG photo) In a briefing with President Duterte Monday...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares A young aspiring politician approached me a few weeks ago to ask me how to “campaign”. One of his questions struck me. He asked, “What’s the best way to hit my opponent?” I asked back, “What do you mean by ‘hit’?” He explained: “How do I tell...
If there's one thing that President Duterte wants to ensure at the tail end of his term, it's for Philippine hero Lapulapu to be the more revered figure locally especially when compared to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. (Photos from Wikipedia, Malacañang) Duterte, in his pre-recorded...
Aspiring president Norberto Gonzales, who is also a staunch critic of the Marcoses, on Wednesday, Jan. 12 said there is no way he could match his political rival, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s campaign activities as he cannot finance his own with a money that was "not even hard-earned." In a...
